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The Austrian pharmaceutical manufacturer is investing heavily in expanding its production capacities in Jena. The laying of the cornerstone for a new production hall and a new laboratory building recently took place in the heart of the…

The e-commerce company that is headquartered in Berlin will build a new logistics center in the Erfurt freight traffic center on a 55,000 m² premises. An average of 33,500 packages, increasing to 85,000 packages at peak times, are to be…

Thuringia’s and Japan’s business and science communities have a multitude of excellent opportunities for cooperation and investment, especially in the context of the advanced negotiations on the JEFTA free trade agreement, which are very…

LEG Thüringen is present on behalf of the State Government at the most important national and international trade fairs throughout the year to promote its companies and the state itself as an attractive business, investment, and technology…

In the course of globalization and specialization, networks and clusters are playing an increasingly important role for the sustainable success of companies in many industries. In Thuringia, there is a whole range of effective industry…

The Friedrich Löffler Institute – FLI (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health) in Jena obtains a new research and laboratory building. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture will be investing around EUR 100 million at the site…

Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU) can provide its junior researchers with 12 new tenure-track professorships. FSU will receive a total of up to EUR 11.3 million for the creation of the new professorships as part of the federal and…

Since December 2017, Erfurt has been at the intersection of two of Germany’s most important ICE (high speed train) routes. This makes Thuringia the fast-track center of Germany and an even more attractive location for business, conferences,…

In 2017, LEG Thüringen and the Thuringian Sports Aid Foundation will continue to support hopeful athletes from Thuringia.

We are also celebrating our 25th anniversary this year. Shortly after the German reunification, the State Development Corporation of Thuringia (LEG Thüringen) was founded, and since then we have been committed to the state’s development as…