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Thanks to the acquisitiveness of long-ago dukes and duchesses, visitors to Gotha can marvel at one of Thuringia’s largest art collections, which has been on display in the newly renovated Ducal Museum since mid-October.

The Internationale Bauausstellung (IBA) Thüringen was opened by an official ceremony in Erfurt in September. Over the next 10 years, architects, city and regional planners and private and public-sector developers will come together,…

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- „Schwingungskurve Leben“ -
This exhibition at the Schiller Museum in Weimar features works by Gabriele Stötzer, one of eastern Germany’s best-known contemporary artists.

Daimler Group is extending MDC Power, its engine factory in Kölleda, at a cost of more than 200 million. The investment will make it possible to manufacture the next generation of low-emission four-cylinder diesel engines for…

Dr Sven Breitschwerdt, Managing Director of MDC Power

To manufacture high-performance cars, you need state-of-the-art pressing tools and robust body skin panels. As these are exactly what BMW has had manufactured in Eisenach for more than 20 years the Group decided, in May this year, to extend…

The team Thüringen Invest from the State Development Corporation (LEG) has been on the road over the last few months promoting Thuringia as the ideal place to do business and invest in. The tour included return visits to Austria and Italy…

Arnstadt - MDC Technology GmbH, a wholly owned Daimler AG subsidiary, began work in Arnstadt in mid-June, finishing crankcases for Mercedes-Benz at its new factory in the ‘Erfurter Kreuz’ industrial estate. Nanoslide technology makes the…

Future-oriented sectors and those already experiencing growth are vital to a region’s economic development. Our new series, based on the ‘Trend Atlas - Thuringia 2020’ study, presents 11 of these growth areas, beginning this issue with the…

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and solar cell manufacturer Masdar PV are strengthening their R&D partnership and planning to produce a new generation of crystalline thin-film silicon modules that will generate energy even more efficiently.