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MDC Power, an automotive manufacturer in Kölleda, Thuringia, has won Germany’s 2014 ‘Best Factory’ industrial excellence award. It has been awarded on the occasion of the 11th WirtschaftsWoche Conference in Weimar. A wholly owned subsidiary…

Gotha - Kappstein GmbH & Co. KG, an Australian manufacturer of innovative bicycle components, has located in Gotha. The company produces gears, sprockets and electrical drives in a production hall set up by LEG Thüringen to meet its…

Industrial companies everywhere are being challenged on all fronts, but the German government’s INDUSTRIE 4.0, part of its 2020 High-tech Strategy, offers a vision for the future.

A business delegation from Thuringia visited Malaysia and Singapore from 3 to 7 November last year. Malaysia is playing an increasingly significant role in ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and together with its neighbor…

Meiningen - Weisskopf Werkzeuge GmbH is expanding in Meiningen and invests EUR 6.5 million in new machinery and a new production hall. The investment will create further 18 jobs and shows yet again how the innovative, quality products from…

Improvements in the economy have enabled Glatt Ingenieurtechnik in Weimar to expand its production capacity. The company is investing approximately EUR 4.2 million in building new laboratory and technical areas and employing more people.…

Of the 79 companies that competed for the 2014 Thuringian Innovation Prize last year, six were honored for their prolific good ideas. With EUR 100,000 in prize money up for grabs, this state’s innovation prize is one of the most worthwhile…

Weimar - A new test for Ebola that is already in use in Africa comes from Weimar. Testing strips made by Senova detect the presence or absence of the virus with 95-percent accuracy, faster and more easily than ever. It takes less than 30…