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State Development Corporation of Thuringia (LEG Thüringen)

Dept. Investment, International Business and Cluster Promotion

Mainzerhofstraße 12
99084 Erfurt
Phone: +49 (0) 361 5603-450
Fax: +49 (0) 361 5603-328
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GFE - Gesellschaft für Fertigungstechnik und Entwicklung Schmalkalden e. V.

Contact

  • Phone: +49 (0)3683/6900 - 0
  • email: info(at)gfe-net.de
  • Internet: www.gfe-net.de
  • Location: Näherstiller Straße 10, D-98574 Schmalkalden
  • Legal representative: Herr Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Jürgen Kern (Vorstandsvorsitzender)
  • Contact: Herr Dr.-Ing. Florian Welzel (Geschäftsführer)

Activities

- Application-oriented initial research, job order research, technology-oriented consultancy and services as well as cooperation and production services (prototype making, test benches)

Products

- Tools for chipping, hard material coating, precision parts, test benches (e.g. for the automotive industry)

Cooperations

- Forschungskooperation mit Hochschulen und Unternehmen

R&D focus

- Tool technology/manufacturing technologies, especially for chipping, coating and surface treating, measuring technology

Further information

- private, close-to-business (nonprofit) research association - founded in 1992 in succession of the former research centre of the tool manufacturing industry in the tool combine of Schmalkalden - more than 134 members (enterprises, research facilities, municipal entities, and others) - the GFE e. V. maintains the Institute of Tool Technology and Quality Management (IWQ) as well as the Tool Certification and Inspection Authority (VPS)

Certificates

accredited GS (tested safety) facility for tool testing

Subsidy consulting

We will be glad to advise you on available investment subsidies, participations and guarantees.

Investor-Service

Individual, competent, non-bureaucratic and flexible.