Around 30 participants visited Salzburg, Graz, Vienna and Bratislava under the leadership of the Thuringian Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in July 2021. Workshops and cooperation talks were held during the five-day event. There were also visits to companies including EVER Neuro Pharma, the Familux hotel group, ams, Andritz, Magna Steyr, VW Slovakia and MicroStep. An investor dinner was held to showcase Thuringia as a business location along with meetings with representatives of ACstyria, a mobility cluster; various tourism associations in Austria; and several research institutions.
The Thuringian delegation included representatives from the automotive, robotics, biotechnology, mechanical engineering and measurement and sensor technology sectors. The trip was organized by LEG, which provides Thuringian companies with the full range of services aimed at optimizing their international operations. (hw)