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. The expansion marks Glatt’s entry into a new field of activity. The development was carried out in record time - only eight months elapsed between the making of the decision and the topping out ceremony. The company’s plans for the immediate future are equally ambitious, as the extension for produc-tion of, and research into, innovative powder technologies is slated to be ready by March this year.
“This investment provides very clear evidence of the way political leadership can stimulate the economy to promote innovation and ensure that the state of Thuringia continues to provide attractive jobs,” said Dr. Arnulf Wulff, a head of department and official representative of LEG, the State Development Corporation of Thuringia, at the topping out ceremony.
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik, which designs and builds facilities for manufacturing granules and pellets from powders or liquids, has a staff of about 130 in Weimar. Worldwide, the Glatt Group has branches throughout Europe and in India, Russia and the United States, with more than 1,500 employees.
