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Southern Thuringian company BINZ recently launched a groundbreaking innovation to combat deadly pathogens: An LED light system installed in the ambulance’s headliner emits UV light that kills 99.99 percent of bacteria, viruses and other…

For their project „EUV Lithography - New Light for the Digital Age“, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier awarded the prize for technology and innovation to a team of experts from ZEISS, Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT)…

When satellites circulate in space, they require mirrors with a wide variety of optical properties. SpaceOptix has exactly the products they need. The eastern Thuringian company, based in Jena, the birthplace of modern optics, worked…

One of Thuringia’s biggest draws for skilled workers is the beauty of its countryside. The Thuringian Forest with the Rennsteig ridgeway trail is extremely popular with nature lovers. A recent ranking showed that the Rennsteig is Germany’s…

In Thuringia, learning about history can be a picturesque experience. It has the highest density of castles and palaces in Germany. That includes Leuchtenburg Castle in eastern Thuringia, which is receiving an inclined elevator and becoming…

Plastic-free packagings soon „made in Thuringia“. On 25th September the company Papacks GmbH – a specialist for bio-degradable and plastic-free packaging material – celebrated the topping-out ceremony for their Gigafactory at the LEG-owned…

Indoor spaces have become dangerous places during the Corona outbreak. Countless bakteria and viruses float through the air and gather up on the surface areas in these spaces. An invention coming from the Southern Thuringia town, Ilmenau,…

The Nissha Innovation Center Europe (NICE), where engineers develop solutions for functional films, recently was founded in Waltershausen/Thuringia. Based in Japan, Nissha manufactures products all over the world, including sensor films for…

Panem is growing rapidly. The industrial bakery in northern Thuringia is putting up a second factory building at its Bleicherode location and doubling its production capacity. Starting in 2021, 40,000 rolls, 20,000 pretzel products and…

Thuringia is evolving into one of Europe’s leading battery hubs: The Battery Innovation and Technology Center (BITC) opened for business to the south of Erfurt on July 10, 2020. The institution develops high-tech solutions for battery cell…