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MCD Power GmbH, named ‘Best Factory’ in 2014, lived up to its reputation as a key driver of the Thuringian economy in October by investing about €200 million in its plant in Kölleda. A fully owned Daimler subsidiary, the company is to…

Merbelsrod - Pump maker Nidec GPM, which became part of Japan’s Nidec Group last year, has announced that it is expanding its production. Already one of Thuringia’s biggest employers before it was taken over by Nidec, with a staff of more…

Thuringian businesses will soon be exporting more goods and services. At the 9th Thuringian Außenwirtschaftstag (Exporter's Day) in Weimar around 160 decision makers representing local government and business were offered an interesting…

One of the main ways of telling the world about the top-flight competence of Thuringian companies in sectors with strong growth and attractive target markets is to have a presence at trade fairs, which is why the state’s latest export…

Already 70 US-companies have invested in Thuringia and thus created about 11,000 jobs, that makes the US the largest foreign investor to the state. Now, the State Development Corporation of  Thuringia (LEG Thüringen) recently held workshops…

Additional 23 ha of industrial land

There are constant enquiries from companies interested in the industrial estate at Eisenach-Kindel in the municipality of Hörselberg-Hainich in western Thuringia, but there is almost no land left, so the…

25 - 28 January 2016
Arab Health, Dubai World Trade Centre

16 - 18 February 2016
Photonics West, Moscone Center,San Francisco, USA

14 - 16 March 2016
Laser World of Photonics China, Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) 

Thuringia’s commercial ‘landscape’, dotted with small- and medium-sized businesses, also has a rich and interesting history. After the reunification in 1990 many companies have been founded. We owe much of Thuringia’s economic strength -…

In order to speed up the energy turnaround, electricity is increasingly being generated from renewable sources like sun and wind. While this is a good move, these sources are subject to natural fluctuation, and ways must be found to store…

Injection of funds for Thuringia's tertiary institutes

Thuringia’s tertiary institutes are to receive approximately €160 million in extra funding from the state by 2019, the state’s Cabinet decided recently in its draft framework agreement…