News Current news from Thuringia

24 September - 6 December 2015
‘Erfurt Autumn Readings’ Literary Festival
 
26 September 2015
Re-opening of Luther House in Eisenach
 
until 4 October 2015
State’s Garden Show in Schmalkalden
 
9 - 11 October 2015
Onion Market in Weimar

Automotive supplier Muhr and Bender, known internationally as Mubea, is making a substantial investment of EUR 60 m in modernizing and extending its premises in Weißensee in Thuringia. The main offices expanded into adjacent commercial…

Erfurt - X-FAB Group, an international manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal process technologies, opened a new micro-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS) factory in south-east Erfurt in February. These switchgear systems combine…

Research by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) on the number of graduates with majors in mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology, known collectively as MINT subjects, puts Germany nearly at the top of the…

Almost a third of all the people in Jena who pay mandatory social security contributions are university graduates, according to a recent survey carried out by business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and the Cologne Institute for Economic…

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Erfurt - Industrial companies in Thuringia exported more in 2014 - and made more money. Thuringian companies with 50 or more employees achieved an increase in turnover of EUR 540 m on the previous year, to take the total to EUR 28.5…

Avery Dennison Materials GmbH, ContiTech AG, Fromm Plastics GmbH, GRAFE Advanced Polymers GmbH - a string of successful companies are testimony to the fact that Thuringia offers exceptional opportunities for innovation and growth for any…

The Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC) at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena held a topping-out ceremony in February. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), the center…

Erfurt - A new round of ‘ProExzellenz’, a program organized by the state of Thuringia, began this year and will provide a total of EUR 20 m for cutting-edge research through 2019. Seven new research centers are to be set up, as well as…

As of 2017, two key ICE transport axes will meet in Erfurt, drastically reducing travel time from major centers and opening up fantastic economic opportunities as the state of Thuringia and its capital city join Germany’s system of…