Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) in Jena, in collaboration with TESAT and SPACEOPTIX, have developed a production-ready transmit-and-receive…
Thuringia is fertile ground for business growth: The specialist company in medical technologies, Mathys Orthopädie, has decided to concentrate its production operations at one location in the…
Top athletes from all over the world and biathlon enthusiasts from all over Germany visit the Oberhof winter sports resort in the heart of the Thuringian Forest every year. Oberhof is one of…
Swiss Prognos AG, a company known for publishing a wide range of studies, has once again compiled a nationwide ranking of German cities. This time, the study looked at 71 cities with more than…
Fingerprints can be captured with greater speed and security thanks to an invention from IDloop GmbH, a Jena-based biometrics start-up: The company has developed the world’s first ever 3D scanner…
The Thuringian Institute for Textile and Plastics Research (TITK) recently unveiled a bio-adhesive that is both innovative and sustainable. Producing the hotmelt adhesive releases fewer greenhouse…
Of the 79 companies that competed for the 2014 Thuringian Innovation Prize last year, six were honored for their prolific good ideas. With EUR 100,000 in prize money up for grabs, this state’s…
Innovative start-ups from Thuringia won first and second place in the latest cluster innovation competition: The gold and silver medals went to Healyan GmbH from Barchfeld-Immelborn and mi2-factory…
Thuringia is a land of innovation, as highlighted by the presentation of the state’s most important business prize. The Thuringian Innovation Award has been given out since 1994, and this year’s…
Located in Neuhaus am Rennweg in southern Thuringia, Hotel Schieferhof is representative of many traditional, lovingly run hotels in the tourist country of Thuringia. On November 1, the hotel changed…
In the future, the Thuringian Digital Agency in Erfurt will serve as a “think tank for topic of digitization,” states Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee. The newly founded agency will…
Thuringia now has two teams of investigators hot on the trail of criminals in Germany’s long-running, hugely popular television series Tatort (Scene of the Crime). The series is filmed in some of the…
Thuringia is pleased about another success in the worldwide competition: The company K-UTEC AG from Sondershausen is part of a consortium which is now entering into a strategic partnership with the…
Friedrichshafen. Horten Aircraft GmbH presented a global innovation at this year’s Aero aviation trade fair in Friedrichshafen. The Thuringian aircraft company developed a new flying wing with its…
SPIE.Photonics West is one of the most significant trade fairs for optics and photonics worldwide. It is considered to be the global industry meeting place for research and business. Somewhere…
A business delegation from Thuringia visited Malaysia and Singapore from 3 to 7 November last year. Malaysia is playing an increasingly significant role in ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian…
We wholeheartedly support Thuringian companies in their internationalization efforts – and that includes company and delegation trips. Last autumn, we took delegations to places such as Chile, India,…
Thuringian companies know they can count on LEG to support their trade fair appearances: LEG has been organizing shared booths on behalf of the Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs, where…
Foodies are spoilt for choice in Thuringia wherever they dine. Be it Weimar, Jena,Erfurt, Mühlhausen or Eisenach, you’ll get your money’s worth, with plenty to tickle the taste buds. Gault &…
Evidence of unique culture and a primeval forest in the heart of Germany – Thuringia’s UNESCO sites tell exciting and moving stories. Martin Luther translated the New Testament at Wartburg Castle in…
