It is a great signal that Marquardt, an innovative, traditional Swabian company, is investing in Thuringia and creating a large number of new, high-quality jobs”, said Economics Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee. As a strong automotive supplier location with more than 600 supplier companies today, Thuringia offers the company the best conditions for its entrepreneurial activities and growth. “Ichtershausen is a very attractive place for us. Thanks to the convenient location, the high industry competence and the many qualified employees in the region, we have the best prerequisites here to produce at the highest quality for our customers, to continue to grow and to create jobs”, explained Marquardt Managing Director Jochen Becker.
Marquardt will manufacture its products in the future in a 10,000 square meter factory hall in the “Erfurter Kreuz“ industrial area. The Chinese CATL Group will also be building its first European production facility for battery cells here. Marquardt was founded in 1925; the family-owned company headquartered about 100 km south of Stuttgart is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electromechanical and electronic switches and switching systems. The company‘s products are used by many well-known customers in the automotive industry and are also found in household appliances, industrial applications, power tools and e-bikes. The company has over 11,000 employees worldwide at 20 locations on four continents. (hw)
