Rudolstadt - Talga Resources - a company based in Perth, Australia - is to build a technologically unique plant for manufacturing graphene in an industrial hall owned by the State Development Corporation of Thuringia in Rudolstadt. Chemical processes are used to make graphene from the high-purity graphite found in the company’s own mines in Sweden. Because of its high thermal and electrical conductivity, stability and flexibility, and because it is extremely thin, graphene is regarded as the next technical revolution and is used in pure research and by large ICT companies. (maa)
Erfurt - Canadian IT specialist CGI Group is investing further in its Erfurt premises and plans to create 300 new jobs by the end of 2017. It already runs a testing center for managed and IT services and plans to invest EUR 2.5 million to fund its expansion into UHD (IT Support) and consulting. Because it is diversifying into new areas of business, it is eligible for regional infrastructure subsidies. (maa)
Erfurt - Volkswagen has laid the foundations for a 4,100 m² VW training center near Erfurt airport. When it opens in spring 2016, sales and workshop staff will travel to Erfurt for advanced and specialist training as the facility will have a workshop-type area. Up to 4,500 people could attend these courses per year so the hotel and restaurant business in Erfurt and around will profit from this new investment, too. A spokesperson of VW, explains the reason why Erfurt has been selected for building this training center: the central location, competitive land prices, quick handling and the excellent traffic infrastructure. (maa)
