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 in Santa Clara and Rochester to showcase the technological expertise of the Thuringian optics sector and make contact with companies considering developing a base in Europe.
A reception at the German embassy in Washington on 3 October, German Unity Day (the anniversary of reunification) provided a further opportunity to keep the state of Thuringia uppermost in people’s minds. In the presence of 2,500 of Washington’s ‘movers and shakers’, Germany made the most of the opportunity to position itself as an innovative investment location in the heart of Europe, and the State Development Corporation of Thuringia highlighted the region’s advantages as a business location and the full service for investors.
