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French company Faurecia now in Thuringia, Source: VitaliyPozdeyev / istockphoto.com

French company Faurecia now in Thuringia

Eisenach – The internationally active automotive supplier with its headquarters in Nanterre near Paris has recently opened up a production site in Eisenach. The French company manufactures exhaust systems for the new Opel Grandland model,…

In the avatera training center: the surgical robot transfers the surgeon's hand movements precisely and without tremors to the laparoscopic instruments. Source: avateramedical

The company “avateramedical GmbH” developed the first German system for robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgery (MIC). After successful CE-certification, the company is now entering the European market with its “German robot.”

Push for materials research in Ilmenau, Source: Glatt

Push for materials research in Ilmenau

The Ilmenau University of Technology will receive 1.75 million euros for further research into self-forming materials. The money from the German Research Foundation will be used to further advance the “MorphMater” project initiated together…

Germany scores points with innovation, Source: Kit Wai Chan / stock.adobe.com

Germany scores points with innovation

World class in innovation: Germany ranks first in the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2020, ousting South Korea and Singapore. For the survey, the US business service examined 105 economies for their innovative strength and analyzed, among other…

Inspiring: The new permanent exhibition in the Arnstadt Palace Museum. Source: Tino Sieland

Bach lures visitors to Arnstadt

A new multimedia exhibition about Johann Sebastian Bach attracts music lovers from all over the world to Arnstadt. Under the slogan of “We hear each other in Thuringia,” this year the Free State of Thuringia is also honoring its other…

[Translate to English:] Das neue prizeotel befindet sich in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Erfurter Hauptbahnhof. Bildquelle: www.prizeotel.com

New hotel enriches ICE City Erfurt

We are open: With the new Prizeotel the Thuringian state capital of Erfurt has a modern hotel located in the immediate vicinity of the main railway station. It represents the first building block of the new ICE City Erfurt.

Nobel Prize for Jena-born researcher

This news received on October 9, 2019 was celebrated not only by the prizewinners, but also by the researchers at the CEEC Jena: John B. Goodenough was one of three scientists to receive the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2019, and was…

Official groundbreaking ceremony for the CATL factory at the Erfurter Kreuz Industrial Park, near Arnstadt

With this investment, Thuringia will become the most significant location in Europe for the production of battery cells: On October 18, 2019, the Chinese corporation Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) began construction of its…