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Research by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) on the number of graduates with majors in mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology, known collectively as MINT subjects, puts Germany nearly at the top of the…

Almost a third of all the people in Jena who pay mandatory social security contributions are university graduates, according to a recent survey carried out by business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and the Cologne Institute for Economic…

Avery Dennison Materials GmbH, ContiTech AG, Fromm Plastics GmbH, GRAFE Advanced Polymers GmbH - a string of successful companies are testimony to the fact that Thuringia offers exceptional opportunities for innovation and growth for any…

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Erfurt - Industrial companies in Thuringia exported more in 2014 - and made more money. Thuringian companies with 50 or more employees achieved an increase in turnover of EUR 540 m on the previous year, to take the total to EUR 28.5…

The Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry (CEEC) at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena held a topping-out ceremony in February. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), the center…

Erfurt - A new round of ‘ProExzellenz’, a program organized by the state of Thuringia, began this year and will provide a total of EUR 20 m for cutting-edge research through 2019. Seven new research centers are to be set up, as well as…

As of 2017, two key ICE transport axes will meet in Erfurt, drastically reducing travel time from major centers and opening up fantastic economic opportunities as the state of Thuringia and its capital city join Germany’s system of…

A pleasing increase in the number of paid overnight stays shows that more and more people are wanting to discover Thuringia. There were almost 3.7 m arrivals (+2 percent) and 9.8 m overnight stays (+3 percent) in the last year, the highest…

Klassik Stiftung Weimar, a foundation that brings together more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses, parks and literary and art collections, is continuing its series of concerts entitled ‘Klingendes Schloss’ this year, revealing…

MDC Power, an automotive manufacturer in Kölleda, Thuringia, has won Germany’s 2014 ‘Best Factory’ industrial excellence award. It has been awarded on the occasion of the 11th WirtschaftsWoche Conference in Weimar. A wholly owned subsidiary…