In future, laser technology will play a substantial role in the global high-tech industry and in the scientific sphere. A growth rate of more than ten per cent for produc
Automation, self-service solutions and the integration of solutions in one comprehensive market IT are the essential trends in retailing. The focus of Wincor Nixdorf Tech
Optical technology with its national and international recognition belongs to one of the most dynamic growth sectors in the Free State of Thuringia. After German reunific
This is also valid for us, the “Technische Glaswerke Ilmenau GmbH“, one of the most well-known German manufacturers of technical glass products. Built on a history and
ML&C Masken Lithographie & Consulting GmbH in Jena is a manufacturer of masks for photolithography. Since 1992 the privately owned company has been on the ma
The University of Erfurt is the youngest German University and simultaneously possesses a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. It was founded in 1392 as the thir
PV Crystalox Solar PLC arose from the merger of the consolidation of operative subsidiaries Crystalox Ltd. in Oxford, United Kingdom, and PV Silicon AG in Erfurt, German
Flourishing landscapes in the new federal states of Germany – in Großheringen this notion is closely associated with the name Viega. This company, which has its headqu
“There is no such thing as a national science, just as there is no such thing as a national multiplication table; if something is national, it is no longer a science”. Th
The company NUMERIK JENA is one of numerous high-tech organizations in the Jena region. It was founded in 1998 as a spin-off of the Carl Zeiss Jena firm and has won itsel
When the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena celebrates its 450th anniversary in 2008, it can for three reasons confidently look to the future: firstly, the university
Schering GmbH und Co. Produktions KG – which is a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Bayer Schering Pharma AG in Berlin – is a pharmaceutical company of the Bayer Group ba
JENAHEXAL Pharma GmbH was founded in 2001 as a subsidiary of the HEXAL AG and has been a member of the Sandoz group since 2005. The roots of today’s firm JENAHEXAL Pharma
The Jena University of Applied Sciences (FH Jena) was founded on 1 October 1991 as one of the first educational establishments of its kind in the new federal states. Sinc
Without compressed air or vacuum systems, no modern hospital or printer could function; food packaging and semi-conductor production would come to a standstill. Many mod
The Bauhaus University Weimar has a well-defined, sound profile that generates unique study and research achievements. The arts, technology and humanities disciplin
The economic success of any enterprise already commences at the choice of a location. For the CircleSmartCard AG, which was founded in Erfurt on 21 May 1999, it proved t
In 1991 the ZI JENA GmbH Works for thin sheet-metal processing was founded as a fully owned subsidiary of the Durlum-Leuchten GmbH (company) in Schopfheim, through the ac
Weimar’s secret? A great many myths and a liveliness that is often not credited such a great, small city. On the one hand there are the classics, the heritage of which ju
The retail industry is one of the most important location factors of economic life in the Thuringian cities that also gains additional significance through city tourism
In 1994, the cities Erfurt, Weimar, Jena and Ilmenau combined with a further 15 Thuringian cities to form the association, “Städtetourismus in Thüringen” eV (a Thuringi
