• • Working with quality of life
  • Working with quality of life
  • Working with quality of life

Location and Infrastructure

No destination is too far from Thuringia. A central location and the most modern transportation infrastructure make Thuringia into a business location with high-speed connections.

Specialists and Education 

The workforce in Thuringia is highly motivated and well-qualified. A broad spectrum of educational and vocational training institutions makes sure that this will remain so in the future.

Research and Innovation

In Thuringia investors will find an extraordinarily innovative environment. In more than 40 institutes, colleges and universities, scientists pursue their research in close cooperation with the business world.

Quality of Life

Thuringia offers a high quality of life without the hectic pace of the big cities. Professional life and family can be seamlessly integrated here. We have the best preconditions for a healthy work-life-balance!

Successful Businesses

In Thuringia businesses write their own history of success – whether in the manufacture of high-tech engines, bicycle sprockets or metrological instruments for space exploration.

Successful Businesses

In Thuringia businesses write their own history of success – whether in the manufacture of high-tech engines, bicycle sprockets or metrological instruments for space exploration.

Successful Businesses

In Thuringia businesses write their own history of success – whether in the manufacture of high-tech engines, bicycle sprockets or metrological instruments for space exploration.

Facts and Figures

How many people live in Thuringia? Are more women or men working in Thuringia? How many people in Thuringia have a diploma from a university or advanced vocational school? You will find the facts and figures about the Free State here.

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• Automotive
• Electrical Engineering and Electronics
• Energy and Environmental Technologies
• Food Industry
• Food Industry
• Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
• Plastics
• Life Science
• Logistics
• Mechanical engineering
• Optics Industry
• Optics Industry
• Tourism

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  • Automotive
  • Electrical Engineering and Electronics
  • Energy and Environmental Technologies
  • Food Industry
  • Food Industry
  • Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
  • Plastics
  • Life Science
  • Logistics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Optics Industry
  • Optics Industry
  • Tourism

Automotive

Global players such as Daimler, Opel/Stellantis, Magna, Bosch, BMW or Borg Warner have set up production in Thuringia. Auto manufacturing has deep roots in the state, dating back to early 20th century.

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Electrical Engineering and Electronics

Nanolithography, LTCC multilayer technology and ultrashort pulse laser technologies – these innovations represent a mere cross-section of the kind of advanced electrical engineering produced inThuringia.

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Energy and Environmental Technologies

Thuringian companies are among the world‘s leading providers of state-of-the-art power and environmental Technologies.

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Food Industry

What do Thuringian bratwurst and Brandt zwieback have in common? They are both made in Thuringia. With good reason, too: the region offers a unique combination of tradition, cus-tomer intimacy and cost-efficient production.

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Food Industry

What do Thuringian bratwurst and Brandt zwieback have in common? They are both made in Thuringia. With good reason, too: the region offers a unique combination of tradition, cus-tomer intimacy and cost-efficient production.

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

The sector of information and communications technology in Thuringia is innovative and productive.

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Plastics

The plastics industry in Thuringia is a success story with over 100 years of tradition. Known for their technical expertise and innovativeness, the local companies are among the biggest revenue generators in the Free State.

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Life Science

Thuringia is home to famous innovations and discoveries, from the patented mercury-free thermometer and the X-ray tube to the microscope. Scientists from Jena were involved in decoding the human chromosomes 8, 21 and X.

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Logistics

The central location in both Germany and Europe plus a highly efficient infrastructure make the state a top location for logistics. All of Europe‘s major economic centers can be reached from Thuringia within a very short time.

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Mechanical engineering

In recent years, despite ever intensifying competition, mechanical engineering has become the fastest-growing industry in the Free State of Thuringia.

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Optics Industry

World-renowned companies such as Carl Zeiss, Schott or Jenoptics began in Thuringia and today they set international standards in the field of optical technologies.

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Optics Industry

World-renowned companies such as Carl Zeiss, Schott or Jenoptics began in Thuringia and today they set international standards in the field of optical technologies.

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Tourism

Wartburg and Classical Weimar, Hainich and the Thuringian Forest – in Thuringia, cultural world heritage meets natural world heritage.

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