That‘s Thuringia.
•A strong business location in the •center of Germany and Europe. Thuringia.
Size: 16,200 km2 Population: 2.2 mio Capital City: Erfurt Greater Erfurt Area: 1.5 mio inhabitants
Important Cities: Jena, Gera, Weimar, Eisenach
1991 2017
GDP 17.2 bn € 61.9 bn € Sales (Industry) 6.4 bn € 35.5 bn € Export (total) 1.1 bn € 15.2 bn €
Page 2 Source: Thuringian State Statistics Office TLS, 2018 Central location in Europe
At the heart of the European market • In the center of Germany – Europe’s largest market (82 mio inhabitants, GDP: € 3,263 bn, exports: € 1,279 bn)
• Leading edge logistics and infrastructure
• Within a radius of 800 km: > 280 mio potential customers > 70% of purchasing power in the EU > 70% of the European GDP > 80% of European R&D Excellent infrastructure
•From Thuringia, every major German city can be reached in a maximum of 5 hours by truck. •Driving time from Erfurt to major international airports Frankfurt ………. 2:15 hrs Berlin …………… 2:30 hrs Munich …………. 3:15 hrs
• Erfurt = central high-speed train hub (ICE) Frankfurt Airport …. 2:10 hrs Berlin ……………… 1:40 hrs Munich ……………. 2:15 hrs Industry
Development of sales and exports 35,5 32,1
29,0 30 Sales (billion EUR) Export (billion EUR) 25 24,6
20 19,7
15 11,5
9,8 10 8,56
6,4 7,2 5 4,6
1,0 0 2017 Page 5 1991 2001 2005 2010 2014 Source: Thuringian regional authority of statistics,, 01/2019
Foreign companies
490 foreign companies – 51,300 jobs in manufacturing
nation number of companies Canada 9 USA 73 Switzerland Austria 73 36 France 24 53 10 Spain Italy 38 14 Belgium Netherlands 8 Luxembourg 29 Great Britain
4 6 Australia Sweden 26 6
Finland Japan 11 19 2 3 5 2 4
Denmark China/Hong Kong Norway South Africa Russia Israel UAE
Page 6 Source: LEG Company and Technology Database, 07/2018 Key Industries
Key industries in Thuringia
Automotive and Mechanical and Automation ICT and Microelectronics Optics and Supplier Industry Engineering Industry Photonics
Life Science and Medical Logistics and Technology Plastics Industry Food Industry Distribution Key industries
•Automotive and supplier industry • Companies: 640 • Employees: 64,000 • Sales: 9.4 bn €
•Examples: • Opel (PSA) • MDC Power (Daimler) • Borg Warner • IHI Group • CATL – Contemporary Amperex Technology Key industries
•Optics / Photonics industry
• Companies: 185 • Employees: 15,200 • Sales: 3.2 bn
•Examples: • Carl Zeiss • Jenoptik • Schott Technical Glass • Docter Optics • Jena-Optronik (Airbus Group)
Key industries
•Mechanical engineering/ Automation
• Companies: 800 • Employees: 27,700 • Sales: 2.8 bn €
•Examples: • Schuler Pressen • Deckel Maho (DMG MORI) • Sumitomo (SHI) Demag • N3 (Lufthansa Technik / Rolls-Royce) Key industries
•Plastics industry
• Companies: 510 • Employees: 35,600 • Sales: 5.1 bn €
•Examples: • BASF Performance Polymers • Continental Group • KTN Kunststofftechnik (Hutchinson/Total Group) • GRAFE Advanced Polymers Key industries
•ICT / Microelectronics industry
• Companies: 1,670 • Employees: 46,000 • Sales: 6.8 bn €
•Examples: • IBM • Fujitsu • X-Fab Semiconductors • Intershop • CGI Key industries
•Life Sciences/Medical technology
• Companies: 520 • Employees: 23,100 • Sales: 4 bn €
•Examples: • Carl Zeiss Meditec • Analytik Jena AG • Alere Technologies (Abbott) • Aeropharm (Sandoz/Novartis) Key industries
•Logistics
• Companies: 630 • Employees: 23,500 • Sales: 1.9 bn €
•Examples: • DHL • DB Schenker • Rhenus • TNT • IKEA Excellent workforce
22% graduates 57% from higher skilled vocational schools/technicians workers 14% university graduates 7% others Region of science
• 10 excellent universities and colleges with about 50,000 students • about 9,000 students from abroad • highest share of MINT students worldwide • almost 30 world renowned institutes of the Fraunhofer, Leibniz, Max Planck, Helmholtz and Konrad Zuse society and others • 12 technology and business incubators • nearly 12,000 employees in R&D • the Thuringian city of Jena scores with the highest rate of employees with tertiary education degree in Germany: almost 30% Workforce – Education
Ilmenau University of Technology.
• 6,300 students • Electrical Engineering and Information Technology • Micro- and Nanotechnology • Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering • ThIMo – Thuringian Innovation Center Mobility • Materials Science • Mechatronics, Optronics • Biomedical Engineering • Media Technology
Page 17 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG,March 2019, Photo: TU Ilmenau Workforce - Education
Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
• 18,500 students • Mathematics and Computer Science • Physics, Optical Science and Astronomy • Chemistry and Earth Science • Biology and Pharmacy • Medicine • Economics and Business Administration • Biological Sciences • Social and Behavioural Sciences
Page 18 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG, March 2019 | Photo: FSU/Cott; Foyer Campus Workforce - Education
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
• 4,000 students • Architecture and Urbanism • Computer Science for Digital Media • Civil Engineering • Art and Design • Digital Engineering
Page 19 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG, March 2019 | Photo: BU Weimar Workforce - Education
University of Erfurt.
• 5,800 students • Economics, Law and Social Sciences • Communication Studies: Politics and Society • Educational Science • Public Policy • Children’s and Youth Media Studies • English, American and German Studies • Teaching, Learning, and Training Psychology • Technology • Primary and Elementary Education • Special Needs and Integrational Education
Page 20 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG, March 2019 | Photo: Uni Erfurt Workforce - Education
Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena.
• 4,600 students • Laser and Optotechnology • Precision Mechanics, Scientific Instruments • Electrical Engineering, Automation • Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics • Biotechnology, Biopharma • Environmental Technology • Materials Technology • Medical Technology, Ophthalmology
Page 21 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG, March 2019 | Photo: Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena Workforce - Education
University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden.
• 2,400 students • Electrical Engineering and Information Technology • Computer Sciences / Business Informatics • Electric Energy and Automation Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Plastics Technology
Page 22 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG, March 2019 | Photo: FH Schmalkalden Workforce - Education
University of Applied Sciences Nordhausen.
• 2,500 students • Technical Computer Sciences • Environmental and Recycling Technology • Regenerative Energy Technology • Industrial Engineering for Sustainable Technologies • Systems Engineering • Automation and Electronics Engineering • International Business Administration • Innovation and Change Management
Page 23 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG,March 2019 | Photo: FH Nordhausen Workforce - Education
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt.
• 4,100 students • Engineering in Building and Computer Science • Architecture and Urban Planning • Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Forestry • Business, Logistics and Transport • Applied Social Sciences
Page 24 Source: Technology Information Database of LEG, March 2019 | Photo: FH Erfurt Workforce - Education
Dual University of Applied Sciences Gera-Eisenach.
• 2,500 students • Engineering • Electric Energy and Automation Engineering • Information Technology • Mechanical Engineering • Business Administration • Social Work
Page 25 Quelle: LEG-UTD, March 2019 | Foto: Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach Highlights from Thuringia
MDC Power Jena-Optronik About 50 percent of all Market leader for engines for Mercedes-Benz- 3D-lidar systems cars come from Thuringia and rendezvous (7 mio engines in the last Sensor country and docking sensors 15 years) Thuringia (ISS, Mars Express,…) federal state in
Germany with the
most producers of sensors per inhabitant
Carl Zeiss Meditec N3 Engine Overhaul Market leader in the field Services of Ophthalmology, Opto- Global technology metry and Microsurgery leader in the aircraft (around 75 percent of all engine overhaul cataract patients worldwide business for A330, A340, come in contact with Zeiss A350 and A380 equipment)
Innovations with a long tradition
1872 Carl Zeiss and Ernst Abbe produce first mathematically calculated microscope 1919 Bauhaus School of Design and Architecture founded in Weimar 1928 BMW produced their first cars in Thuringia 1976 Zeiss developed the multi-spectrum camera MKF 6 to utilize pictures from space 2006 Prof Brandenburg, developer of mp3 standard, heads Fraunhofer Institute IDMT 2008 Sensors for modern aerospace activities (ISS/ 2014 Mars Rover) 2018 Next generation of most powerful ultrashort pulse laser (in 2013 German Future Award for UPL activities) 2018 Technological leap in microelectronics: EUV (extreme ultra violett) lithographies from Zeiss See you in Thuringia! Contact
Thank you for your attention!
Dr. Arnulf Wulff Senior Vice President Investment, International Business and Cluster Promotion State Development Corporation of Thuringia – LEG Mainzerhofstraße 12 D-99084 Erfurt Tel: +49-361/5603-450 Email: [email protected] URL: www.invest-in-thuringia.de
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