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12. July 2022

In March, Intel announced it would be building a billion-euro new microchip production facility in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. Intel Germany’s managing director Christin Eisenschmid tells Markets Germany how this record foreign direct investment came about.

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IN BRIEF: Business Locations

German Regions’ Future Trends Toward Smaller Locations

30. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Location /by

The 2022 edition of the “Future Atlas” published every three years by German think-tank Prognos has found growing promise in areas outside Germany’s largest metropoles.

IN BRIEF: Renewables

Massive Battery Storage Facility for Renewables Under Construction

30. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Energy & Environment, Regions in Structural Change /by

German companies Smart Power and SMA Solar Technology are building what they say is one of Europe’s largest electricity storage facilities near the eastern German city of Eisenach.

IN BRIEF: Renewables

Power Company Leag to Build Germany’s Largest Renewable Energy Center

29. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Climate Protection, Energy & Environment, Location, Regions in Structural Change /by

Leag, which previously specialized in coal, says it will convert 33,000 hectares of strip-mine land in the eastern region of Lusatia into a gigantic site for wind parks and solar farms.

IN BRIEF: Smart Cities

Hamburg, “Hidden Champions” Set Tone For German Smart Cities

29. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Digital Economy, Innovations /by

The 2022 Smart City Index, published every year by Germany’s digital trade association, Bitkom, features a few surprises, but not at the very summit. Coming out tops again, for the fourth straight year, was the northern German port metropolis of Hamburg with 86.1 of 100 points.

IN BRIEF: EV Batteries

VW Concludes Billion-Euro Battery Joint Venture with Belgium’s Umicore

28. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Energy & Environment, Industries, Mobility & Logistics /by

German automaker Volkswagen is teaming up with Belgian materials technology company Umicore to produce cathodes for batteries in coming generations of VWs.

IN BRIEF: Rankings

Germany Tops in EU, Second in World in USNWR Ranking

27. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Framework for Business, Location /by

US News and World Report’s annual list of the world’s best countries is out, and Germany trailed only Switzerland according to a variety of metrics.

IN BRIEF: Solar Energy

Germany Sets Yearly Solar Power Record After Less Than Nine Months

26. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Climate Protection, Energy & Environment, Industries, Location /by

Research institute Fraunhofer ISE says that before the end of September Germany had already generated more than 52.4 terawatt hours of solar electricity. That’s more than in all of 2021 or 2020.

IN BRIEF: Pharmaceuticals

Germany on Course for Record Number of New Approved Medications

21. September 2022/0 Comments/in All, Industries, Life Sciences, Location, R&D /by

The Association of Researching Pharmaceutical Companies (vfa) says 36 newly approved medications have been introduced to the German market in 2022. That continues the strong innovation trend from 2021, when 46 new medicines were introduced in the calendar year, vfa added.

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ONLINEPLUS: Energy Transition

Germany’s Clean Energy Transition – “A Question of Must, not Whether”

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14. April 2022

When it took office late last year, the new German government promised to introduce wide-ranging legislation by Easter to accelerate the transition to clean energy. The so-called “Easter Package” delivers on that pledge.

IN BRIEF: Healthcare

Medtecs Head List of German Start-Up Financing Winners

10. October 2020/0 Comments/in All, Editor's Choice, Investors, Life Sciences, Start-ups /by

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic restrictions, some companies managed to buck the trend and reel in some serious capital. Not surprisingly, they were led by medtechs, including the two firms widely known for working on Covid-19 vaccines.

IN BRIEF: Corona Pandemic

Corona: German Consumer Habits Change During Crisis

28. April 2020/0 Comments/in All, Corona UPDATE, Editor's Choice, Location /by

The coronavirus pandemic has forced people to modify their behavior in a variety of areas, including what they purchase. A number of trends are beginning to coalesce.

IN BRIEF: Climate Protection

Ending Food Waste

2. February 2020/0 Comments/in All, Climate Protection, Consumer Industries & Corporate Services, Editor's Choice, Location /by

Germany’s Agricultural and Food Minister Julia Klöckner has set a goal of reducing food waste by half by the year 2030.

IN BRIEF: Pharmaceutical Industry

BioNTech’s 16-Billion-Euro Boon for German Pharma

8. September 2021/0 Comments/in All, Corona UPDATE, Editor's Choice, Industries, Life Sciences /by

“It’s not often that a single product catapults a whole industry upward,” writes business newspaper Handelsblatt, but then again the product offered by German coronavirus vaccine developer BioNTech is no ordinary one.

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“No Alternative” to Germany Breaking Dependence on Russian Gas, Fossil Fuels

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28. March 2022

Germany’s transition to a clean energy future has picked up additional momentum after the Russian attack on Ukraine. We talked to Thomas Grigoleit, Germany Trade & Invest Director of Energy, Construction and Environmental Technologies about what the future will hold.

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