Germany’s Late Bloomer
The east of Germany is catching up, attracting a series of high-profile, big-ticket international business expansions.
The region is finally delivering on a 30-year-old promise.
Location / Regions in Structural Change
Top Investments 2022 in Thuringia
In 2022, Thuringia again proved its attractiveness as a business, investment and tourism location that attracts investors and also offers good conditions for expansion for those companies that are already operating in the Free State and want to expand here. LEG successfully accompanied numerous projects in its anniversary year: founded in 1992, the Erfurt-based economic development agency celebrated its 30th year.
Top Investments 2022 in Berlin
For the second year in a row, Berlin has been voted as the startup capital. Traditional company Mercedes Benz opened its Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus in 2022, and with the AMBER brand, regional competencies and the transparency of the synergy potential between 3D printing actors and industry will be bundled.
New Hopes on Chips
Starting in the 1990s, chip production migrated to low-wage countries in Asia. Does Europe have any chance of enticing it back? It has! In this episode we’ll talk to the woman leading Intel’s big expansion in Germany. And get insights from the managing director of something called Silicon Saxony.
Top Investments 2022 in Bremen
Around 8 million euros were invested by foreign companies in the federal state of Bremen in 2022. The northern German city scored particularly well in the technology sector, but also in the transport and logistics sector.
Top Investments 2022 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Subsea Europe Services, founded around three years ago in Halstenbek in Schleswig-Holstein, set up another location at the Ocean Technology Campus (OTC) in Rostock in summer 2022.
International Businesses are Expanding to Germany’s East
You may not have heard of Guben near Germany’s Polish border. But firms from Canada to China have chosen the town as their new business home. Indeed, more and more international companies are discovering the particular advantages of Germany’s east. Our new video explores why.
Top Investments 2022 in Brandenburg
Brandenburg will soon be home to Europe’s largest lithium factory. The Canadian company Rock Tech Lithium is starting operations in the Lusatia industrial region.
Swiss Solar Giant Plans Big 2023 Expansion in Germany
Meyer Burger is planning to ramp up its German operations in the coming year. The Swiss solar power module manufacturer aims to increase capacity at its location in Thalheim in the eastern German regional state of Saxony Anhalt from 1 to 1.4 gigawatts.
Much Ado About Membranes
Two innovative water filtration systems from eastern Germany.
