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Machines that think along, processes that optimize themselves, and production facilities that respond flexibly to new requirements.

What do the James Webb Space Telescope, modern quantum technologies, and AI-supported maintenance systems for industry have in common?

How do university inventions from Thuringia make it into practice? In the interview, PATON-PTH explains how patents are evaluated, protected, and marketed.

How open innovation helps to scale innovations and create new partnerships.

Research and development are the key to long-term competitiveness for many companies. The current results of the RIS monitoring show that more and more Thuringian companies are successfully pursuing this path.

Second forum for security and defense technology in Erfurt highlights opportunities for the Thuringian economy.

These are the three newly awarded Hidden Champions in the Free State.

Together for a strong Thuringian semiconductor ecosystem: In several workshops, stakeholders from business, science, and politics develop new impulses for the future of the industry.

InnoCON Thüringen 2026 showed: Successful innovations arise where companies, research institutions, and networks jointly develop solutions. Find out here which success factors truly make collaborations successful and how companies can benefit from them.

In the practical interview, Ute Poerschke, Managing Director of Elschukom GmbH from Thuringia, reports on how she uses the research allowance in everyday business and combines it with existing funding instruments.