A 16-member Thuringian business and science delegation visited the greater Boston area as part of the business trip, among other places. Talks at the German Consulate General and at the AHK New York were on the agenda. In addition, the participants, who came predominantly from the fields of optics, sensor technology, robotics, mechanical engineering, and plastics, Contacte with the company Kasalis, a subsidiary of the US corporation Jabil, which is already based in Jena, as well as at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In the greater Rochester area, the VR glasses specialist Vuzix and the Uni Rochester was visited.
