"Made in Germany" - Features on Economy

High-class articles about Germany as a business location in the year of the football World Cup: Portraits and Interviews with key figures in German economy, reportages about Germany's most innovative products, and reports on the biggest exports.

Companies

Innovation brings success to German sensor maker Sick

The company started in 1946 as a one-man business. Today Sick is a hi-tech concern with a global presence, thanks to the ideas of the pioneer among sensor makers. more...

Actuators from southern Germany set industry in motion

Without this know-how from the Black Forest, power stations would emit no steam and sewage plants and pipelines would not work properly. It all started in a small garage. more...

Sunny times from Gladbeck - Turning heat into cold

Gaining coolness from the sun - an incredible notion? The jury for the “365 Places in the Land of Ideas” looked at it that way as well, and distinguished the Wiesenbusch Gladbeck Innovation Centre for its pilot project “Solar cooling”. more...

BASF builds energy saving house in South Korea

Rising energy costs are forcing former economic outperformer South Korea to consider energy saving measures. more...

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Jena the success story - haven of high-tech in the Saale valley

Jena stands as a symbol of success after the downfall of communism. In no other eastern German city are there more publicly listed companies. more...

Dachser: Worldwide operations in air and marine cargo handling from Germany's Allgaeu region

The logistics concern Dachser conducts its worldwide operations from Germany's mountainous Allgaeu region. «It's the people who make up the value of the company,» says the firm's boss. more...

A device made in Germany is helping to ensure discipline on American roads

The Lübeck-based company Draeger is making an alcohol breathalyser which is being used in the U.S. to prevent accidents. more...

Dr. Hauschka spoils the stars and the health conscious with natural cosmetics

The Dr. Hauschka make-up brand has earned an international reputation for the WALA remedy company. Hollywood stars swear by these natural cosmetics from Eckwälden at the foot of the Swabian Mountains. more...

Coffee, cakes and credit - banks lure customers with new branches

German banks have long neglected the condition of their branches. Now branches are being spruced up and enriched with new ideas. more...

The most accurate time-keeping comes from Germany - precision measurement with a Nobel Prize laureate

German Nobel Physics Prize Laureate Theodor Haensch turns theory into practice with his company Menlo. His research is making the data highways faster and measurements more precise than ever before. more...

Shares, babysitters and a gym: 3M is one of Germany's favourite employers.

How do you become one of Germany's favourite employers? In an interview, the head of 3M provides a few tips. more...

A group of scientists from Regensburg in southern Germany are developing innovative ideas for industry

Instead of having your own expensive laboratory why not rent a scientist to do the work for you instead? A firm based in Regensburg in Germany came up with this idea and is reaping success both at home and abroad. more...

World's number one logistics group - around the world with Deutsche Post

The German postal service Deutsche Post has made the jump in just a few years from indebted state-run operation to a respected global player. more...

From the provinces to the top of the world - SAP is a German success story

SAP is a world market leader in business management software for large firms. Now it is also increasingly winning customers in the small and medium business sector. more...

DaimlerChrysler is a pioneer in South Africa's battle against AIDS

DaimlerChrysler's award-winning programme to combat HIV/AIDS has so far helped around 30,000 people. more...

German companies take advantage of employee innovations

A young trainee at BMW came up with an idea to improve production - and earned himself a management position. Such initiatives save German companies millions per year. more...

Germany's fischer group helps hold the world together

Their products help to hold the world together: The Black Forest-based fischer company exports its patented construction systems to over 100 countries worldwide. more...

Fraport repairs both landing and take-off runways – without disrupting air traffic

Each year, Frankfurt Airport’s northern runway has to cope with around 200,000 landings and take-offs. The time had come for major maintenance – and for the first time it was carried out without disrupting air traffic. more...

Bavarian «Kuwis» flourish in Ecuador

A new cultural and business studies course at Passau University in Bavaria - with a link to Ecuador - is bearing fruit of a different kind. more...

A German invention is worth pure gold in South Africa

There is real treasure in those South African slagheaps - discarded materials worth their weight in gold. A German invention is helping to reveal them. more...

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