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July 2010 • Company Relocation at the Industrial Park Saarwellingen Brings up to 70 New Jobs
Another automotive supplier is being newly established at the Industrial Park Saarwellingen: Handling & Lager sequences automotive parts for the new Ford Focus.
July 2010 • Saarland Logistics Guide: Unique Publication in Germany Gives an Overview on all Players of the Branch
As the central hub in the middle of Europe, Saarland is one of the top logistics locations in Germany, according to a study of the Fraunhofer Institute IIS. The 212-page Saarland Logistics Guide which has just been published for the first time clearly shows that the reasons for this evaluation go far beyond Saarland´s geographical position and its well-developed infrastructure.
June 2010 • Fuel-Saving Technology from Saarland to the USA
Chrysler has issued a big order to ZF: The automotive supplier has concluded a delivery and licencing contract on the ZF eight-gear automatic transmission 8HP. For the time being, the state-of-the-art transmissions will be delivered to the automotive manufacturer by ZF Saarbrücken.
June 2010 • 40 Years FORD Saarlouis:
SBB Presents Itself as the Builder of the Supplier Park
Just-in-time, just-in-sequence… that´s how the parts arrive. Planned and constructed by the SBB Sarland Development Corporation, the FORD Industrial Supplier Park with its conveyor belt (electronic suspension rails) delivers parts from vehicle components coordinately, punctually and in correct order.
Mai 2010 • The International Partner Network of gwSaar Meets in Saarland
The Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation, gwSaar, has invited its intenational networking partners to Saarland. From May 10th to 11th, gwSaar´s partners from four continents come together to commonly tune their activities with the corporation.
May 2010 • Saarland Logistics in Israel
On May 24th and 25th, gwSaar Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation presents Saarland logistics on the annual ISCMC conference in Tel Aviv.
ISCMC, the Israeli Supply Chain Management Counci, is an international conference especially dedicated to topics of Supply Chain Management.
At the conference, Thomas Schuck, Managing Director of gwSaar, will present the Saarland as a logistics location. In this context, he will outline some examples of future-oriented research in Saarland, among them the Innovative Retail Laobratory (IRL), which is an application-oriented research lab of the DFKI German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence and the GLOBUS SB-Warenhaus Holding.
At the same time, gwSaar also uses the platform of P.L.M.- the second international event in the logistics sector organized by the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce- in Tel Aviv. Here, efficient and cost-saving solutions in purchasing and logistics are presented.
April 2010 • Gourmet Land Saarland
The Saarland top restaurants are rated top by gourmet guides and connoisseurs. Scarcely another German region can boast of such a density of excellent restaurants.
Just recently, a Saarbrücken star restaurant was honored in a very special way: The renowned London "Restaurant Magazine" lists "Gästehaus Erfort" among the 100 best restaurants worldwide. Thanks to the cuisine of Klaus Erfort, the Saarland 3-star restaurant could achieve the 64th place in the journal´s latest ranking.
Other star chefs in the region are Christian Bau (Victor´s Gourmet-Restaurant Schloss Berg in Perl-Nennig), Alexander Kunz (Restaurant Kunz in St. Wendel), as well as Jens Jakob and Martin Stopp (Restaurant Le Noir in Saarbrücken).
A stone-throw away, Lea Linster manages her restaurant of the same name in the Luxembourg town of Frisange.
April 2010 • Cirrus Airlines Return to Saarland
With the start of the summer flight schedule,Cirrus Airlines has completed its return from Munich back to Saarland. In 2008, the airline had moved from Saarbrücken to Munich. According to Cirrus, both, Cirrus Airlines and its partner companies Cirrus Maintenance, Cirrus Service and Nana Tours will move their headquarters to Saarbrücken. Over 40 new jobs, so Cirrus, have been created.Cirrus claims to employ 400 persons, 190 of them in Saarland.
April 2010 • Saarland's Researchers Make Robots Lend a Hand
From now on, robots are to be used to free earthquake victims from the rubble of destroyed houses or help senior citizens in the home. If they are to be able to lend a hand like human helpers do, they first have to have hands, hands that are not only able to grasp heavy objects, but also to put them down carefully. Researchers at Saarland University have now developed a cord actuator able to transmit tremendous forces in a simple and space-efficient way for use in robot hands.
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March 2010 • Europe´s Longest Urban Tunnel Upgraded by Saarland Product
Nanogate´s product series NanoGuard® facilitates the cleaning of the Swedish urban tunnel Södra Lånken very much and, thus, makes it brighter inside. Afterwards, Nanogate was also involved in the refining of the Swedish embassy in Washington...
February 2010 • Saarland Top Branch Present at the
Logistics Management Forum in Luxembourg
From February 24-25, the Saarland Logistics Initiative
showcases itself in Luxembourg. Together with its partner
IPL Institute for Production and Logistic Systems - Prof. Schmidt GmbH the Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation gwSaar (project manager of the Initiative) presents one of the engines of innovation in Saarland. Thanks to operational excellence and its central geographical location within Europe, Saarland is a logistics location of international repute.
www.logistik.saarland.de
Visit us at booth L15, LUXEXPO, Luxembourg-Kirchberg.
December 2009 • IT-Land Saarland: Germany´s Highest Research Award Goes Again To A Saarbrücken Computer Scientist
As recently announced by the German Research Society (DFG), Joachim Weickert, Professor for Mathematics and Informatics at the Saarland University, has been awarded with the Gottried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his research of excellence in the area of mathematic image processing. The Leibniz Prize is the most endowed award that is regularly presented to scientists in Germany. For his research, Joachim Weickert receives 2.5 million Euros.
June 2009 • Saarland in the Focus of German Science
In 2009, summer will again turn into a Science Summer for one week, this time in Saarbrücken, the capital of Saarland. On Saturday, June 20, Annette Schavan, the Federal Minister of Education and Saarland´s Prime Minister Peter Müller started the Science Summer in Saarbrücken.
-Wissenschaft im Dialog- (WiD) organizes the Science Summer from June 20-26, 2009 together with several research institutes from Saarbrücken. In the big tent exhibition on the Tbilisser Platz, selected regional research institutes are showing their work. Special highlights: The exhibition train "Expedition Future" stopped at Sarbrücken from June 20-22. The science ship will anchor on the until Wednesday, June 24.
Mai 2009 • Saarland – Land of Ideas
With its competition entry IRL - Innovative Retail Laboratory, DFKI succeeded to be a Selected Landmark in the Land of Ideas again.
May 2009 • The Saarland presents customized locations at the transport logistic 2009 in Munich
Under the slogan Saarland – Customized Locations gwSaar Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation and SBB Saarland Development Corporation presented the logistics hub Saarland at the transport logistic 2009 in Munich from May 12-15th.
April 2009 • Chicago: New hub for hightech from Saarland
In the launch event Nanotechnology-Vision and Reality in Chicago, the INM Leibniz Institute of New Materials and Science Park Saar have founded the Saarland Technology Corporation.
March 2009 • Saarland – Land of Ideas -
Awarded Project of HTW Presented in Berlin
“Ideas for Germany” – so the topic of this year´s annual reception of the Initiative “Germany-Land of Ideas” which has – for four years already - been awarding one idea in Germany every day. The Saarland Roberta Regiozentrum presented its ideas of excellence.
March 2009 • Logistics Hub Saarland Present at transport logistic 2009
From May 12-15, 2009 Saarland shows at transport logistic in Munich that it is not only excellently positioned in the heart of Europe but also can boast with customized concepts for the logistics branch. In the last few years, many businesses have already discovered Saarland´s key locational advantages for themselves. The Dachser Euro Hub or the Ford Industrial Supplier Park with optimized logistics are just two examples of new company settlements, with the latter having been realized through the SBB Saarland Development Corporation, a subsidiary of SHS Saar Holding Company.
You find us at Neue Messe Muenchen, hall B3, booth 214.
August 2008 • Saarland Nanotechnology Conquers Korea
Nanotechnology from Saarland is meanwhile making quite a name for itself outside of Germany. Excellent contacts to first addresses in research and industry have been established in particular with Korea, one of the most industrialized countries in Asia - actively supported by initiatives such as "Saarland Empowering Nano". From August 23-28, a delegation from Saarland has visited the Korean capital of Seoul.
June 2008 • U.S. Furniture Producer Mity-Lite Opens Sales Subsidiary in Saarbrücken
"Having built up sales structures in 14 countries - USA, South America and the Middle East -already, Europe is the next step in our international growth strategy. We see big chances here", said Randy Hales, Chairman of the Board. Read more >>
Feb 2008 • Saarland nanotechnology represented once again in Japan und Korea
gwSaar, the Saarland Economic Promotion Corporation, organised a Saarland stand for the fifth time in succession at the NanoTech 2008 fair in Tokyo to exhibit products and technologies developed in Saarland in the field of nanotechnology. 180 exhibitors and over 45,000 trade visitors made NanoTech Tokyo the largest nanotechnology fair in the world. Read more >>
Feb 2008 • More than just good ideas: Saarland’s new journal on nanotechnology makes tiny particles really big
Empowering Nano is the new journal on nanotechnology which appears quarterly with fascinating reports on innovations in the field of nanotechnology in Saarland, world leader in the sector: for example, on THE END OF GRAFFITI thanks to 95%-effective protection against the sprayed markings or on INTELLIGENT WINDOWS which adjust to the outside temperature at the press of a button. Read more >>
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