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With its high demand for a special service, IMG offers modern public relations. In addition to press relations, which include answering inquiries but also active information through press releases, topic services or press kits, our communication channels run through the websites, the Infocenter or the social media channels.

An important part of communication is personal contact and shared experience: IMG therefore offers media professionals on current business and tourism topics, group press trips and supports journalists as well as bloggers and influencers in conducting individual research trips.

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May 2022
23.05.2022 The airport and development agencies sign a cooperation agreement covering more than one federal state
Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG (MFAG), Wirtschaftsförderung Sachsen GmbH (WFS) and Investitions- und Marketinggesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt mbH (IMG) have signed an extensive cooperation agreement in order to strengthen the position of the “Leipzig/Halle Airport Region” in the long term. The aim of the agreement is to market “airea – the Airport Region in Central Germany” as a joint economic area across different federal states and internationally and make even more effective use of its potential to attract investors and enable firms to set up their business here. read more tweet Print
17.05.2022 MECOTEC is one of the most innovative companies in East Germany
MECOTEC GmbH is awarded the „Vorsprung“ business prize as one of the six most innovative companies in East Germany read more tweet Print
06.05.2022 Testing interactions between drones and traditional aircraft
Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport has rejoined the German aviation network. The official reopening took place on 6 May 2022, attended by representatives from government, academia and industry. Take-offs and landings for aircraft up to 5.7 tonnes will once again be possible at Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport, initially in accordance with visual flight rules. Linking the airport with the National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), has created a unique test infrastructure. read more tweet Print
05.05.2022 International Business Expansions to Germany Rebound in 2021
According to statistics annually compiled by Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI), the number of FDI projects bounced back significantly last year, nearly reaching pre-corona levels. read more tweet Print
05.05.2022 Record investments in Saxony-Anhalt in 2021 with a focus on sustainable future technologies
The growth in the number of companies moving to Saxony-Anhalt has continued. In 2021, the Investment and Marketing Corporation Saxony-Anhalt (IMG) acquired 68 new projects and helped 20 companies make the decision to move to the region, creating 2,019 new permanent jobs. The finishing touch to these developments was the recent decision by Intel to invest 17 billion euros in two semiconductor plants in Magdeburg. read more tweet Print
03.05.2022 FAM Integration into the BEUMER Group
The management is pleased to announce that the BEUMER Group, Beckum, a leading international company in the business fields Conveyor and Loading Systems, as well as Palletizing and Packaging Technology, has acquired FAM in its entirety. The notarial contracts were signed this morning. read more tweet Print
02.05.2022 Acquisition of IFA group by Aequita completed
The complete takeover of the IFA Group by the owner-managed Munich-based industry group AEQUITA, announced at the end of December 2021, has been formally completed (closing). In addition to the required approval by the German Federal Cartel Office, all other closing conditions for the takeover have also been met. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the transformation of the IFA Group. AEQUITA will consistently continue this course and actively accompany the IFA Group on its growth path. As part of this process, all of the approximately 2,600 employees at all locations will be taken over. read more tweet Print
April 2022
29.04.2022 New settlement at the Weinberg Campus
[Translate to English:] Das IT-Unternehmen exceeding solutions GmbH mit derzeitigem Sitz in Merseburg investiert 3,6 Millionen Euro in neues Bürogebäude. read more tweet Print
26.04.2022 HORIBA responds to increased demand for new technologies and energy solutions with site expansions
Completion and commissioning of one new company building each at the sites in Magdeburg-Barleben, Saxony-Anhalt and Leichlingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Investment of EUR 36 million creates up to 270 new jobs and supports the increasing demand for fuel cell and electrolysis testing equipment as well as other new technologies and products for the Automotive and Process & Environmental (P&E) segments read more tweet Print
14.04.2022 AlgaeCytes receives building permit for investment at Dessau airfield
Kick off for world's largest algae factory in Saxony-Anhalt. read more tweet Print

Press-Kits

The Californian company Intel wants to build two state-of-the-art semiconductor plants in Magdeburg – the first on the European continent for this American corporation. The investment volume is 17 billion euros.

Ice cream manufacturer Florida-Eis in Berlin plans to build Germany’s first carbon neutral ice cream factory in Schönebeck on the outskirts of Magdeburg, creating 250 jobs.

These are just two of numerous examples in Saxony-Anhalt, which show: HERE, the thinking is focused on sustainability and saving resources. We have compiled further examples for you in an attached press kit. We’re also happy to talk to you about this.

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