• the Technical University of Ilmenau, and over 100 prospering technology-oriented businesses and facilities in promising  technological fields 
• the glass industry 
• the metal processing industry, mechanical engineering and tool manufacture, hand trades and the service industry. 

The future meets centuries-old tradition in High-Tech Ilmenau, for instance, in the glass and porcelain industry. 
The systematic development of a modern infrastructure, in connection with the establishment of new industrial properties, is leading to attractive relocation possibilities for businesses and industry, both at old industrial locations and in new industrial zones. This in turn leads to a new economic structure, strongly networked within itself. 

More than 70 businesses from industry, the trades, and services have moved into the "Am Vogelherd" Industrial Park and other areas of trade.

The "Am Vogelherd"  Industrial Park		Binz Ambulance- und Umwelttechnik GmbH at Vogelherd

Eight new business parks have been established since 1991, five of which are already fully occupied. Additional business parks with several dimensions around the Technical University campus set up priorities now. 

Informations about properties, grants, and city data are available from: 

Stadtverwaltung Ilmenau (Ilmenau City Administration) 
Wirtschaftsförderung (Economic Development)
Mr. Thomas Jaecklein 
Tel: +49 (0) 3677/600-123 
Fax: +49 (0) 3677/600-200