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Innovative Force and Strong Trade Marks

The inventions, knowledge and understanding produced by German scientists represent milestones in science and research and form a basis for modern technologies:

  • The discovery of x-rays paved the way for the use of computed tomography in medical diagnostics,
  • the Braun Tube created the basis for the development of the television,
  • the first programmable calculator – Z3 – was the forerunner to the present-day computer, and
  • the Haber-Bosch process is still considered today to be the most important and most economical way of producing ammonia. 90% of all fertilisers are made from ammonia.


Photo: Siemens AG
Photo: Siemens AGSo, science and research and business and industry go hand-in-hand, and German companies successfully market numerous research findings by German scientists as innovative products. World famous examples include products like Ferrari red, Aspirin, Adidas trainers, polymethyl methacrylate (perhaps better known as Plexiglas, Perspex or Lucite), spark plugs, electric motors and the German car engine. GMR read heads for computer hard disks, liquid crystals for use in LCD technology, dirt-repelling paints with Lotus Effect, MP3 format and language recognition are all products with innovation.

Further information on German inventors and inventions is provided by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

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Leading the Way in Innovative Research Fields

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Date: 2008-11-19