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Nature 441, 931 (22 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441931a; Published online 21 June 2006

Angling Saxons

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Eastern Germany is landing major electronics industry investments — but needs to build up its own innovative capacity, reports Ned Stafford.

Back in December 2000, when business leaders in the German state of Saxony founded an organization to boost their developing electronics industry, they chose to aim high. They christened it Silicon Saxony, after California's Silicon Valley — the high-tech champion of the world.