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🔬🧪 Inventive, creative and visionary—these words perfectly capture the spirit of this year’s #Jugendforscht (young scientists) regional competitions in Leipzig and Halle, Germany! On February 13, the North-West Saxony regional competition was hosted in Leipzig by Leipzig University, with support from Goldschmidt. On February 25, the Saxony-Anhalt regional competition took place in Halle, hosted by our group company Elektro-Thermit and SLV Halle GmbH. In Leipzig, innovative projects were presented across seven different fields: 🌱 Among the winners was the project “Hydrophonic-based vertical farming“ aimed at creating space-saving cultivation methods. 👨💻 In the junior category #Technology, the “Mauzi-Minder“, an AI-based feeding system for the targeted feeding of animals impressed the jury to the point that it won first prize and numerous other special prices. In Halle, a total of 37 research projects covering a broad spectrum of topics caught the attention of both the jury and visitors: 🌱 Among the winners was “The somewhat different greenhouse”, which improves plant growth conditions by combining #solarthermal energy and photovoltaics. 🧪 Another notable winner, the Biology project "Plasmid cloning for epilepsy" developed a cloning protocol to study a so far unterstudied protein believed to play a role in epilepsy. A huge #congratulations to all the winners! We’ll root for you in the upcoming state competitions, before all finalists head to Hamburg for the national competition, taking place from 29 May to 1 June. 👏 Image sources: Swen Reichhold, Leipzig University (picture 3,4); Falk Wenzel, Elektro-Thermit (picture 1,2,5) Stiftung Jugend forscht e. V. #railinfrastructure #sponsoring #youngtalent

#Congratulations to Infranord Norge AS and Goldschmidt Sweden AB on the successful delivery of the new LRB18 road-rail vehicle! 👏 #teamgoldschmidt #smartrailsolutions #railinfrastructure

🌎👩🔬 In our series in support of the #womeninscience initiative, we are introducing some of our many great female colleagues around the world. Next up is Sophia, she is an engineer with a master's in environmental engineering and Senior Specialist Joining at Goldschmidt Holding in Leipzig, Germany. She joined the company in 2015. Together with her team, she develops devices, machines and processes related to Thermit®. Sophia is also part of the ‘strong women, strong railway industry’ campaign of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB). It aims to encourage more women to pursue a career in the railway industry. What she particularly likes about her work at Goldschmidt is the mix of practice and theory – whether in the office, in the workshop or in the test hall: "Currently, I am conducting detailed research into the process of Thermit® welding. For that we cooperate with many different partners, among others the Technical University ‘Bergakademie Freiberg’. We use the knowledge gained to develop new processes. In addition, we are continuosly further developing our devices and machines for Thermit® welding." She values the good working atmosphere in the team and the exchange between the organisations: "The cooperation with team members is great, we are a small team and can quickly find common ground. I also find the exchange with other colleagues to be cooperative and constructive, with short lines of communication." Thank you, Sophia, we are happy that you are a part of #TeamGoldschmidt! 👏 #railinfrastructure #engineering #railindustry TU Bergakademie Freiberg Verband der Bahnindustrie in Deutschland (VDB) e.V. (German Railway Industry Association)

Our customer SPITZKE SE renews several hundred kilometers of track per year and carries out countless projects in Germany and Europe! 💪 Ambitious achievements that require a strong team and a reliable fleet.   At InnoTrans, we spoke with Robert Schaetzke, Head of Overhead Line Systems, and André Sobottka, Head of Disposition at SPITZKE, about their experiences with the road-rail vehicles of our group company Goldschmidt Sweden AB and how they were put to the test in the recently completed #Riedbahn project. 🚧🚉   Find out more in the video* below. ▶️ *in German language with English captions #teamgoldschmidt #customervoices #railinfrastructure

Starte mit Goldschmidt erfolgreich ins Berufsleben! 👋 Vom 21. - 22. Februar sind wir auf der Karrieremesse #Chance in Halle und informieren über Einstiegsmöglichkeiten bei unseren Gesellschaften in Leipzig, Halle und Magdeburg. Komm vorbei und gestalte mit uns die Zukunft der Schiene. Relevant, krisenfest und innovationsgetrieben seit 1895. Wir sehen uns auf der: 📍 Chance Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt | Halle 2D, Stand 11 📅 21.–22. Februar 2025 Keine Gelegenheit vorbeizuschauen? Im Kommentarbereich haben wir unsere Stellenangebote verlinkt. ⬇️ --- Kick-start your career with Goldschmidt! 👋 From February 21 – 22 you can find us at the Chance #careerfair in Halle, Germany, informing you about career opportunities at our companies in Leipzig, Halle and Magdeburg! Join us and shape the future of rail with us. Relevant, crisis-proof and driven by innovation since 1895. See you at: 📍 Chance Halle, Saxony-Anhalt | hall 2D, booth 11 📅 February 21-22, 2025 If you won’t be there, you can still find the link to all our vacancies in the comment section. ⬇️ Image source: Tom Schulze #teamgoldschmidt #hiring #apprenticeship

👩🔬🔬Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science - a great starting point to highlight some of our many talented international female colleagues over the coming weeks. Starting with Malebo, a dedicated Quality Manager for Metallurgical #Engineering at our group company Thermitrex (PTY) Ltd in South Africa. Since joining Goldschmidt in 2019, Malebo has been shaping quality assurance and quality control strategies at Thermitrex: „I am responsible for defining, implementing and enforcing the quality assurance and quality control strategy in our company. I manage and review the quality systems database and am responsible for internal audits.“ What excites her most about her work is the constant challenge and opportunities for improvement. She also appreciates the collaborative work culture: "I like working at Goldschmidt because of the culture of cooperation and the humanity of the people. Employees are treated with respect, and their commitment is appreciated. I work with people who are professional, respect one another and have fun at the same time." Thanks Malebo, we are happy that you are part of #TeamGoldschmidt! 👏 #womeninscience #qualitymanagement #railinfrastructure

Football time at Goldschmidt – SPIRIT CUP 2025 ⚽🏆 At the end of last week, football teams & enthusiasts from a total of 8 Goldschmidt companies from all over Europe came together for our annual and already legendary football tournament, the #SPIRITCUP! This year, Form - Thermit hosted the event for the first time, welcoming everyone to beautiful Brno in the heart of Czech Republic. The matches kicked off on Friday afternoon in the Brno football hall, to which all participants were shuttled from their hotels. The atmosphere was electric, with the entire arena branded in Goldschmidt colours and a tasty buffet ensuring that everyone was well fed. Each team gave their best during the 12-minute intense matches and the competitive spirit was felt across the entire field. After an action-packed finale, the winning team was ultimately crowned: #Congratulations to our 2025 SPIRIT CUP champions, the team from Elektro-Thermit! 🎉 A big #thankyou goes out to everyone who was there and spread the Goldschmidt SPIRIT, as well as to our hosts from Form - Thermit, who pulled off a great event for everyone. 🙌 We are already looking forward to next year's SPIRIT CUP in Halle, Germany! Image credit: Ondřej Jarolím  #teamgoldschmidt #teamspirit

We are passionate about promoting young talent in science!👨🔬🔬 Starting this February, the regional competitions for #Jugendforscht will be held for the 60th time and we will be supporting them. With over 10,000 young participants from all over Germany, Jugend forscht is one of the largest student and youth competitions in Europe in the field of #science and technology. 💡   Our group company Elektro-Thermit has been an official sponsor of the regional competition Jugend forscht Saxony-Anhalt together with SLV Halle since 2020, while Goldschmidt Holding has been supporting the regional competition North-West Saxony since 2015.   We congratulate Stiftung Jugend forscht e. V. on their anniversary and keep our fingers crossed for all young researchers for the first round of the competition! 👏   PS: The photos were taken at the Saxony-Anhalt competition in Halle last year. We are already curious about this year's creative and innovative competition entries!   SLV Halle GmbH Leipzig University #goldschmidt #youngtalent

Our valued customer SPITZKE SE is successfully deploying its new road-rail vehicles from Goldschmidt Sweden AB for overhead line work for Deutsche Bahn at Munich Central Station. 🚆💡 (post in German language)

Together with Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG, our group company, high-tech and technology leader PLR Prüftechnik Linke & Rühe, is developing a state-of-the-art road-rail #inspection vehicle. 💡 The aim of the vehicle is to significantly ease inspection and enhance maintenance of the KVB rail infrastructure in the long term. The inspection vehicle was one of our showstoppers at InnoTrans 2024 and the perfect opportunity for us to catch up on site with Christian Burk, Head of Infrastructure at KVB and in charge of the project. Find out more about this major project in the video*. ▶️ *video in German with English captions #goldschmidt #smartrailsolutions #collaboration