CarTexSax

Since Jan­u­ary 2024, Gherzi Ger­many, Chem­nitz, has been work­ing specif­i­cal­ly on solu­tions to sup­port struc­tur­al change in the auto­mo­tive region of south-west Sax­ony as part of the Car­TexSax 2024 project.

Fund­ed by the Fed­er­al Min­istry for Eco­nom­ic Affairs and Cli­mate Pro­tec­tion Sax­ony as part of the Ini­tia­tive Trans­for­ma­tion Auto­mo­bil­re­gion Süd­west­sach­sen (ITAS), the focus is on the strate­gic reori­en­ta­tion of the region­al tex­tile indus­try — towards becom­ing an inno­v­a­tive sup­pli­er for the chang­ing Euro­pean auto­mo­tive indus­try.

Cen­tral top­ics of the project are glob­al­i­sa­tion 2.0, dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion, decar­bon­i­sa­tion, autonomous mobil­i­ty and the chang­ing sup­ply chain struc­tures (tier struc­ture). The focus is also on approach­es to the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my and the recy­cla­bil­i­ty of val­ue streams — in line with the require­ments of busi­ness, con­sumers and pol­i­tics.

South­west Sax­ony is caught between the poles of pro­found tech­no­log­i­cal upheaval, shift­ing glob­al sup­ply chains and increas­ing­ly intense inter­na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion. At the same time, the region har­bours enor­mous poten­tial: the exist­ing tex­tile exper­tise in pro­duc­tion, sup­ply chain and cer­ti­fi­ca­tion can be specif­i­cal­ly linked with the require­ments of the mobil­i­ty of the future.

In the first few months of the project, Gherzi Ger­many car­ried out a com­pre­hen­sive sur­vey of the region­al indus­try land­scape. Rel­e­vant play­ers from indus­try, research and pol­i­tics were active­ly involved through inter­views and events. Ini­tial strate­gic foun­da­tions were devel­oped from this. The aim is to cre­ate sus­tain­able prospects for the tex­tile indus­try in south-west Sax­ony — so that it can con­tin­ue to play a key role in auto­mo­tive val­ue chains, secure jobs and main­tain entre­pre­neur­ial struc­tures in the future.

With Vision 2030, Gherzi Ger­many is pur­su­ing the goal of trans­form­ing south-west Sax­ony into a lead­ing Euro­pean loca­tion for tex­tile auto­mo­tive solu­tions. At the same time, new indus­tries are also to be addressed, as it is clear­ly fore­see­able that the auto­mo­tive indus­try — due to falling sales fig­ures — will con­sol­i­date its capac­i­ties in Europe.

All of this is intend­ed to cre­ate the basis for a resilient, future-ori­en­tat­ed indus­try in south-west Sax­ony.

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• Cus­tomer: Chem­nitzer Touris­mus und Mar­ket­ing-Gesellschaft (CTM)
• Con­trac­tor: Gherzi Ger­many Gmbh
• Advi­so­ry board: AMZ Sach­sen