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