Sustainable and Smart Mobility and Logistics
The mobility of the future will be resource-saving and climate-neutral, networked, multimodal and particularly user-friendly. Digitalisation is the driver for the development of innovative mobility carriers on the one hand and new types of mobility models on the other. Driving tasks are increasingly being taken over by machines and algorithms, so that the role of humans in the mobility system is changing.
The field of "sustainable and smart mobility and logistics" encompasses the area of mobility and transport concepts in the narrower sense, the logistics sector with its large number of employees, and the automotive and supplier segment, which, seen as an industry, consistently ranks among the TOP 3 industrial sectors with the highest turnover throughout Thuringia.
Clear references to future trends can be seen in the specialisation profile: Approaches to resource conservation (e.g. less weight, alternative drives) can be found here, as well as topics of networking (e.g. sector coupling, interaction between vehicles), aspects of multimodality (e.g. platform-based mobility services, new mobility carriers) or user-friendliness (e.g. platform-based logistics services, new functions).
Cluster and network organisations
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Networks
automotive thüringen e.V.
Founded in 2000 by nine Thuringian companies as the automotive supplier Thuringia e.V. (AZT), well over 100 Thuringian automotive supply companies have been organised as network partners in today's automotive thüringen e.V. (at) for years. In addition, some universities, universities of applied sciences, research facilities, banks, leasing companies and other service providers are members.
As a partner and network, automotive thüringen e.V. creates a platform for exchange and thus promotes new developments and successful innovations in Thuringia. It supports its member companies in the areas of technological development, company research and development capacities, technology transfer by using local capacities at technical colleges and universities, further training, a customer-oriented quality offensive, risk analyses of new investments and analysis of market developments (benchmarking both to OEMs, suppliers and necessary infrastructure) through analyses of relevant trends, programmes for further training & employee qualification, the design of economic policy framework conditions and through targeted public relations work.
Logistics Network Thuringia e.V.
Logistics Network Thuringia e.V. is a cooperative community of specialists from all areas of logistics. In addition to freight forwarders, shippers and contract logistics providers, the network brings together companies from the fields of consultancy, combined freight transport, training and further education, IT, research and development, personnel services and logistics-related services, associations and public administration. The network sees itself as a competence cluster along the entire supply chain and represents a holistic approach.
The aim of the association is to strengthen Thuringia as a European distribution hub. To achieve this goal, the members develop viable, sustainable and demand-oriented solutions and structures for the logistics industry. All Thuringian industrial, production and trading companies also benefit from these solutions and structures, because high-performance (production) logistics creates the basis for higher value creation and productivity.
Logistics Network Thuringia e.V. is closely networked with other industry clusters and networks in Thuringia in order to identify commonalities and achieve synergy effects. In addition, there is close contact with other German logistics networks for mutual exchange and cooperation in supra-regional projects.
