According to its own statements, Lufthansa Cargo sees membership as a strategic step to bring in its expertise and deepen collaboration with key players in the semiconductor industry. As an important component of global supply chains, it can help ensure the reliable, sustainable flow of goods worldwide with the highest quality standards. This applies, in particular, to time-critical and sensitive high-tech goods.
Active participation in working groups, industry events, and specialist forums can help to better understand industry requirements and further develop specialized air freight solutions in a targeted manner. Carolin Gerstenmaier,
Head of Industry Development at Lufthansa Cargo:
“The semiconductor industry is characterized by highly sensitive, time-critical supply chains. Our customers expect reliable, flexible logistics solutions – and this is exactly where we want to continue developing through active exchange. With our know-how from the international air freight business, we want to contribute to making logistical processes along the value chain even more resilient and efficient. In doing so, we support our mission: Enabling Global Business.”
Logistics as a Competitive FactorSilicon Saxony is the largest network of companies in the microelectronics, semiconductor, and
IT industry in Europe. The Dresden-based association brings together over 600 players, from international technology corporations to start-ups and research institutes. The regional focus is in the Dresden area, the most important location for semiconductor manufacturing in Europe. Frank Bösenberg, Managing Director of Silicon Saxony:
“We are very pleased to welcome Lufthansa Cargo, one of the world’s leading companies in the air freight sector, as a new member of the high-tech network Silicon Saxony. With this partnership, we are specifically strengthening the field of transport and logistics. For the globally interconnected semiconductor
industry, reliable and efficient logistics is a decisive competitive factor. The exchange with Lufthansa Cargo opens up new perspectives on intelligent supply chains and resilient infrastructures. Together, we want to work on positioning the technology location Saxony even better internationally and further improving the conditions for research, development, and production.”
With this entry, the air freight airline is expanding its commitment to the semiconductor industry even further. According to its own statements, membership in the network should help to tailor its own air freight solutions even more precisely to the needs of
