Görlitz fights for specialists: District Administrator discusses Chipfabrik in Berlin

Görlitz fights for specialists: District Administrator discusses Chipfabrik in Berlin

Görlitz, Deutschland - Apparently there is a lot in Görlitz, because District Administrator Stephan Meyer was most recently in Berlin to discuss important concerns of the district with representatives of the federal government. A central topic was the new chip factory of the Taiwanese company TSMC, which is built in Dresden. This development could bring significant advantages for the region because local companies from mechanical and plant engineering want to position themselves as a supplier for chip production. In this context, it is also crucial that the university in Görlitz is urgently needed in order to cover the need for TSMC. Sächsische.de Initiative of the Bundestag member Florian Oest took place. Meyer traveled to the capital almost two months after the Görlitzer OB Octavian Ursu, who had previously pointed out the need to quickly expand the transport infrastructure.

The expansion of the reporting system is becoming increasingly important, even to give common projects with Zgorzelec. In addition, Ursu was at the meeting in Berlin for a service base for coastal rowing on Lake Berzdorfer, which shows that the region should not only be strengthened economically but also in terms of sport.

skilled workers in focus

Another sensitive topic that was discussed is the acute shortage of skilled workers. According to current statistics, 445,000 people are employed as IT specialists in Germany, but the number of attitudes in professions of microsystem technology, which are important for chip production, is relatively low-with just under 6,000 employees. These figures come from a Bundestag request from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and were presented in a bundesag.de. It is particularly worrying that 65,000 employees in electrical engineering will retire by 2027 and 29,000 people leave the professional field. The 89,000 graduates, which emerged annually from the courses in this area, will not be enough to cover the new requirement.

The Federal Government has recognized that an increase in skilled workers in the field of microelectronics is imminent in the entire EU by 2030. Therefore, it calls for a significant increase in training capacity in Germany, especially in the contexts of the new chip factories and the associated extensions. The efforts of the Görlitz district also play an important role here to invest in the formation of future -proof professions and thus strengthen the region in the long term.

With the good conversations and strategic initiatives, the Görlitz district shows that it is willing to take the opportunities that the new ChipfAbk offers and thus to shape a future for the region that takes into account both economic and social dimensions.