Craftsmanship Meets High-tech
The food industry is one of the most important economic sectors in Saxony. The mainly small and medium-sized companies provide safe, nutritious and tasty products. They use state-of-the-art know-how to work on a sustainable value chain.
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Facts About the Food Industry in Saxony (2024)
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342
companies -
21,700
enployees -
about 8,000 million €
annual turnover -
9.5 %
share of Saxony's industrial turnover
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Networks
In Saxony, various topic-specific networks in the food industry are working to support companies in gaining market access, recruiting workers, and transferring technology and knowledge. This also involves strengthening and further developing the innovation ecosystem: for sustainable technologies and value chains, for high-quality, innovative products.
The network promotes exchange, quality and regionality in the food industry in Saxony - supported by the Dresden Chamber of Industry and Commerce and open to all companies in the industry.
Netzwerk Ernährungsgewerbe Sachsen
The aim of the agency is to establish, strengthen and further develop regional food value chains - from primary production to processing and trade. To this end, AgiL informs, advises and networks all companies interested in regional marketing in Saxony's agriculture and food industry free of charge - from start-ups to large agricultural companies.
AgiL Sächsische Agentur für Regionale Lebensmittel
New products, new processes and new added value for the region: BioZ - Bio-based Innovations from Zeitz and Central Germany (WIR! innovation network) forges innovation alliances to develop value chains based on biobased raw materials, co-products and by-products.
BioZ – Biobasierte Innovationen aus Zeitz und Mitteldeutschland
LAND.VISION is an alliance that brings together all stakeholders in the agricultural sector with the aim of successfully promoting structural change in agriculture with openness and neutrality in order to counteract the low added value and lack of acceptance of agriculture in society. The background to this is the funding program "WIR! - Wandel durch Innovation in der Region", funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR).
Brewers Federation Saxony, Winegrowers' Association Saxony, "Saxonia" Regional Guild Association of the Bakery Trade in Saxony, SFIV - Butchers' Guild Association Saxony - they represent the interests of the member companies for their respective sub-sectors at the various political levels and support them in legal, technical and economic issues.
Do you have any questions? Then contact our industry experts.
Dr. Yvonne Schneider
Industry, Innovation & Marketing
+49-351-2138 231
Barbara Weigert
Investor Services
+49-351-2138 153