We are delighted by our success, and about being one of the oldest companies within our region. And conversely, we want to play our part in giving something back to this region and our home: We support carefully selected social projects and regional partners and encourage our employees’ commitment. Below are a few projects that we have been involved in as an enthusiastic supporter and sponsor.
Sponsoring
Success doesn’t happen by itself. That’s why we support a wide range of different associations, initiatives and projects within our region. As well as supporting local sports associations, we also have a particularly soft spot for art, tradition and music. You can see a selection of our most important sponsorship partners here. We’re behind them all the way – and are delighted with our shared successes.
The associations and organisations that we support include:
School performances: funds for prop design and technology
[Halsbrücke high school association]
Supporting children and young people with construction projects
Technical model-making to develop interest in STEM subjects
Assistance with career guidance through company visits
Funds for materials, tools etc.
[Freiberg youth technology centre]
Supporting the preservation of mining and metallurgical tradition in the region
[historic Freiberg mining and metallurgy association]
Supporting the Halsbrücke soccer association
[Saxonia Halsbrücke sports club]
Preserving and promoting art and culture in Central Saxony
[Theatre in Freiberg]
Preserving and promoting art, culture and music in Central Saxony
[Gottfried-Silbermann society]
Maintaining and protecting the natural environment and landscape, supporting the ecological design of residential settlements
[Erzwäsche Halsbrücke residents’ association]
Protective equipment in times of the Corona crisis
Freiberg evangelical Lutheran cathedral parish, St. Michael evangelical Lutheran parish, Tuttendorf church restoration, Mukoviszidose Selbsthilfe Dresden e.V. [Dresden cystic fibrosis self-care association], Oktoberfest Halsbrücke, Weißenborn sports club, Drei Weiße Birken Helbigsdorf [Helbigsdorf local association], Wirtschaftsjunioren Freiberg [Freiberg economic juniors], FIRE e.V., Handwerk Rabenstein sports club, Freibergsdorf Hammer Mill, carnival clubs in the region, historical mining associations in the region
Foundation
Doing good, systematicallyThe "Lothar and Mathias Patzig Foundation" was set up to support science and research, youth welfare, art and culture, monument protection and preservation, schooling, public education and vocational training as well as local tradition and history. The foundation was named after the son of company re-founder Lothar Patzig, who was a former production manager and died young, and has been active since the start of 2014.
By setting up the foundation, we took the decision to support concrete projects and institutions from within our region. By doing so, we are able to achieve the non-profitable and charitable purpose clearly defined in our articles of association, in particular by providing the following organisations with financial support and promotion:
The Central Saxon theatre or other cultural institutions for the sustainable preservation of culture in the Freiberg region.
Institutions that serve to preserve mining and smelting culture or to uphold mining or smelting tradition, or that are committed to the preservation of these types of structures in the Freiberg region.
We also support children and young people by awarding scholarships or providing financial support and opportunities for apprenticeships – in particular in the field of science or in the STEM subjects.
We support talented children and young people as defined at the time of the foundation’s formation (max. 25 years old) in the field of physical and musical education. This could include us making financial contributions or paying the course fees, for example, or paying for sports equipment or musical instruments.
Institutions for training and educational support for children and young people.
We would be happy to tell you about specific projects in detail, together with the recipients.