Comeback of the German Lace and Embroidery Industry. Otto Dotzauer 2.0

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Information Management, grade: 4.0, , language: English, abstract: The personal motivation selecting this capstone project topic goes back to 2014. I visited Otto Dotzauer's factory with my undergraduate study group in a small town in Saxony, South-East Germany. The company consists of an office and one factory hall which has a few types of machinery that operate in an old traditional way and with less automation. Despite Meinels Stick and Designerspitzen Plauen GmbH, it is one of three companies in this region that preserves the German textile heritage. The products of Otto Dotzauer are considered as traditional craftsmanship.

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