APMS 2024 will take place in Chemnitz (Germany), European Capital of Culture 2025, being the industrial tour in Zwickau. Chemnitz and Zwickau form the center of West Saxony. Several centuries of history in mechanical engineering characterize the region, which has become the leading European region for the production of battery-electric cars in 2020, while the historical textile industry has shifted its focus to technical textiles and sustainable solutions in cooperation with the lightweight industry.