T-Systems, co-founder of Cofinity-X, is driving mass supplier onboarding into Catena-X. Since October 2023, Cofinity-X has enabled secure access to certified apps for sustainability, quality, and supply chain resilience. As a certified onboarding provider, T-Systems offers fast, secure integration with a referral offer valid through 2025, and will join IAA MOBILITY 2025 with Cofinity-X and Catena-X.
Cofinity-X—founded by T-Systems together with nine partners, including BMW Group, SAP, Siemens, and Volkswagen—serves as the operational gateway to Catena-X, the world’s first collaborative, production-ready, and standardized data ecosystem for the automotive industry. Built on Gaia-X principles, Catena-X is designed for interoperability, shared governance, and global scalability.
Cofinity-X delivers the technical infrastructure, enables the connection of participants, and operates a marketplace with solutions for the automotive industry. Since its launch, the Cofinity-X marketplace has grown to over 45 certified applications, already in use across OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, delivering measurable business value.
Catena-X is transforming cross-industry collaboration—at T-Systems, we make it happen through Cofinity-X. We support businesses from initial consultation to full implementation, while Cofinity-X provides the infrastructure for secure data exchange.
Sven Löffler, Director, Dataspaces & Data Products, T-Systems International
The automotive sector is undergoing rapid transformation. Regulatory requirements such as battery passport and CO2 transparency now demand end-to-end traceability, extending beyond internal operations to entire supplier networks.
Catena-X offers a shared, standardized infrastructure to meet these challenges, reducing complexity, lowering compliance costs, and enabling digital resilience.
Compliance is becoming a baseline requirement for business continuity and future growth.
T-Systems has played a foundational role in shaping Catena-X—contributing to its architecture, technical infrastructure, and onboarding processes since day one—and has the highest number of qualified advisors for Catena-X. This involvement, combined with its global delivery capabilities, makes T-Systems the go-to partner for scalable, secure supplier enablement.
The company supports a growing list of adopters—including DENSO, ADIS, Flex Automotive, TÜV Süd, and WITTE—helping them implement use cases such as Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), Electronic Business Units, Battery Passport, and Traceability.
Through the Connect & Integrate solution, T-Systems offers a modular onboarding package that includes readiness assessments, connector setup, compliance validation, and production-ready deployment. It simplifies access to Catena-X with automated provisioning, advanced policy controls, and support for verifiable credentials. With broad tooling—from low-code to expert—plus 24/7 global delivery, Connect & Integrate removes technical barriers and enables easy, scalable data sharing across trusted ecosystems.
As a certified Onboarding Service Provider (OSP), T-Systems is uniquely positioned to deliver mass onboarding at scale—supported by 24/7 global service, automation-driven processes, and a focus on usability and repeatability.
As a Catena-X and Cofinity-X founder, partner, and reseller, T-Systems combines deep technical expertise, strong ecosystem partnerships, and active co-development to deliver fast, sustainable onboarding into the data economy. Together, we’ve built scalable, user-friendly processes that drive adoption from SMEs to large enterprises.
Thomas Rösch, CEO Cofinity-X
T-Systems, a certified Onboarding Service Provider (OSP) for Catena-X, has introduced a new referral initiative to expand the network while rewarding participants. Existing Catena-X members can now refer new suppliers to join through T-Systems’ seamless, automated onboarding process.
When a referred supplier signs a contract and completes onboarding via T-Systems, both parties benefit:
The program is open until 31 December 2025 and applies only to suppliers new to the Catena-X network. Discounts are non-transferable, non-encashable, and must be applied at or before onboarding.
T-Systems will be present at the Cofinity-X booth during IAA MOBILITY 2025 this September. Join us to learn more about scalable Catena-X onboarding and how to activate your supplier network. Check all details and schedule an onsite meeting with us!
As the first operator for the Catena-X dataspace, Cofinity-X GmbH enables secure and sovereign exchange of data among all participants in the automotive value chain. Cofinity-X provides the technical infrastructure for Catena-X, enables the onboarding of participants, and operates a marketplace for apps and services. Catena-X is the first globally trusted and collaborative data ecosystem for the automotive industry defining the regulatory and governance framework, which Cofinity-X brings to life.
