“The significant interplay between design, development, body planning, tool manufacturing and production within the Porsche Group will have a considerable effect on the quality of our sports cars.”
The Supervisory Board of Porsche AG has given the approval for a joint venture with Schuler AG, claimed to be a world-leading manufacturer of automation and press systems. On Tuesday, September 4, the companies signed a contract establishing the joint undertaking, which was approved by the European Commission back in mid-August. Approval from other competition authorities is currently pending.
The purpose of the joint venture between Schuler and Porsche is to build a Smart Press Shop. The intention is for the new, highly flexible press shop to produce complex body parts using pioneering technologies; the focus will be on aluminum outer skin panels, as well as the production of smaller batch sizes.
“With this joint venture, Porsche is making important decisions regarding the sports car production of the future. We took the first step back in 2015 with the acquisition of the Porsche Werkzeugbau subsidiary, and the joint venture with Schuler AG represents a logical progression,” says Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG.
“The aim of this undertaking is to use future technologies and innovations to make processes more efficient. The significant interplay between design, development, body planning, tool manufacturing and production within the Porsche Group will have a considerable effect on the quality of our sports cars,” claimed Reimol.
“Together, Porsche and Schuler are building a press shop that sets new standards in two respects – in terms of both the efficiency of industrial production, and the digital networking and readability of data streams throughout the production process,” says Domenico Iacovelli, CEO of Schuler AG. “Not only Porsche will benefit from this major step forward, but ultimately other manufacturers as well.”
Process expertise in the field of metal forming is subject to ongoing development through the end-to-end networking of production data and the use of machine learning, for example. Porsche and Schuler are setting new standards in areas including predictive maintenance and intelligent production control.
The joint venture will be run as an independent company legally constituted as a limited-liability partnership in the GmbH & Co. KG format. The shares are held in equal parts by Schuler AG, a subsidiary of the Andritz Group, and Porsche. Porsche and Schuler are each investing tens of millions in the joint venture, which will create more than 100 new highly skilled jobs. The site of the new company’s headquarters has not yet been determined. The aim is for the choice of location to significantly reduce CO2 emissions by minimizing the distance body parts must travel
In addition to using resources responsibly, Porsche’s aims as per its Strategy 2025 include systematically growing its expertise in the field of lightweight construction. The company acquired the toolmaking division of Kuka with sites in Schwarzenberg, Saxony and the Slovak town of Dubnica back in 2015 and integrated these into the Porsche Group in the form of Porsche Werkzeugbau GmbH. The significant interplay between design, development, body planning, tool manufacturing and production will have a considerable effect on the quality of the sports cars from an early stage in vehicle development.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Schuler and Porsche Start Joint Venture for Car Body Parts
“The significant interplay between design, development, body planning, tool manufacturing and production within the Porsche Group will have a considerable effect on the quality of our sports cars.”
The Supervisory Board of Porsche AG has given the approval for a joint venture with Schuler AG, claimed to be a world-leading manufacturer of automation and press systems. On Tuesday, September 4, the companies signed a contract establishing the joint undertaking, which was approved by the European Commission back in mid-August. Approval from other competition authorities is currently pending.
The purpose of the joint venture between Schuler and Porsche is to build a Smart Press Shop. The intention is for the new, highly flexible press shop to produce complex body parts using pioneering technologies; the focus will be on aluminum outer skin panels, as well as the production of smaller batch sizes.
“With this joint venture, Porsche is making important decisions regarding the sports car production of the future. We took the first step back in 2015 with the acquisition of the Porsche Werkzeugbau subsidiary, and the joint venture with Schuler AG represents a logical progression,” says Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG.
“The aim of this undertaking is to use future technologies and innovations to make processes more efficient. The significant interplay between design, development, body planning, tool manufacturing and production within the Porsche Group will have a considerable effect on the quality of our sports cars,” claimed Reimol.
“Together, Porsche and Schuler are building a press shop that sets new standards in two respects – in terms of both the efficiency of industrial production, and the digital networking and readability of data streams throughout the production process,” says Domenico Iacovelli, CEO of Schuler AG. “Not only Porsche will benefit from this major step forward, but ultimately other manufacturers as well.”
Process expertise in the field of metal forming is subject to ongoing development through the end-to-end networking of production data and the use of machine learning, for example. Porsche and Schuler are setting new standards in areas including predictive maintenance and intelligent production control.
The joint venture will be run as an independent company legally constituted as a limited-liability partnership in the GmbH & Co. KG format. The shares are held in equal parts by Schuler AG, a subsidiary of the Andritz Group, and Porsche. Porsche and Schuler are each investing tens of millions in the joint venture, which will create more than 100 new highly skilled jobs. The site of the new company’s headquarters has not yet been determined. The aim is for the choice of location to significantly reduce CO2 emissions by minimizing the distance body parts must travel
In addition to using resources responsibly, Porsche’s aims as per its Strategy 2025 include systematically growing its expertise in the field of lightweight construction. The company acquired the toolmaking division of Kuka with sites in Schwarzenberg, Saxony and the Slovak town of Dubnica back in 2015 and integrated these into the Porsche Group in the form of Porsche Werkzeugbau GmbH. The significant interplay between design, development, body planning, tool manufacturing and production will have a considerable effect on the quality of the sports cars from an early stage in vehicle development.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.