Making processes more efficient

"With this joint venture, Porsche is setting an important course for the sports car production of the future," says Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG. "It's about using future technologies and innovations to make processes even more efficient. The close integration of design, development, body planning, tool production and production within the Porsche Group will have a significant impact on the quality of our sports cars."

Schuler CEO Domenico Iacovelli says: "Porsche and Schuler are jointly implementing a press shop that sets new standards in two respects - in terms of performance in industrial production and in the digital networking and readability of data streams throughout the entire production process. Porsche will benefit from this major step forward, but ultimately so will other manufacturers."

Networking of production data

The consistent further development of process expertise in the field of metal forming is achieved, among other things, through the continuous networking of production data and the use of machine learning. Porsche and Schuler are setting new standards with topics such as predictive maintenance and intelligent production control.

Schuler's new Servo 20 technology is used in the joint venture. It increases the maximum output from 18 to 20 strokes per minute and reduces the energy consumption per stroke and component. Thanks to a newly developed concept for die changes, small batch sizes can be produced with high efficiency. Other features of the new line include an optimized servo drive for the progressive presses and reduced space requirements.

The joint venture is managed as an independent GmbH & Co. The shares are held equally by Schuler and Porsche. Both companies are investing tens of millions in the joint venture. More than 100 new highly qualified jobs will be created. The location of the new company has not yet been decided. The aim of the choice of location is to significantly reduce_{CO2 emissions} by minimizing the logistics routes for body parts.