With the opening of the centre, the unit is bringing the most highly advanced generation of 3D printers to the Volkswagen Group, which will allow the production of complex vehicle parts in the future. In addition, with the new centre, Toolmaking is implementing a key point of the pact for the future concluded in 2016 and expanding its production competences with subsidies from the Innovation Fund II.
At the 3D printing centre, which has a floor space of 3,100m2, toolmakers, planners and research team members cooperate closely on the development of new products and processes. Within the framework of the pact for the future, a new additive manufacturing unit providing 11 future-oriented jobs has been established.
"The 3D printing centre takes Volkswagen's additive manufacturing activities to a new level," said Dr. Andreas Tostmann, Board Member for Production of the Volkswagen brand. "In two to three years' time, three-dimensional printing will also become interesting for the first production parts. In the future, we may be able to use 3D printers directly on the production line for vehicle production."
