# Porsche and Schuler establish joint venture for Smart Press Shop

Porsche AG and Schuler AG signed a contract to establish a joint venture to build a Smart Press Shop for producing complex car body parts, focusing on aluminium outer skin panels and smaller batch sizes. The European Commission approved the venture in mid-August 2018.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-09-04
- Where: Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: car body parts, aluminium outer skin panels
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Schuler Group](https://endata.com/companies/16758.md) (partner)
- [Porsche](https://endata.com/companies/16802.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [press.porsche.com](https://press.porsche.com/prod/presse_pag/PressResources.nsf/Content?ReadForm=&languageversionid=904610), 2018-09-05: "With this joint venture, Porsche is making important decisions regarding the sports car production of the future."

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