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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "volkswagen-group",
 "name": "Volkswagen Group",
 "status": "listed",
 "status_label": "Listed",
 "segment": "Automotive, consumer and medical buyers",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/volkswagen-group/",
 "listing": {
  "exchange": "XETR",
  "ticker": "VOW",
  "tradingview_symbol": "XETR:VOW"
 },
 "headquarters": "Wolfsburg, Germany",
 "founded": 1937,
 "ownership": "Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (VOW)",
 "technologies": [
  "binder jet",
  "L-PBF",
  "HP Metal Jet"
 ],
 "description": "Bet on metal binder jetting for series car parts earlier than any other carmaker, with HP as the printer partner and Siemens on software. Its Wolfsburg additive centre is where the process is being proven.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-23",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "Sep 2018",
   "title": "GKN Powder Metallurgy, HP and Volkswagen partner to bring Metal Jet to mass production",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.gknpm.com/en/news-media-and-events/news/2018/gkn-powder-metallurgy-partners-with-hp-and-volkswagen-to-bring-metal-3d-printing-to-mass-production/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Dec 2018",
   "title": "Opens a 3,100 square metre additive centre in Wolfsburg, run by its toolmaking unit",
   "detail": "Expected to move from prototypes and tools to end-use parts within two to three years.",
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/volkswagen-opens-advanced-3d-printing-center-looks-to-additive-manufacturing-in-production-145362/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jun 2021",
   "title": "Plans binder jetting in vehicle production, up to 100,000 parts a year by 2025; the first parts are T-Roc Cabriolet A-pillar components",
   "detail": "Siemens supplies the software; the two developed part nesting that doubles the parts per print run.",
   "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/volkswagen-plans-to-use-new-3d-printing-process-in-vehicle-production/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Jun 2023",
   "title": "Installs a second MetalFAB metal printer from Additive Industries, chosen for its automation and modular capacity",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.tctmagazine.com/volkswagen-expands-3d-printing-capabilities-with-installation-of-its-second-metalfab-system/"
  }
 ]
}