Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau, a subsidiary of the German construction giant Matthäi, has established its own construction 3D printing division.
To launch the construction 3D printing division, Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau has partnered with PERI 3D Construction, but no further details of the business model or objectives have been confirmed.
It follows the successful completion of Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau's new two-story 364 m² headquarters in Selsingen, Lower Saxony. This facility's construction was enabled by a COBOD BOD2 construction 3D printer and has been occupied since July 2026.
PERI 3D Construction acted as technology partner and supervisor during the printing phase, in collaboration with architects Schulenburg and a planning firm Mense-Korte. Walls of both floors were printed in about 105 hours using Holcim's TectorPrint material, with the building's form produced directly from the digital model.
The building measures around 7.4 m (24 ft) high, 22.5 m (74 ft) long and 13.5 m (44 ft) deep, and was printed across two full storeys. It provides 364 m² (3,920 SF) of usable space, with 170 m² (1,830 SF) on the ground floor and 194 m² (2090 SF) on the first floor. The walls of the ground floor and upper floor together took about 105 hours of printing time using Holcim's TectorPrint, a printable cementitious material. The foundation, base slab, floors and roof were built using conventional methods.
The building's form and facade were designed by the architectural office Schulenburg together with the planning firm Mense-Korte.
"The entire Matthäi Group is proud to be able to realise the first 3D-printed building in Northern Germany. Together with our partners at PERI 3D Construction, we are taking an important step into the future of construction. Once again, this shows how strongly Matthäi combines entrepreneurial growth with innovation and progress," said Bernd Mergard, Managing Director of Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau (translated from German).
"Matthäi printed a two-story office building and then set up its own printing division. That step, from one project to an in-house capability, is exactly what we want to see. It shows construction 3D printing has moved from demonstration into everyday business," added Philip Lund-Nielsen, Co-founder & CCO of COBOD International.
"3D concrete printing allows us to completely revolutionize traditional construction processes. As a company, we see in this innovation not only a technological advance, but the creation of an entirely new sector within construction. With this technology, we are shaping the future of building: faster, more flexible and more sustainable," offered Tim Schulenburg, Managing Director of Schulenburg Architekten (translated from German).
Matthäi is one of Germany's 20 largest construction groups with over 3,300 employees and more than 1 billion EUR in revenue.
