September 19, 2025. tracetronic GmbH is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is opening its new company building in Dresden this Friday. The expanded tracetronic campus covers 5,200 m² and was designed according to the principles of New Work: Spaces for encounters, collaboration and focused work form the basis for a workplace where employees and innovations take center stage.
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State Secretary for Economic Affairs Thomas Kralinski: “tracetronic is a real ‘Made in Saxony’ success story. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has been working closely with the company for a long time and has supported it with various grants in recent years. The inauguration of the extension building today is a great opportunity to see the outstanding development of this ‘hidden champion’. Exciting projects and tasks certainly await you. I wish you an accident-free operation and all the best for your anniversary.”
“Since our foundation, we have grown steadily – from four founders in 2004 to over 500 employees in an international group of companies. Our new campus is not just an office building, but a place where people come together and ideas and innovations are created,” says Rocco Deutschmann, CEO of the tracetronic Group. “We live agility, personal responsibility and flat hierarchies and have consciously invested in spaces for encounters, creativity and exchange. Our focus is on people and a feel-good working environment is important to us. That’s why we have specifically created places where you can clear your head alongside your work – whether it’s yoga in the garden, beach volleyball or simply enjoying the view from the roof terrace.”
tracetronic was founded in 2004 as a spin-off from TU Dresden by three research assistants and one student, who are still active in the company today as managing directors and shareholders – tracetronic is therefore still in the hands of the owners. Over the past 20 years, the company has grown to become the global market leader for test automation in vehicle development. Today, tracetronic has an international presence with sites in Germany, the USA, Korea, China and Japan. Over 400 customers worldwide rely on tracetronic solutions. 15 of the top 20 OEMs use the software tools developed in Dresden. In addition, they are used by numerous suppliers and companies in various industries (trucks, motorcycles, boats, trains, agricultural machinery).
The founding of neocx GmbH, a joint venture with Volkswagen, in 2021 is considered a milestone for tracetronic as a strategic growth step to further expand its capacity for holistic solutions for global manufacturers.
With its anniversary and the opening of the campus, tracetronic is sending a clear signal for the future: growth, internationalization and innovation remain the driving forces – supported by an atmosphere that focuses on people and their cooperation.
The construction project is being co-financed with taxpayers’ money on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.
tracetronic is the global market leader for test automation in vehicle development. Our software products and customized services set global standards in the automated testing of complex vehicle software – from the component to integration in the vehicle. With end-to-end workflows, highly functional interfaces and a deep understanding of DevOps processes, we are actively driving the transformation to the software-defined vehicle.
More than 400 companies in over 30 countries from a wide range of industries – including Audi, BMW Group, Bosch, CLAAS, Continental, Daimler, Denso, Ford, Geely, IAV, John Deere, Magna, Porsche, Rivian, Siemens and Volkswagen – rely on our tool chain and expertise. Our solutions such as ecu.test and test.guide are used worldwide, including in Silicon Valley.
Founded in 2004 as a university start-up at TU Dresden, tracetronic now employs over 500 people at locations in Dresden, Ingolstadt, Munich and Stuttgart, as well as in the USA, Korea, China and Japan. Close cooperation with universities and participation in research projects enable us to research new technologies and shape innovations for the automotive future
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