EVENT REVIEW | ARBURG ANNIVERSARY


Arburg celebrates 100 years as a family company


The longevity of Arburg results from the continuity of ownership by the Hehl family, while being responsive to the many


technological and market changes of the injection


moulding industry


Main image: Arburg’s new hybrid Allrounder 470 H machine on show at the Arburg


Anniversary Days event in Lossburg in March


The Arburg group has this year been celebrating the 100th


anniversary of the founding of the Hehl


family company with events at its Lossburg head- quarters in Germany and at subsidiaries in other countries. Surgical instrument maker Arthur Hehl set up his business in the Black Forest in 1923, which was also the year of birth of his first son Karl. Towards the end of the Second World War when the business was making precision mechanical parts, the Hehl company was renamed Arburg (combining the first syllable of Arthur’s name with the last syllable of Lossburg). The post-war period saw Karl and his brother Eugen driving Arburg forward into injec- tion moulding technology, launching its first series machine in 1956. The success of the brothers in growing Arburg has continued into the third generation of Hehl family members who are now the group’s managing partners: Juliane Hehl, Renate Keinath and Michael Hehl (see interview). Arburg – which now has 3,600 employees at 35 company locations in 25 countries – held a celebra- tion event in February when regional guests, and German and international customers were invited to the Lossburg HQ. Special anniversary editions of Arburg’s long established Allrounder machines were unveiled, the hybrid Allrounder 470 H in


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Comfort and Premium performance variants. A hybrid Allrounder 470 H attracted a great deal


of interest at the Arburg Anniversary Days event in Lossburg in March which hosted 5,700 customers. The company says: “The milestone machine sets the stage for a new machine technology from Arburg – it saves energy, conserves resources, is production-efficient, user-friendly and reliable all at the same time. The technical features include a new oil management concept, flow splitting for simulta- neous movements of hydraulic secondary axes and the extended use of the Arburg servo hydraulic system. With the Comfort, Premium and Ultimate performance variants, various injection units and a wide range of options, the new Allrounder 470 H machines can be precisely adapted to specific customer requirements.” Among the 50 exhibits producing injection moulded and 3D printed components at the Anniversary Days were many focused on sustain- ability; around every second machine processed alternative plastics or recyclates. An Allrounder 470 S produced dosing spoons from corn starch that dissolve in water and are compostable, while an Allrounder 320 C Golden Edition processed post-consumer recyclate from used refrigerators. A resource-saving application for the packaging


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