Study trip:China visits Lossburg
- High-ranking representatives of Chinese companies visit Arburg
- Week-long educational trip through Germany stops over in Lossburg
- Family-owned company in focus of interest
Lossburg.In the context of a week-long educational trip organised by a media group whose publications include 100 specialist journals, eleven representatives of Chinese companies visited the injection moulding machine manufacturer’s Lossburg headquarters on 19 September 2014.Helmut Heinson, Arburg’s Managing Director Sales, welcomed the guests at the Customer Center and gave them a brief overview of family-owned company Arburg.
The visit came about on the initiative of Zhao Tong, Managing Director of Arburg’s Chinese subsidiary in Shanghai.In addition to scientific institutions and the AMB trade fair, visits to selected machine manufacturers were also on the agenda.One highlight of the trip wasthe visit to Arburg.
Arburg:a traditional family-owned company
“After seeing our company, you will be extremely surprised,” Managing Director Sales Helmut Heinson promised when welcoming the Chinese visitors.He gave them a brief overview of the Lossburg company, emphasising its global presence and high export rate of around 70 percent.“You see that we are extremely well positioned internationally,” said Heinson.Arburg is represented by its own organisations in 24 countries.The German machine manufacturer is present in China with three subsidiaries, in Hong Kong (since 1991), Shanghai (since 2004) and in Shenzhen (since 2006).In 2013, a warehouse was opened near Shanghai, significantly further improving the customer support in China and Asia.
The presentation of the company was followed by a plant tour, during which the Chinese delegation also learned about Arburg’s corporate philosophy.As Helmut Heinson, emphasised:“Arburg is and remains a family-run company.”
“This is what makes Arburg so interesting for the visitors,” explained Lucy Xiao, General Manager of Vogel Business Media (China) and organiser of the trip.The guests were also impressed with the high level of vertical integration and process organisation at the injection moulding machine manufacturer.
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Helmut Heinson, Arburg’s Managing Director Sales (2nd from right), welcomed high-ranking representatives from Chinese companies in Lossburg, who visited German companies during a study trip.
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In the context of a week-long educational trip eleven representatives of Chinese companies visited the Arburg headquarters in Lossburg.Photos:ARBURG
About Arburg
German machine manufacturer Arburg is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of injection moulding machines with clamping forces between 125 and 5,000 kN.This is complemented by robotic systems, customer- and sector-specific turnkey solutions and further peripherals.An innovative additive manufacturing system developed in-house was added to the plastic processing range in 2013.
In keeping with its motto “Arburg for efficient injection moulding”, the company places the topic of production efficiency at the centre of all its activities, taking into account the entire value-added chain.The objective is to enable the Arburg customers to manufacture their plastic products, whether one-off parts or high-volume production, in optimal quality and at minimum unit costs – e.g. for the automotive and packaging industries, communication and entertainment electronics, medical technology, or the white goods sector.
An international sales and service network guarantees first-class, local customer support.Arburg is represented by its own organisations at 32 locations in 24 countries and by trading partners in more than 50 countries.The machines are produced exclusively at the parent factory in Lossburg, Germany.From a total of around 2,300 employees, around 1,900 work in Germany. About 400 further employees work in Arburg’s organisations around the world.In 2012, Arburg became one of the first companies to gain triple certification:to ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment) and ISO 50001 (Energy).
Further information about Arburg can be found at
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