Smartest Factory concept Arburg brings smart injection moulding solutions to Fakuma 202

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Digitalisation, automation and smart production will shape Arburg’s presence at Fakuma 2026. Under the Smartest Factory theme, the company will show how machines, software, robotic systems and digital services can be combined across the plastics processing value chain to increase efficiency, improve transparency and reduce unit costs.

At Fakuma 2026 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Arburg is presenting itself as an innovative complete full-service provider of solutions for plastics processing, supporting its customers on their journey towards the Smartest Factory with comprehensive expertise. The focus and centrepiece of the Arburg stand 3101 in Hall 3 is ‘Digital Services & Software’ across the entire value chain. In addition, six machine exhibits — including two Allrounder Trend machines — as well as new robotic systems and complex turnkey plants will be on display. Arburg is also actively participating in the trade fair’s ‘Mold your future’ careers day on Friday.

“With our ‘Smartest Factory’ focus, we are making it clear how we position ourselves within the industry. We aim to ensure that our customers continue to receive the most innovative, intelligent and therefore best solutions in the future”, emphasises Juliane Hehl, Managing Partner Global Marketing at Arburg. “We must all actively shape our future and continuously optimise processes across the entire value chain in terms of performance and efficiency in order to survive in the market and remain competitive. At Fakuma 2026, we will show customers and prospective clients how we support them on their journey towards their ‘Smartest Factory’ as a reliable, long-term partner and provider of complete solutions with comprehensive expertise”.

Digitalisation across the entire value chain

From innovative injection moulding technologies — including smart assistants and AI-supported features — through to efficient automation and turnkey systems, right up to the digital interlinkage of the complete production process, customers can draw on Arburg’s full range of digitalisation solutions. Experts will demonstrate how all these features interlock and work together optimally along the value chain using screens and simulators in the central area of the exhibition stand. This year, Arburg’s in-house developed host computer system (ALS) celebrates its 40th anniversary. This modular MES from Arburg — which will also be available as a cloud-based model in future — creates transparency in production, increases Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and can be interlinked with the arburgXworld customer portal. The customer portal, in turn, offers numerous apps — including AI-supported ones — that boost productivity in day-to-day operations. Finally, smart assistants and pilots help to reduce unit costs without compromising on part quality.

A total of 14 machines on display

With six Allrounders on its own stand and a further eight on partner stands, Arburg is showcasing a broad spectrum of innovative injection moulding solutions. Everything is on display, from standard machines through to automated micro and multi-component production cells, right up to complex turnkey systems for the medical technology sector. A highlight at the Arburg stand are two standard electric machines featuring the intuitive Gestica lite control system: The efficient production of LSR closures is demonstrated by a production cell centred around an Allrounder 1800 e Trend, equipped with a 64-cavity tool and a Multilift Select 16 linear robot system. An Allrounder Trend 1000 e demonstrates technical injection moulding by producing free-falling connector components for the electronics industry.

Automation and turnkey projects also feature prominently, with Arburg viewing itself as an holistic ‘problem solver’. These projects include a turnkey system centred around a vertical Allrounder 475 V with a Kuka six-axis robot, which uses in-mould decoration (IMD) to produce high-quality covers for key fobs. An electric Allrounder 270 A with a micro injection module and a linear Multilift Select 4 demonstrates the micro-injection moulding of four micro-filters, each weighing 0.004 grams, with complex geometries. The medical experts have further developed the digitally interlinked ‘NextGen Medical Solution’ production cell, centred around an electric Allrounder 570 A in a cleanroom version, so that it can now also produce injector pens from recycled material. An AI-supported software tool ensures consistently high part quality. Another exciting application is the two-component process centred around an Allrounder More 2000, which uses a complex 32-cavity tool to produce two-colour dominoes. The assembly of the game set, ready for use, and its output to trade visitors is managed by, amongst other things, a Multilift V 30 and a collaborative cobot. Furthermore, this application showcases further innovations in automation and robotic systems.

(More on this will follow in a further press release).

60 Arburg apprentices to attend Career Friday

For the trade fair’s ‘Mold your future’ Career Friday on 16 October, the Arburg team in Friedrichshafen will be reinforced with over 60 apprentices and trainers. At the stand, guided tours will be offered to young people interested in careers, with ‘Smartest Factory’ as one of the highlights. Arburg brand ambassador and ‘swimming professor’ Andreas Fath from Furtwangen University, Germany, will explain how digitalisation and sustainability are interlinked. In addition, potential qualified personnel can apply straight away to the innovative family-run company Arburg for an apprenticeship, a degree programme or a career start.

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