Arburg receives multiple awards for innovation

13.03.2026

Two Arburg products and two projects in which Arburg was involved with partners received awards in the prestigious “Product of the Year 2026” competition organised by the German trade magazines PolyFormNEXT and Industrial Production: The Allrounder Trend electric injection moulding machine, the Gestica lite control system and the “NextGen Medical Solution” and “Domino” projects. The Lossburg-based machine manufacturer has thus once again demonstrated its innovative strength and technological leadership in plastics processing.

Winner: On 4 March 2026, Dr Volker Nilles, CEO of Arburg, accepted four “Product of the Year 2026” awards from the German trade magazines PolyFormNEXT and Industrial Production. Photo: Pelemedia GmbH

Dr Volker Nilles, CEO of Arburg, accepted the awards at the joint award ceremony held by the trade magazines on 5 March 2026 at the Seehaus in Munich's English Garden. He emphasised: “With four awards, including three gold and one silver, we have impressively demonstrated our high level of innovation, customer focus and solution expertise.” The range of awards is particularly remarkable, as both Arburg products and joint projects were honoured. “Together with our partners, these awards give us strong impetus for the entire plastics industry worldwide. Customers benefit from practical ideas that can be implemented directly in daily production and set new technical and economic standards now and for the future,” said Nilles.

Three awards from PolyFormNEXT

In the PolyFormNext competition, the winners were selected from a total of 50 nominees in five categories. The Allrounder Trend took first place in the “Production”" category. The new electric machines have been completely redesigned with a focus on high efficiency and low investment and operating costs, as well as a fast return on investment (ROI) and low total cost of ownership (TCO).

Arburg also took top spot in the Peripheral Equipment category for its new Gestica lite. This basic control system with an intuitive user interface features a clear dashboard and high ease of use, an important aspect in view of the increasing shortage of skilled workers.

The joint project “Domino”, submitted by Hasco and Polar-Form, won in the tool and mould making category. With the help of a 3D-printed hot runner system from Hasco, a 32-cavity family mould from Polarform and a two-component Allrounder More 2000, 32 two-colour dominoes were produced in a single step. With this application, the three partners demonstrated how new mould concepts can significantly increase cost-effectiveness.

Award from Industrial Production

31 nominees in six categories competed in the “Industrial Production” competition. Arburg took second place for another cooperation project, the “NextGen Medical Solution” digital production cell, in the “Automation, Digitalisation and Interlinkage” category. The turnkey system was developed in close cooperation between Arburg (injection moulding technology), Hack Formenbau (mould technology) and HB-Therm (temperature control technology) and impresses with its cost efficiency, low energy and space requirement, simple operation, high availability, productivity and component quality. The requirement-specific selection and configuration of the machine, mould, peripheral equipment and material in collaboration with the OEM involved not only led to significantly reduced total costs (TCO), but also to a faster time to production and enabling approval for use in pharmaceutical production (parametric release). This was also achieved through the digital interlinkage of the injection moulding machine, tool, automation and peripheral equipment, as well as numerous intelligent functions integrated into the Gestica control system.

Further information: www.arburg.com, www.amk-motion.com