Smart Molding International 4-2021

7 newsfeed www.smart-molding.com From 12 to 16 October 2021, ARBURG made a clear statement in favour of Fakuma with the largest trade fair stand and the presentation of many newproducts, including those from the ARBURG Fam - ily. Under the trade fair motto “The best of both worlds”, ARBURG 2021 brought to - gether the major topics of the future – digitalisation as well as sustainability and the conservation of resources. Positive feedback “After a long time with no major international in-per - son trade fair in Europe, we travelled to Friedrichshafen with a great deal of joy and excitement, and were hop - ing for a Fakuma that was as ‘normal’ as possible,” commented Dr Christoph Schumacher, Director of Marketing at ARBURG. “Our expectations were more than met: the quality of the trade visitors and their interest in our exhibits and innovations was very high. Many decision-makers came to our stand to discuss spe - cific projects.” Topics of the future, exciting live exhibits and world premieres With arburgGREENworld and arburgXworld, ARBURG combined major topics of the future at its Fakuma trade fair stand – digitalisa - tion as well as sustainabil - ity and resource conserva - tion – with its declared aim of increasing customers’ production efficiency and making them future-proof in the long term. Just how sus - tainability and digitalisation interact was demonstrated by the “CurveCode” and “HolyGrail” marking tech - nologies as innovative solu - tions for separating plastics by type and returning them to the materials cycle. arburgGREENworld The sustainable produc - tion of plastic parts and their return to the recycla - ble materials cycle (circular economy) was illustrated by ARBURG using innovative application examples. These will include separation by type using a digital water - mark ("HolyGrail2.0" and "CurveCode") during pro - duction of IML and espresso cups. A real eye-catcher are "green" sunglasses made of bio-based PA12 and pro - duced on a sophisticated turnkey system. arburgXworld ARBURG puts a great deal of know-how into its cus - tomer portal "arburgXworld" and the development of new digital services and features that bring genuine added value, such as the "AnalyticsCenter" for pro - cess analysis. Another in - novation is that it will also be possible to integrate machines and peripheral devices from other manu - facturers into the central platform in future. Trade fair premiere and innovative applications Other highlights included the premiere of the new ALLROUNDER MORE series, the production of mass- produced medical devices, a “smart” turnkey systembased on an electric ALLROUNDER 570 A and the production of masks made of LSR. The area of additive man - ufacturing, with an ARBURG freeformer and the exhibit of sister company innova - tiQ, rounded off the Fakuma presentation. ARBURG www.arburg.com A successful Fakuma 2021: Largest stand and innovative exhibits World premiere at Fakuma: The new Allrounder More multi-component machine (all photos: ARBURG) Everything digital? “arburgXworld” was a central theme on the ARBURG stand