Arburg: Senior Partner Eugen Hehl joins the Plastics Hall of Fame

Arburg senior partner Eugen Hehl expressed his thanks in a video message for his induction into the "Plastics Hall of Fame". Arburg Managing Director for Sales, Helmut Heinson (centre) accepted the award on his behalf, which was presented by Jay Gardiner (right), president of the Plastics Academy, and his deputy Vince Witherup - (Photo: John Cox/Arburg).

On the eve of the NPE trade fair in Orlando, USA, Eugen Hehl has been inducted into the "Plastics Hall of Fame" for his lifetime achievements. At the gala evening on 22 March 2015, the award was accepted on behalf of Eugen Hehl by Helmut Heinson, Managing Director Sales at Arburg. Together with his brother Karl Hehl, who passed away in 2010, the now 86-year-old Senior Partner made the family-run company, presently managed by the third generation, into a global leader in the manufacture of injection moulding machines.

"I feel deeply honoured to be included in the ´Plastics Hall of Fame´ and I thank you with all my heart," said Eugen Hehl in his greetings from afar. As he was unable to travel to Florida in person, he prepared a video message, which was played back live as part of the evening´s celebrations. The senior Partner at Arburg explained that his recipe for success was hard work, a high level of commitment, technical sophistication mixed with clever, sometimes astonishingly simple solutions and always a willingness to listen to what his customers wanted. "With the invention of the Allrounder and of the Freeformer, we have made technological history - a history that we would like to build upon significantly in the future."

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Pioneering achievements
In his laudatory speech, Jay L. Gardiner, president of the Plastics Academy, reflected on the milestones in Arburg´s success story in plastic processing. This began in 1956 with the serial production of injection moulding machines with just ten employees. Key milestones were reached e.g. in 1961 with the invention of the Allrounder principle and in 1975 with the first machine worldwide to be equipped with a micro processor controller. Eugen Hehl promoted the sale of this innovative machine technology and the internationalisation of the family-run company, which is today represented with fully-owned subsidiaries at 32 locations in 24 countries and employs some 2,400 staff worldwide. Arburg made pioneering application technology achievements, e.g. in multi-component injection moulding, powder injection moulding and in the processing of liquid silicone. In 2013, the Freeformer for industrial additive manufacturing celebrated its world première - a further example of the innovative strength of the family-run company and the forward-thinking of its Partners.

Plastics Hall of Fame
The Plastics Hall of Fame, which is located at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, USA, has been honouring persons who have made significant contributions to the development and growth of the plastics industry since 1972. This award is bestowed every three years during a gala event at the NPE trade fair.

Further Information: www.arburg.com

NPE 2015, March 23-27, 2015, Orlando, USA, Stand W3729

Arburg GmbH + Co KG, Loßburg, Germany

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