Arburg celebrates 25 years in Spain

On 5 June 2014, Arburg celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Spanish subsidiary with around 70 guests. The company also held an open house where around 90 customers took advantage of the opportunity to find out about medical technology and LSR processing. During the anniversary celebration, Arburg Managing Partner Renate Keinath presented subsidiary manager Martín Cayre with a commemorative sculpture as a mark of recognition for 25 years of successful work on the Iberian Peninsula.

In keeping with the special occasion, the anniversary celebration was held in the chapel of Barcelona’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA). The around 70 guests included customers from Spain and Portugal as well as a high-profile delegation from the German Arburg headquarters, including Managing Partner Renate Keinath and European Sales Director Stephan Doehler.

Arburg’s activities in Spain began with delivery of the first injection moulding machines back in 1962. In 1989, Arburg then founded its own subsidiary in order to provide comprehensive support to the local customers. Sabadell was selected as the location because most of the country’s injection moulding companies were based in Barcelona or within Catalonia, due to the good infrastructure there and because the region, even then, represented the largest and most important market.

In the early 1990s, the Spanish market grew and Arburg received an increasing number of enquiries from central Spain.  In 1997, Arburg S.A. additionally took on the task of supporting the customers in Portugal. In 1998, the subsidiary’s headquarters was then moved to Arganda del Rey/Madrid, as the central location of the Spanish capital made it easier to support the entire region.

In 2008, there followed a move into a larger, more modern building. This opened up new opportunities to extend the range of training courses and open house events.

The location in Sabadell remained in operation because Catalonia is still the largest regional market for injection moulding machines in Spain and this enabled the subsidiary to maintain its close relations with many important customers.

With the Arburg Technology Centres in Madrid and Barcelona, the company is extremely well positioned today. The centrepiece of both locations is a showroom in which the Allrounders are not only presented, but can also be used for customer tests, for example. Furthermore, facilities for the spare part service, customer service and customer training are also available in these areas.