Plastec West will take place in Anaheim, California, USA, from 3 to 5 February 2026. At this event, Arburg will present its new Allrounder Trend electric machine concept to the US market for the first time. According to the company, this new series is designed to set a new standard in injection moulding for standard applications. The machines are described as easy to maintain, with short delivery lead times and a focus on consistent performance and reliability. The exhibit in Anaheim, an Allrounder 1000 e Trend, will be equipped with the new Gestica lite control system. Other focal points at stand 4611 will include automation and digitalisation, with Arburg aiming to demonstrate how its injection moulding solutions can be integrated into networked production environments.
Plastec West is held in parallel with MD&M West, a leading trade fair for medical products in the USA. At MD&M West, innovations in the field of medical plastic parts and their manufacture are presented, and manufacturers and customers from the medical industry meet annually. In this context, Arburg sees the event as an opportunity to address processors of medical technology products. Martin Baumann, President and CEO of Arburg Inc. in the USA, underlines the relevance of the trade fair environment: "Here we can show customers how our machines and systems can be used to efficiently manufacture medical technology products, while establishing a direct link to their production requirements". The company intends to use the event to demonstrate not only machine technology, but also associated automation and digital solutions that can be applied to medical and other technical parts production.
Allrounder Trend: fast setup and easy operation
Baumann highlights the US premiere of the Allrounder Trend electric machine concept as a central element of Arburg's presence in Anaheim. He notes: "With the Allrounder Trend, we are setting a new standard in injection molding". According to the information provided, these electric machines are characterised by short delivery lead times and simplified setup, operation and maintenance. This is intended to facilitate deployment in production environments where standard injection moulded parts are manufactured and where rapid installation and commissioning are required.
The Allrounder Trend series is also positioned with regard to quality and process capability. Arburg states that the machines achieve this ease of use without compromising on quality, precision and reliability. In addition, they are described as having low energy consumption and comparatively low investment and operating costs, which is relevant for processors focusing on cost efficiency and energy management. The new Gestica lite control system plays a key role in this concept. Its interface is designed to be intuitive, so that relatively inexperienced personnel can operate Allrounder Trend machines with ease. Gestica lite is presented as a recent Arburg development and can be supported by optional smart assistants. These are intended to provide additional support functions for setup and process control.
Automation concept on the Allrounder 1000 e Trend
At the Plastec West stand, Arburg will demonstrate an automated application on an Allrounder 1000 e Trend with a clamping force of 1,000 kN. The exhibit will produce a technical part fully automatically using an 8-cavity hot runner mould supplied by Adler Industrial Solutions Inc. The moulded parts will be removed by a Multilift robot system that is fully integrated into the machine control system. Following removal, the parts will be fed into a storage system developed by Arburg, with separation by cavity. This configuration is designed to illustrate an integrated injection moulding cell in which machine, mould, handling system and downstream logistics are coordinated.
According to Arburg, the company is observing a clear trend in the plastics industry toward increasingly integrated injection moulding cells. Customers are reported to be pushing for greater networking between injection moulding machines and peripherals for productivity reasons. In line with this, there is a growing demand for solutions that enable partial or full automation and digitalisation of production, as well as increased transparency in production processes in terms of quality, service and support. Baumann summarises Arburg's positioning in this area with the statement: "And at Arburg, we can offer them all of this from a single source". The Plastec West exhibit is therefore intended not only as a machine presentation, but also as an example of an integrated production solution.
Digital products and data transparency
In addition to the automated injection moulding cell, Arburg will present its digital products at Plastec West. These include the arburgXworld customer portal and the Arburg ALS host computer system, which is the company's MES solution. At the stand in Anaheim, both service data and real-time production data from the Allrounder 1000 e Trend exhibit will be accessed via these systems. This live connection is intended to show how machine and process data can be recorded, visualised and used for optimisation and service purposes.
Digitalisation also supports the arburgXworld customer portal in other functions. According to Arburg, the portal enables quick and easy access to service data, documentation, reports and additional information relevant to machine operation and lifecycle management. The overarching objective of these digital tools is described as achieving maximum efficiency and sustainability, as well as consistently high production quality. By linking hardware, automation and digital systems, Arburg aims to illustrate at Plastec West how standard injection moulding applications can be implemented in a more transparent and controlled manner.
New: The electric Allrounder Trend machines can be set up remarkably quickly and easily and are specifically designed for the efficient production of standard injection moulded parts.
