From April 21 to 24, Arburg will exhibit at CHINAPLAS 2026 in Shanghai, China. One highlight will be the Asian premiere of the new Allrounder Trend electric machine concept. Focusing on “local-on-local”, the company will also present a rotary table machine and its wide range of automation services.

Zhao Tong, Managing Director of the Arburg organisations in China, with the new Trend electric Allrounders.

“CHINAPLAS is the most important platform for presenting our local-to-local strategy to Asian customers. Which is why we are no longer located in the German Pavilion and are instead alongside other local machine manufacturers in Hall 4.1,” explained Zhao Tong, Managing Director of the Arburg organizations in China.

“With the new Trend standard machines, we are not only addressing existing customers, but also companies for whom our portfolio has not been a contender until now.”

Asian premiere: Allrounder Trend electric machine concept

The electric Allrounder Trend features short delivery lead times, quick setup, intuitive operation, and easy maintenance. The machine is particularly interesting for Asian injection molders, especially in the mobility and electronics industries.

Another new feature is the Gestica lite control system with a modern dashboard, which also contribute to simple operation and a clear user interface.

At market launch, there are four sizes in clamping force, ranging from 500 to 2,000 kN and with electric injection units in sizes 100 to 800. The injection speed is 200, 350 and 500 millimeters per second.

Two Trend exhibits for standard applications will be on display at the Arburg stand. An Allrounder 1000 e Trend with a clamping force of 1,000 kN will produce PCB connectors from LCP.

Another is Allrounder 1000 e Trend, equipped with a Flexlift 10+2 robotic system, which will produce gears from POM. The Flexlift is only available in Asia. The linear robot system can be equipped with application-specific drives, valve sets and variable control cabinet positioning, for example.

Local on local: Customer-specific production cells for Asia

At the Arburg Technology Factory (ATF) in Pinghu, Allrounders are completed with automation from local partners and customer-specific production cells are installed. Arburg now also assembles the Allrounder Trend for China and the Asian market here.

An example of a turnkey system specially designed to meet the needs of regional customers will be on display at CHINAPLAS 2026: an Allrounder 1600 T with a clamping force of 2,000 kN that overmoulds inserts fully automatically.

The rotary table machine manufactures high-voltage modules for automotive connectors, to name just one example. A small six-axis robot feeds the metal inserts via a transfer platform and stacks the finished injection-molded parts. Another six-axis robot places the inserts in the injection mold and, after overmolding with glass fiber-reinforced PBT, transfers the pre-molded parts to the mold, where the finished module is created by another overmolding process.

Arburg: Solution partner for digitalization and service

As a technology leader and systems specialist, Arburg does more than supply injection molding machines and turnkey systems from a single source. It also supports its customers in digitalization and with comprehensive services.

At CHINAPLAS, Arburg will also showcase how plastic parts can be produced efficiently, quickly and to a high standard of quality with innovative digital pilots and assistants of the Gestica control system.

One example is the “aXw Control FillAssist” for filling simulation directly on the control system. Furthermore, experts will be on hand at to answer individual questions about Arburg host computer system, the dedicated MES system, the arburgXworld customer portal and the range of spare parts.

Booth: 4.1D42