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[April 2007]
Official Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Arburg Customer Centre
On 28 March 2007, the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new Arburg Customer Centre was held in Lossburg, Germany. At the heart of the new building will be a large show room, which offers sufficient space to house the entire machine series. “With this new building, we confirm our strong commitment to Lossburg as our sole production location,” said Michael Hehl, Managing Partner and spokesperson for the Arburg Management Team in his welcoming speech.
Under radiant sunshine, around 30 people celebrated the ground-breaking for the new Customer Centre: Peter Dombrowsky, District Administrator of Freudenstadt; Thilo Schreiber, Mayor of Lossburg; Siegfried Schmelzle and Claus Matt of Schmelzle + Partner architects office; Horst Rothacker of Rothacker interior design office; and others involved in the planning and construction of the Centre had responded to Arburg's invitation. Managing Partners Eugen Hehl with his wife Gisela, Juliane Hehl, Karl Hehl, Michael Hehl and Renate Keinath attended the event. Also present were Arburg Managing Directors Herbert Kraibühler and Michael Grandt, as well as Arburg architect Manfred Wolfer.
The guests were welcomed by Michael Hehl, who explained the reasons for building the new Customer Centre. “Traditionally, comprehensive first-class customer support has held a very high priority for Arburg. An important aspect here are the show rooms in which we present our products and their capabilities, as well as carrying out testing on customer moulds. Owing to the extension of our machine range up to a clamping force of 5,000 kN, the expansion of our product range with our own robotic systems and the resulting complex production cells, our existing premises have become too small,” said Hehl.
He then went on to briefly explain the concept and scale of the construction project. The new five-storey building with a total useable floorspace of approximately 10,000 square metres is being constructed on the site of the previous administration wing. In addition to a large demonstration room, two administration floors and a representative reception area are planned. The investment in the Customer Centre, which is scheduled for completion by autumn 2008, will amount to an eight-figure euro sum.
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