ARBURG training: Event on the company's history

In groups of ten to 20 people each, the new trainees and students familiarised themselves with the company archive and its "treasures" in detail. The prospective cutting machine operators and mechatronics technicians started on 5 December, followed by the industrial and construction mechanics, IT specialists and electronics technicians and finally, on 11 December, the warehouse logistics specialists, industrial clerks and students from the dual universities. Katharina Depner describes the aims of the four workshops as follows: "Trainees and students should be able to engage directly with our company history together and experience it using striking examples."

Each group began their workshop with an introduction to the company archive. The young visitors then split into three teams to work on three set topics. Firstly, the participants had to put the entire ARBURG company complex together correctly using a "building puzzle". They then focussed on the differences in training between the past and present and the development of the professions. The trainees and students were given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the training chronicle and work with it. The third part of the workshop focussed on the world of work. Questions that arose here included how people worked in the office at ARBURG back then. In a feedback round, the trainees described the workshops as very informative and interesting. They particularly liked the many "tangible" historical exhibits, such as an old time clock, as well as a video from 1982, which showed the company's state-of-the-art production technologies at the time. Between all the insights and the newly acquired knowledge, this excursion into the past was a complete success and an appealing format for providing information about the exciting history of ARBURG.