Expert knowledge at first hand
The "swimming professor" and ARBURG brand ambassador Prof Andreas Fath from Furtwangen University talks about his commitment to combating microplastics in bodies of water. His spectacular campaigns include “cleandanube” and “pureelbe”, in which he swam the Danube and Elbe rivers from their source to their mouths. An interesting approach to ridding the oceans of plastic waste is being pursued by the company Healix. CEO Marcel Alberts presents his vision of returning “ocean-bound plastics” to the plastic cycle. The exhibit in the arburgGREENworld pavilion, which uses recycled material from Healix based on discarded fishing nets to make model dolphins, also shows how this works. Prof. Hans-Josef Endres from the Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy (IKK) at Leibniz Universität Hannover will be speaking about the challenges of processing recyclate and highlighting ways to optimise energy consumption during injection moulding.
Another topic will be alternative materials. Harry Unflath, Head of Sports Marketing at ABT Sportsline GmbH, which ARBURG is sponsoring for the first time in the 2025 DTM season, will focus on the use of environmentally friendly e-fuels in motorsport. Torsten Becker, CEO of the start-up carbonauten, will be looking at how CO2-negative coumpounds can be produced from biochar from plants.
Luca Simon, Applications Manager Circular Economy at ARBURG, explains how the CO2 footprint of injection moulding machines can generally be reduced and presents ARBURG's comprehensive activities on the topic of sustainability. The “Carbon Busters” project, with which the VDMA association honours young climate protectors, will be presented by the trainees in their lecture. Miriam Lutz, Manager Product Management at ARBURG, will explain the role that strong women play in a sustainable future using the example of the Frauen@ARBURG women network.