A new technical director at Arburg

On April 1, Heinz Gaub takes up his duties as managing director technology & engineering at Arburg. He succeeds Herbert Kraibühler, who has retired after 50 years of service to the company. The handover was planned long in advance, enabling Heinz Gaub to spend nine months of intensive preparation for his new responsibilities.
In 1964, Herbert Kraibühler began training as a machine fitter and subsequently studied precision engineering in Karlsruhe, specialising in plastics technology, thanks to a scholarship from Arburg. In 1972, he joined the company's development department. His further professional path led him via various posts until he assumed the position of managing director technology & engineering in 1996. Over the course of the five decades, he continuously furthered the development of injection moulding technology, extending the product portfolio to also include additive manufacturing with the freeformer.
In Heinz Gaub Arburg has found a new managing director technology & engineering who is a perfect fit for the company. For one thing, he has always had a soft spot for internationally active, medium-sized family-run industrial companies. Moreover his career to date has equipped him perfectly for this position, as does his expertise in machine manufacturing. He studied mechanical engineering, specialising in production technology, at the Technical University of Berlin, as well as completing an MSc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has since gained 15 years of experience in executive positions at medium-sized industrial companies, four years in management at the German Standardisation Institute (DIN) in Berlin, as well as providing consulting to holding companies as an independent industry expert.
During his nine-month induction period, Heinz Gaub had the opportunity to familiarise himself with his area of responsibility, which includes development, materials administration, quality management and production with a total of 1,100 employees, and was able to work closely with his predecessor Herbert Kraibühler.