• Arburg expertise for all those interested in the Mexican plastics industry
• Collaboration with prestigious Tec de Monterrey
• Theory and practice in compact study units
It took a fair bit of joint planning and preparation of existing training materials, but now Arburg and the prestigious Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) can offer academic training and further education in Mexico, providing those interested in the local plastics industry with sound knowledge in a practice-oriented and concise manner. The four-month course ends with a final project and the presentation of a diploma to the graduates. The first course had 16 participants and started with an opening ceremony on 7 July 2023.
As a global player and an integral member of the plastics industry, Arburg wants the 'diplomado', or diploma course, to enable existing expertise to be passed on to future generations of Mexican plastics professionals. The course will also help further drive academic change in the plastics industry.
An important aspect of the 'diplomado' is the integration of theory and practice in a shared curriculum. The course was developed to train plastics professionals with the ability to find innovative solutions to the current challenges facing the industry in Mexico, where concepts and solutions for issues such as sustainability, regional collaboration and partnerships, and digitalisation are in demand.
Edgar Calderón welcomes students on behalf of Arburg
During the official opening ceremony, Edgar Calderón, Arburg's Commercial Manager, emphasised in his speech: "As one of the leading manufacturers of plastic injection moulding machines, we know how important it is to have highly qualified personnel in our companies. This diploma course represents our commitment to contribute to the growth and development of this industry in our country and to always remain at the forefront". Calderón went on to say that technological development always had to keep pace with the constant growth and development of the most important resource of companies: their employees. He thanked this first cohort of students for their trust and congratulated them on this important step in their professional training.
The event was also attended by officials from Tec de Monterrey. Javier Carreño, who represented the institution as Academic Coordinator, gave an overview of the scope and content of the course. Juan Ossio, Experience and Operations Coordinator at Tec de Monterrey, then gave the official starting signal for the course to begin. The group started the first module of the comprehensive course programme immediately afterwards.
'Diplomado': For everyone in the plastics industry
Whether you are an Arburg customer or not, if you are an engineer or manager and want to gain a sound overview of plastics and their processing, the 'diplomado' is the perfect choice. Planning, technology and project implementation can be viewed from new, exciting angles, and opportunities and ideas for the future can be developed. The goal is to produce graduates who will shape the future of the Mexican plastics industry. This is why Arburg's course is also aimed without restriction at anyone involved in plastics. The first students include employees from companies in different parts of the country: Querétaro, Guanajuato, Mexico City and the State of Mexico.
The entirety of plastics processing as study content
The diploma course is made up of a total of 15 modules that offer the entire injection moulding value chain, including the production sequences in an injection moulding plant, as compact study content. Supplemented by insights into polymer chemistry, part design, mould design and machine technology, the result is a focused practical seminar on plastics processing. There has never been anything like this in Mexico before.
In-depth technological expertise is provided first-hand by Tec de Monterrey and Arburg, two institutions in the Mexican market with a long history of involvement in plastics processing – something that is clear from the design and content of the 'diplomado'. Proven experts from service and application technology are on hand as instructors and can discuss practical issues with the diploma students, right down to specific aspects of actual machines. Arburg is able to contribute a lot of knowledge from its own training courses, plus insider knowledge on production efficiency, sustainability and digitalisation. And finally, the format of the course also ensures that participation is unrestricted: it conveys the course content concisely over four months on Fridays and Saturdays alongside work and concludes with a diploma certificate. So there is now a simple and comprehensive way for plastics specialists in and from Mexico to gain interesting and in-depth expertise in plastics that can be used immediately in practice.
