Press release
Arburg and GripIt Fixing win the
prestigious Plastics Industry Award
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Supplier partnership: Arburg wins in the “Prime
Machinery” category
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Successful: British young entrepreneur relies on
Allrounder technology for large-volume
production
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“GripIt”: Patented fixing elements are best-sellers
Lossburg. In London on 9 October, Colin Tirel,
Managing Director Arburg Ltd (UK), and Jordan
Daykin, inventor of “GripIt”, received the Plastics
Industry Award (PIA) 2015 in the “Supplier Partnership
- Prime Machinery” category.
“We are particularly pleased to receive this renowned
award together with our customer GripIt Fixings, winning
out over some tough competition," said Colin Tirel,
Managing Director of the Arburg subsidiary in Warwick, to
the more than 700 plastics experts in the audience. “The
GripIt story is a great example of British entrepreneurship
– from problem, through concept to successful product on
the market.”
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Award-winning invention
Jordan Daykin invented “GripIt” at the age of 13 and
applied for a patent for his invention in 2009. In 2014, the
young British entrepreneur won the “Dragons’ Den” on
BBC 2 with “GripIt”. He invested the winnings of 80,000
GB pounds in Allrounder injection moulding machines
from Arburg.
Since then, the fixing elements for plasterboard walls have
become best-sellers and are available in more than 2000
stores in Great Britain as well as 32 countries worldwide.
“Thanks to ‘GripIt’ and the media coverage, I’ve become
quite well known. So I’m all the more pleased to win an
industrial prize now with our supplier Arburg,” explains
Jordan Daykin. “Because this award recognises our
engineering and production capabilities, which
characterise our company.”
Arburg recipient of several awards
The Plastics Industry Award is usually presented to longestablished suppliers. This makes it all the more
remarkable that machine manufacturer Arburg received
the award after a partnership with GripIt Fixings of only 18
months. Arburg UK last won PIA awards in 2013 and 2012
for its successful cooperation with Harwin and John Guest.
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Photos
ARBURG_096044 Prime Machinery PIA 2015.jpg
Supplier Partnership “Prime Machinery”: GripIt inventor
Jordan Daykin and Arburg subsidiary manager Colin Tirel
receiving the Plastics Industry Awards 2015 from sponsor
Mike Jordan and entertainer Alan Davies (right to left) in
London on 9 October.
Photo: Peter MacDiarmid
ARBURG_096045 GripIt PIA 2015.jpg
Successful invention “GripIt”: The fixing elements for
plasterboard walls, patented by young entrepreneur
Jordan Daykin, are produced on Allrounder injection
moulding machines.
Photo: GripIt Fixings
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About Arburg
German machine manufacturer Arburg is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of
injection moulding machines with clamping forces between 125 and 5,000 kN. This is
complemented by robotic systems, customer- and sector-specific turnkey solutions and
further peripheral equipment. An innovative additive manufacturing system developed
in-house was added to the plastic processing range in 2013.
In keeping with its motto “Arburg for efficient injection moulding”, the company places
the topic of production efficiency at the centre of all its activities, taking into account the
entire value-added chain. The objective is to enable the Arburg customers to
manufacture their plastic products, whether one-off parts or high-volume production, in
optimal quality and at minimum unit costs – e.g. for the automotive and packaging
industries, communication and entertainment electronics, medical technology or the
white goods sector.
An international sales and service network guarantees first-class, local customer
support. Arburg is represented by its own organisations at 32 locations in 24 countries
and by trading partners in more than 50 countries. The machines are produced
exclusively at the parent factory in Lossburg, Germany. Of a total of roughly 2,500
employees, around 2,050 work in Germany. About 450 further employees work in
Arburg’s organisations around the world. In 2012, Arburg became one of the first
companies to gain triple certification: to ISO 9001 (Quality), ISO 14001 (Environment)
and ISO 50001 (Energy). Further information about Arburg can be found at
www.arburg.com.
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