Dieter Göppert can look back on an impressive career, 

which started 40 years ago with an apprenticeship in mould-making with Albert Nestler i.K. In 1993, along with 15 other employees, he was taken over by POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH, a company newly founded by Mr. Jo Pollaert. After several years as Production Manager, Dieter moved to Sales and rose quickly to become Sales Manager. Following on from this, he took on the role of Deputy Managing Director and has been Managing Partner of POLARFORM Werkzeugbau GmbH since 2009.

 

POLAR-FORM plays an important role for Dieter– right behind his family, the company is a central part of his life. In the plastics sector, he is known for his extensive expertise and many years of experience, and is respected and appreciated as a leader.

We would like to thank him for his tireless commitment and valuable contributions to our company! We look forward to many more successful years!

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Moving to more efficient modern machines is our step toward further energy-efficient and environmentally friendly production. Incorporating state-of-the-art technologies into our machines helps to create a superior quality environment in which precision meets innovation.

Versatile, extremely accurate and highly efficient: the hallmarks of our new EXERON brand HSC milling machine and new AGIE brand wire cutting machine. 

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Measurements can be taken on both machines during machining or as a final inspection without removing the workpiece from the machine. This enables errors to be corrected quickly and a high level of quality to be achieved.

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The company is responding to market requirements with this investment, at the same time as expanding its production capacity. "We are thrilled that these measures are helping to increase capacity and improve efficiency," explains Dieter Göppert, Managing Partner.

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CITY CYCLING is a competition that aims for people to cycle as many everyday routes as possible in a climate-friendly manner over 21 days. In total, we cycled over 1,090 km, coming in 20th place in the municipality of Lahr in the Ortenau district.

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CITY CYCLING is not about whether you are already cycling every day or have rarely been on a bike up to now. Every kilometre counts – especially if you would otherwise have used a car for it. It is all about cycling as many everyday routes climate-neutrally.

Apart from our contribution to climate neutrality, our colleagues also really enjoyed being active.

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Don’t miss the biggest industry event of the year – come and visit us at the trade fair!

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29th FAKUMA | 15 – 19 October 2024 | Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre |
 

Are you exhibiting at FAKUMA too, or planning to visit the trade fair? Then take the opportunity to visit our Stand 3012 in Hall B3. Get to know us personally and speak to our experts for advice.

Do you have a project or an idea and haven’t yet decided how to realise it? We’re here to help! We’ll help you assess the feasibility of your project in terms of cost and quality at all stages of our design process and suggest the best mould technology for you, giving our reasoning therefor.

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Whether single-component or multi-component injection moulds, silicone technology or in-mould labelling technology – POLAR-FORM is at your disposal. We have successfully supported a wide range of projects in the automotive, medical technology and electronics sectors, as well as the telecommunications and domestic appliance industry, allowing us to gain a great deal of experience. 

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Forgetting work for a while and enjoying a lovely afternoon together.

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On Wednesday, 10 April 2024 at 12.00 noon, we set off from Lahr by bus towards the town of Wörth am Rhein. Upon our arrival in Wörth we enjoyed a fantastic tour of the Daimler Truck AG commercial vehicle assembly plant. 

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Before embarking on the plant tour we checked in at the customer centre and admired the vehicles on display there. The ninety-minute plant tour flew by. To conclude our visit we had a group photo taken in front of the new e-truck and then returned to Lahr by bus.

It was a real pleasure to spend a wonderful afternoon with so many colleagues. The event gave us a great opportunity for a relaxed, private chat with our colleagues.

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On Friday 5th  July 2024, the starting shot for the Lahr company marathon will sound for the sixth time. We have been involved since the first company marathon in Lahr and are delighted to be a sponsor for the second time. 

The Lahr company marathon is popular in the region. Every year, cheerful and motivated employees from hundreds of companies come together in excited anticipation of this running event!

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Last year, almost half of the POLAR-FORM workforce participated. Apprentices and colleagues from various departments all turned out – whether as runners or to cheer on or help cool down their colleagues ;-).

We are already looking forward to the evening together, hopefully in the presence of many POLAR Bears.

 
So let’s get training! :-)

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This year, as part of our apprenticeship program, we are once again inviting young people to come and learn more about us.

 

This time, however, young "expedition participants" will have an opportunity to discover more about the available apprenticeships and participating companies before this year's JOBXPEDITION kicks off, by attending our Basecamp (Marktstrasse 33, Lahr). 

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The event opens its doors on 13 April and there will be 8 dates for companies to introduce themselves and their available apprenticeship trades. We will be at Basecamp on 18 May 2024 and are already looking forward to welcoming the young "expedition participants". 

Internships are secured with just 3 clicks and we will also assist with registration. Work placements for day or a week – next week or during the summer holidays – everything is possible. The young participants can decide for themselves when they would like to do their placement – and for how long.
Further information on the program and dates can be found here.

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We have achieved a major milestone and would like to congratulate our apprentices on passing their examinations!

The entire POLAR-FORM team would like to congratulate our two former apprentices Jan and Maximilian for passing their final exams and becoming fully-fledged toolmakers. Completing their training means they have taken a very important step in their lives. The apprentices learned a great deal during their apprenticeships and are now well prepared for the challenges of professional life. 

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We are delighted that one of our former apprentices is going to remain with us and continue working at our company. With his expertise and dedication, he will certainly be an invaluable asset to us.

Our workforce currently numbers 65 with 6 apprentices among them. We still have apprenticeships available for 2024 and look forward to hearing from potential applicants. You can find more information here.

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On Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd February 2024 the JOBkLAHR air was held for the first time in Lahr. Some 50 exhibitors from various sectors presented their apprenticeship trades and highlighted further training opportunities. POLAR-FORM was there too, of course! 

 

We held many great conversations with impending school leavers... and occasionally played a round of table football – something our apprentices built as part of their project work.

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Moreover, our games of skill (also our apprentices’ project work) presented a challenge not only for the young visitors – the adult contenders also worked up a sweat!

We are already looking forward to receiving applications, whether for an internship or an apprenticeship.

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You can find more information about an internship or even an apprenticeship at our company by clicking or by visiting us at the career information fair in Offenburg on 19th & 20th April, 2024.
 

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We’ll be there! Career information fair 2024

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You’re about to finish school and are unsure how to kick off your career?
Are you considering which apprenticeship or degree programme is right for you? 

At the careers information fair (BIM) on Friday, 19th and Saturday, 20th April 2024, between 9 am and 5 pm, you will have an opportunity to get to know regional employers, form initial impressions and obtain information.

We train our own specialists! 

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Get to get to know us as a company and gain an insight into the exciting working environment. During a personal meeting, we will introduce you to our apprenticeship program and explain the opportunities open to you during and after your apprenticeship with us.

 

You’ll learn about the everyday life of a toolmaker and what opportunities the plastics industry can offer. 

BIM is the largest careers information fair in the region.

Take the opportunity to get a free ticket for the fair now. 

You will find us at Stand no. 155 in the Ortenauhalle.

We look forward to meeting you!

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How is a plastic part made – a tool mechanic at POLAR-FORM would know that.

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Do you enjoy puzzling over things or making things? Are you interested in engineering or technology? 

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Then visit us on our Girls/ Day and learn all about our apprenticeship as a "Tool mechanic".

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What does a tool mechanic do?

What does the apprenticeship involve?

And how are plastic parts made? 

On 25 April, you have the opportunity to get answers to all these questions and gain initial experience of the work. 

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Get involved on Girls’ Day and register here
 

It’s Christmas once again and another year is drawing to a close.

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Last year, we wished for peace, happiness, health and much more. Some of these wishes came true, while others didn’t.

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But isn’t it better to enjoy the few good things than to despair over the less pleasant ones?

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As Confucius once said:
ALL the darkness in the world can’t put out
the LIGHT of one candle.
-Confucius-

In this spirit, let us light as many candles as possible at Christmas time.

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One candle for LOVE.
One candle for HOPE.
One for FAITH.
One for OPTIMISM.
One candle for PEACE.
One for BROTHERLY LOVE.
One candle for TRUTH.
One candle for SATISFACTION.
One candle for TRUST.
And ONE candle for TOGETHERNESS.

We would like to thank YOU, our loyal customers, business partners and reliable employees, for the many successful moments we have experienced together with YOU and trust that we’ll be able to enjoy many more such experiences in the coming year!

We wish you a blessed and peaceful Christmas and hope that the light of good will cause the less pleasant things to fade away.

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A joint blood donation campaign was organised together with two other companies from Lahr.

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The German Red Cross blood donation campaign was a great success and a large number of employees participated. We are aware that anyone can be affected by an emergency – at any time! As a company, we therefore wish to encourage our employees to support others.

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So we are planning further blood donation campaigns during which our committed employees can donate blood during working hours.

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Preparations for the Job Info Fair (Berufsinfomesse – BIM), in Offenburg are already in full swing. Some 400 exhibitors will be in Offenburg on May 12 and 13, offering over 2,000 positions in training and further education, the professions, studies and internships in Germany and abroad. 

We will also be THERE!

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Our trainers and trainees will be available on site to answer questions from school students who are interested in the topics of “Training in our company” and “Toolmaker as a profession”. If you are interested, you can also register for a work placement with us now.

Click here for your free ticket: www.berufsinfomesse.de/de/tickets 

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What is Girls’ Day? Girls’ Day is a career orientation day that is held annually.  All girls* from fifth grade onwards may participate.

This year’s Girls’ Day will take place on Thursday, 27 April 2023.

The event allows participants to become acquainted with the everyday life of a toolmaker at POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH.

They may, of course, also perform some manual work, but are not obliged to do so. They are also welcome to take the results of their work home with them.

We are pleased to support young people on their career orientation path and look forward to meeting the Girls’ Day participants!

*We consider you as a girl if YOU feel like a girl."

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To register, visit: https://www.girls-day.de/maedchen/wie-mitmachen/so-geht-s

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On January 19, thirty three companies in Baden-Württemberg received the “Volunteer-Friendly Employer for Civil Protection” award. Thanks to the voluntary work undertaken by some employees, POLAR-FORM is one of the companies that honoured to accept this award.

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In the area of civil protection in particular, volunteers play an important role when it comes to providing rapid assistance. We would therefore like to thank our employees for volunteering and will continue to support them in their voluntary work for civil protection.

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Christmas is just around the corner and an eventful year is drawing to a close. We started the year 2022 with the hope of overcoming the many challenges of the Covid pandemic. While this has not fully materialised, the situation has improved. The year 2022 brought more big challenges, albeit different ones.

CHRISTMAS

Christmas is traditionally a time of reflection and joy. A time of peace and compassion, and especially a time of gratitude. 

We are grateful…

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…for your loyalty!
…for your trust!
…for our good working relationship!

Together, with YOU, our customers, business partners and employees, we have made the year a success. 

Let's bring the year 2022 to a quiet close and let's continue to work hard and remain optimistic in 2023.

Use this time to pause and reflect, and to escape the stresses of daily life. Enjoy some peaceful and relaxing moments with your loved ones.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a New Year full of health, happiness and joy.

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We are incredibly proud of our former apprentices, Mirco and Michael. By passing their final examinations, they have successfully completed their vocational training as tool mechanics. The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Industrie- und Handelskammer – IHK) awarded Michael and Mirco a prize for their excellent achievements during training and in their final exams in particular.

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Both Mirco and Michael will remain in our employment as part of our team of skilled workers. Colleagues and management look forward to many years together and wish the boys all the best for the future.

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Brilliant sunshine, cold drinks and a great atmosphere... everything you could wish for in a summer festival!

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The pandemic caused recent summer festivals to either be cancelled completely or held on just a small scale. However, such gatherings are important events that allow POLAR-FORM staff to mix socially in a relaxed atmosphere.

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We wanted to celebrate together once again this year. Our managing directors, Mr. Johannes Pollaert and Mr. Dieter Göppert, welcomed all POLAR-FORM employees and had also invited some retired former staff. The “Schwarzwald Burger” food truck provided culinary delights and the beer truck offered chilled drinks. Ice cream, cakes and delicious cocktails were also available. Some of the smaller visitors were even allowed to sit on the forklift. It was a really SUPER atmosphere!

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Everyone left the summer festival with a smile on their face, looking forward to the upcoming company anniversary. Next year, POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH will celebrate its 30th year of operations.

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It was GREAT! Really good fun was had by all in a fantastic, relaxed atmosphere with radiant faces all round!

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1,150 runners from nearly 90 companies participated in this year’s corporate challenge race. After tackling the 5 km course together they partied to LIVE music in the Seepark recreational lake area.

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Team POLAR-FORM was there. It did us the world of good after a two-year pandemic-induced break and we were able to recharge a huge amount of collective energy. We are already looking forward to the next corporate challenge race.

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It is with optimism that we look forward to that time in October and we have duly registered to be an exhibitor at K 2022, the leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry.

We look forward to welcoming you at our stand number C61 in Hall 01 from the 19th to the 26th October and being able to show you our latest innovations. 

Do you have a new project? Bring it with you.

 

We would be pleased to advise you in the search for solutions and await your questions with excitement.

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For the second year in a row we have experienced a year that has been demanding for all of us in many respects, both in business and in our private lives. We had to learn to deal with restrictions. Familiar habits and human closeness were suddenly no longer a matter of course. This took many of us to our limits.

So, what better occasion than Christmas to say thank you for all the good things you did last year?

 

We would like to say thank you to all our customers, business partners and employees for your loyalty and the trust you have once again placed in us over the past year. Through our combined strength, we have mastered all of the challenges and made the best out of the situation.

From the bottom of our hearts, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and a joyous celebration with your loved ones.

This crisis has shown us the importance of health.
So, we wish you above all good health and great optimism for the coming year.

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Many vaccination centres and general practitioners are at full capacity regarding an appointment for the COVID19 vaccination. That is why we at POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH would like to support our employees and, with the help of a company doctor, have offered persons who are interested the opportunity to make an appointment for the first vaccination on 21 June 2021.

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"The health of our employees is very important to us!" says Dieter Göppert, Managing Director, and assures that the date for the second vaccination is already fixed.

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DIF (Deutsches Industrieforum für Technologie [German Industry Forum for Technology]) is offering an advanced course in plastic construction for injection-moulded parts and plastic components running from 22 March to 9 June 2021.

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Mr Dieter Göppert, POLAR-FORM – Managing Director, is one of the lecturers and is pleased to be sharing his expert knowledge with DIF.

“We are hoping that many people will sign up as it will be a really interesting course,” explains Dieter Göppert.

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Click here for more information about the event and to register.

 

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The high-quality and long-lasting masks made from flexible LSR and PP were developed at the request of Arburg from Lossburg in Germany and in cooperation with several partners. One of the partners, POLAR-FORM, built and supplied the special injection mould for the LSR component in a record time of around just five weeks.

 

Normally, it would take almost six months to progress from an initial design to a finished product. However, time was in short supply at the end of March and the situation called for urgent solutions. The masks, which fit over the nose and mouth and are made from LSR (liquid silicone rubber) and PP (polypropylene), have been in production since 11th May. The aim is to mass-produce around 3,500 of these multifunctional high-tech masks every day.

 

Masks to be donated to facilities

 

The finished marks will be donated to facilities that urgently need them. POLAR-FORM wants to support care workers and staff at the hospital in the Ortenau district to thank them for their dedication and hard work. These masks will provide reliable protection and are more comfortable to wear than disposable or fabric masks. LINK:

 

www.arburg.com/info/masks

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It's almost time! This year, too, the JOBXPEDITION takes place in Lahr. 13 companies of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lahrer mittelständischer Industrieunternehmen (ALMI) open their doors for you. And we are there!

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We cordially invite all pupils (from 9th grade) to join us on a training safari. Discover 25 apprenticed professions in four days!

We will gladly be companions on a successful journey into the world of work and look forward to the participants.

 

Please find more information at: www.jobxpedition.de

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The Beruf & Co - Career information fair - NEW - in the sports hall in the Bürgerpark in Lahr

 

The preparations for the Beruf & Co. on 20 and 21 March 2020 are already in full swing. The career information fair is organized by a wide variety of companies run by pupils and we are allowed to be there.
 

We are pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the pupils to both the profession of "tool technician" and our company POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH.

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We will demonstrate a production process of POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH live on an injection moulding machine at our booth. Our trainers and trainees will gladly answer your questions on the subject of "Training in our company" and of course anyone who is interested can also register for an internship with us straight away.

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Please find out more about the career information fair at: http://berufundco.de/

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117 exhibiting companies - we, POLAR-FORM, are one of them - and in addition a well coordinated program of technical presentations will provide the framework for an exciting day focussing on cooperation and a lively exchange of experiences with open senses.

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The 24th Technology Day for Product Development, Mould Making and Production organized by Konstruktionsbüro Hein will take place in the exhibition hall of Brandboxx Hannover in Langenhagen on February 14, 2020.

Several hundred participants will learn about new technologies and intelligent solutions and exchange corresponding information. The 15 technical presentations of the 24th Technology Day will equally cover the fields of Product development, Mould making and Production.

 

Please come and visit us, POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH, at the Technology Day.

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Please find more information here 

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POLAR-FORM at the K 2019 in Düsseldorf!

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POLAR-FORM Werkzeugbau GmbH will be exhibiting at the leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry "K 2019" from October 16-23. Please visit our new booth in hall 01 (number C61) and allow our qualified professionals to inform and advise you.

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We are looking forward to meeting you!

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