[Translate to English:] Ausbildungsstart 2018

Start of training in 2018

On 1 August 2018 six young people embarked on their traineeship at AGOFORM GmbH in Löhne. The first week of their training focused on acquainting themselves with the three sites which employ a total of 160 persons.

Our training professions

AGOFORM welcomes six new trainees

Team building, insight into production and exploring later job opportunities were overseen by the training supervisors. “Time and again, it’s always a great experience and privilege to get to know young people at the start of their professional life and to mentor them towards the next stage of their career”, AGOFORM coordinator Markus Becker was keen to point out.

The company AGOFORM places great importance on offering young people sound, multifaceted training, and on being able to direct each individual towards the future career prospects on completing their training.

The training professions include process mechanic for plastics and rubber technology, machine and systems operator and mechatronic engineer. The commercial sector offers the possibility of training to become an industrial clerk. Fourteen young people are currently completing traineeships at AGOFORM. The company is keen to take on specialists from the region and from within its own ranks.

AGOFORM produces plastic products as a supplier to many different industries, e.g. the kitchen and furniture industry, attachments for the caravan industry in interior and exterior applications as well as transport displays for the metal and electronics industry.

Strong arguments in favour of AGOFORM as an employer in the plastics industry

Family enterprise

  • Founded in 1928, owner-manged by the third generation
  • Inventor of the thermoformed plastic cutlery insert
  • Europe’s largest manufacturer of precision-fitting thermoformed drawer inserts
  • Inventor of the polystyrene-based non-slip mat

Extensive vertical integration of production

  • Extrusion using specialist equipment
  • A wide range of finishing options
  • Core expertise in production: extrusion, thermoforming, product finalisation
  • Branch focus: furniture, leisure, industry

Growth orientation

  • Production volume of more than five million drawer inserts per year
  • A 160-strong workforce in Production and Sales
  • Development and production in Löhne, Germany
  • Products sold to more than 60 countries worldwide
  • Annual turnover of approx. 30 million euros