an apparatus for shaping plastics material preforms into plastics material containers includes a plurality of shaping stations each having two blow mould parts which are movable with respect to each other and which can be moved between a closed and an opened state . in the closed state the shaping station form a cavity , inside which the plastics material pre - forms are shaped . the shaping stations have a stressing device which acts upon the preforms with a gaseous medium to expand them , and stretch bars which are capable of being inserted into the preforms to stretch them in the longitudinal direction . the shaping stations each have at least one drive device which drives a movement necessary for the shaping procedure , as well as a control device for controlling this drive device . the control device is arranged on the apparatus through a damping device .