Dow inwestuje w recyklera Xycle

Xycle to holenderski pionier recyklingu chemicznego. Oprócz Dow w spółkę zainwestowali ING, Invest-NL, Polestar Capital i Vopak.

Arburg wins three "Gold" and one "Silver" award

Arburg with its sister companies AMKmotion and ARBURGadditive were nominated in four categories in the "Product of the Year 2025" competition organized by the trade publications "Kunststoff Magazin" and "Industrial Production". Over 3,300 readers voted and gave the Arburg Group's products excellent ratings: First place went to the Allrounder 720 E Golden Electric in the Production category, the "aXw Control RecyclatePilot" control function in the Peripherals category and the ihD5 servo inverter in the Drive Technology category. In addition, grippers that were 3D printed on demand came second in the Workplace and Equipment category.

RIGK at PRSE 2025

At the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), taking place on April 1-2, 2025, in Amsterdam, RIGK, its subsidiaries plastship GmbH, Hannawald Plastik GmbH, and its certification division PlastCert will focus on comprehensive solutions for the circular economy. Under the motto "Let’s navigate our way towards a circular economy together", the group will showcase a broad range of services, covering everything from design for recycling and the collection and licensing of packaging to the development and operation of reuse systems, the certification of plastics, and the distribution of recyclates. The spotlight will be on innovative, practical strategies for promoting closed material loops.

Recycling story: LINDNER w Brazylii

Brazylijska firma recyklingowa Grupo Ecological z siedzibą w Limeira, na zachód od São Paulo, ma dwie linie recyklingu tworzyw sztucznych przeznaczone do przetwarzania trudnych tworzyw sztucznych pochodzących z recyklingu konsumenckiego i przemysłowego na wysokiej jakości regranulat. Dwie niszczarki Micromat firmy Lindner i jedna linia myjąca Lindner Washtech zapewniają stałą wydajność i produkcję wysokiej jakości płatków plastikowych. W ramach wspólnego projektu z Unilever firmy stworzyły pierwsze nakrętki wykonane w 100% z przetworzonych tworzyw sztucznych pochodzących z recyklingu konsumenckiego, pomagając Unilever osiągnąć globalny cel zrównoważonego rozwoju do 2025 r. przed terminem.

Recycled plastics deliver revolutionary results

High-quality recycled-based plastic materials performs equivalently to virgin-based materials in moulding tools designed for virgin plastics. This is the experience of Polykemi’s customer Simoldes Plastics, a supplier to Stellantis, VW Group, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, BMW, Toyota, Scania and Mercedes-Benz. Tests and evaluations have also shown recycled materials to have surprising properties that may revolutionize our perception of recycled plastics.

Lider Recyklingu: VAN WERVEN POLAND

Lider Recyklingu: ELEKTRORECYKLING POLSKA

Lider Recyklingu: MAKPOL RECYKLING

SPOT: Konferencja Foliowa 2024

Najlepsi w recyklingu tworzyw

Battery recycling process

A consortium with partners from research and development as well as educational experts has developed concepts and qualification programs for future educational standards in the field of battery cell production. The SKZ Plastics Center is also involved here. In this interview, Matthias Gerhard, Project Manager for Battery and E-Mobility Education at the SKZ, talks about the B3 Battery Education Network Bavaria education project.

In-line quality control for plastic recyclate

The RecyQuant research project makes it possible to monitor and maintain tolerable levels of foreign materials in the recyclate directly in the process. The joint project between ColVisTec AG and the SKZ Plastics Center successfully implemented the detection of foreign polymers and the direct readjustment of the dosing scales. The basis for this was the modeling of the photometric data of the plastic melt.

Circular Valley Convention 2025

The circular economy relies on reuse, recycling, and innovative business models extending product life cycles. In this way, it helps conserve resources, protect the environment, and mitigate climate change. At the same time, it supports companies in increasing their sustainability, efficiency, and competitiveness. Good reasons, therefore, for the topic of circular economy to take centre stage by gathering all players in one place: at the Circular Valley Convention, which will celebrate its premiere on 12 and 13 March 2025 at Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf.

Servomotor-driven Edge Trimming System

Hellweg Maschinenbau’s new, individually controllable R 200/20 Servo edge trimming system brings flexibility to the shredding of extrusion edge strips. Touchscreen control enables processors to adapt this step to production conditions and so optimize it for the specific application. Jointly developed with BREYER Extrusion, this new machine complements the extensive range of systems, also known as guillotines or chippers, from this global manufacturer of digitally controlled shredding machines for effective, energy-saving plastics recycling.

POWERFIL receives PRAE 2024

At PRSE in Amsterdam, the DischargePro control system from EREMA's POWERFIL business unit was presented with the Plastics Recycling Award Europe in the "Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year" category. The smart technology for the EREMA laser filter improves process stability over the entire operating period and reacts automatically to fluctuations during the recycling process.

Bottle-to-bottle recycling plant

For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source. In addition to mechanical processing of used PET bottles, the recycling system encompasses all process steps leading up to extrusion with a ZSK twin screw extruder, including pelletizing and an SSP (Solid State Polycondensation) reactor.

Konferencja Recyklingowa 2024

25 million tonnes of recycled pellets every year

The EREMA Group, based in Ansfelden near Linz, Austria, closes the financial year 2023/24 with total revenues of EUR 380 million. A joint venture with the Lindner Group sees the group of companies expand its portfolio to include washing technology. EREMA Group GmbH now has eight subsidiaries: EREMA, PURE LOOP, PLASMAC, KEYCYCLE, Lindner Washtech, UMAC, plasticpreneur and 3S.

Film sorter VARISORT+

Sesotec, one of the world's leading manufacturers of equipment and systems for foreign body detection, material sorting and analysis, is extremely positive about this year's IFAT trade fair in Munich. The trade fair appearance reached the pre-corona level and was the best stage for the presentation of sorting systems with new, innovative features.

BASF at PRSE 2024

BASF is set to showcase further milestones on their plastics journey at the upcoming Plastics Recycling and Sustainability Conference Europe (PRSE) 2024. Taking place on June 19-20 at RAI Amsterdam, the conference will serve as a platform for industry leaders, innovators, and experts to discuss the latest developments, opportunities, and challenges in the European plastics recycling sector.

Jak zwiększyć wykorzystanie recyklatów?

Dlaczego nie wykorzystuje się większej ilości materiałów pochodzących z recyklingu? Jak można zwiększyć wykorzystanie materiałów wtórnych? W ramach projektu Rezy-Spezi, finansowanego przez Niemiecką Federalną Fundację Ochrony Środowiska (DBU), badano te kwestie w latach 2021–2023. W ramach projektu SKZ Plastics Center w Würzburgu i plasship GmbH w Waldems zidentyfikowały różne przeszkody w wykorzystaniu materiałów wtórnych materiałów i opracował zalecenia dotyczące działań, biorąc pod uwagę czynniki ograniczające.

Spotlight on Product Innovations

At this year's IFAT, Lindner demonstrated its innovative strength, comprehensive range of applications and flexibility with three new products. Solutions included the production of substitute fuel, the processing of waste wood and scrap metal and both the mechanical and chemical recycling of plastics. Merak – the new universal genius from Lindner – scores highly with its sophisticated cutting and drive concept. The result: an extensive range of particle sizes, materials and applications. Additionally, the new Alcor stationary twin-shaft shredder with a synchronous cutting unit demonstrates high performance and application versatility. In terms of ease of maintenance and servicing, the new screw-on blade holder concept for the Komet series is also a must.

ALPLA joins forces with Re-Purpose

The ALPLA Group and Re-Purpose have announced a strategic partnership that will advance sustainable packaging solutions and strengthen the feedstock value chain of ALPLA’s very first PET recycling facility in Africa.

Cooperation between Lindner Washtech and EREMA

How to achieve consistent recycled pellet quality in plastics recycling by exchanging data between the extruder and washing system, and how intelligent energy management reduces costs, was revealed at IFAT in Munich by the EREMA Group and Lindner. This presentation saw the two Austrian companies show the first results of their joint venture.

NGR introduces advanced C:GRAN Series

At the forefront of plastic recycling innovation, Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) proudly announces the debut of its revolutionary C:GRAN series at the NPE 2024 in Orlando. This new series sets benchmarks in the recycling industry with its advanced cascade option featuring our high performance Power Venting Section and the newly developed AUTO-Pilot control system.