The circular economy and more sustainable additives are the focus of AF Color’s Fakuma presence this year.

The circular economy and more sustainable additives are the focus of AF Color’s trade show presence this year

Masterbatches

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Additive

Messe Fakuma

kunststoffe-international.com

Polyamide

Thermoplaste

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Biobased Additives and Orange for PA

Caracol and NextChem (Maire Tecnimont group) partnered to create Beluga: a joint research project to produce the first 3D printed sailing boat prototype made in a single piece with MyReplast recycled material.

Caracol and NextChem bring to life the 3D printed sailing boat Beluga

Anlagen Additive Fertigung / 3D-Druck, andere

Anlagen für die Additive Fertigung

Kreislaufwirtschaft

Caracol and NextChem Bring to Life Beluga

Together with the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany, MultiPet GmbH is researching into injection-moldable blends that can be used to produce high-quality multi structured injection-molded parts from mixed PET.

Colorful mixture: the recycling of mixed fractions from bottles, blisters and trays remains a major challenge

16:9

Production of Injection-Moldable PET-Blends from Mixed Plastic Fractions

Polyethylenterephthalat

rPET Blends for High Standards

In the research project “UPcyclePET”, and together with Easicomp GmbH, Fraunhofer LBF developed a new material that had to prove its qualities in practical tests.

Upcycling of used PET beverage bottles into long fiber-reinforced thermoplastics

New Compound Materials for Durable Technical Applications

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Sustainable Components from PET Flakes

LyondellBasell has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus certification for certain grades of polyethylene and polypropylene produced at four of its U.S. manufacturing sites.

Pictured is LyondellBasell’s Channelview Complex. The company has obtained the ISCC Plus certification for certain grades of polyethylene and polypropylene produced at four of its U.S. manufacturing sites

Polyethylen

Polypropylen

LyondellBasell Gains ISCC Plus Certification

The state of Upper Austria has recognised Engel Austria´s commitment to building up a circular economy for plastics with the Upper Austrian Environmental Award 2021.

State Councillor Stefan Kaineder (left) congratulating Engel‘s Vice President Marketing Ute Panzer and Günther Klammer, Vice President Recycling at Engel, on winning the State Environmental Award

Co-Injektion (Barriere-/Sandwich-Spritzgießen)

Spritzgießen

Engel´s Skinmelt Technologie Awarded

As part of a new effort to advance the use of recycled ocean plastic, Sabic and Microsoft have collaborated to create Microsoft’s first consumer electronic product – The Microsoft Ocean Plastic Mouse – with an exterior shell containing 20% recycled ocean plastic.

Computer Mouse Made Partly out of Ocean Plastic

Over past months, many in-house workflows and development processes have slowed down and also changed. Nevertheless, time has not stood still, also not in injection molding technology. The debate and development have been shaped by two themes: digitalization and the circular economy. Below are some examples of developments and projects that underpin this trend.

Two displays are seamlessly integrated into the continuously 3D-formed instrument panel

Innovative Injection Molding in Times of Pandemic

Schaumspritzgießen

Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

Industrie 4.0

Industrie 4.0 für die Qualitätssicherung

Steuern, Regeln

Software

Mehrkomponenten-Spritzgießen

Folientechnik (IMD, IML, FIM, u.a.)

Digitale Transformation

Wirtschaft

Innovationen und neue Technologie

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Spritzgieß-Sonderverfahren

Nachhaltigkeit

Umweltmanagement

Spritzgießsimulation

Simulation

Schnecken und Plastifiziersysteme

Spritzgießmaschinen

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Machine Learning / Künstliche Intelligenz für die spanende Fertigung

Industrie 4.0 für die spanende Fertigung

Lasermarkieren

Oberflächentechnik

Laserbearbeitungen

Inline- / Online-Messsysteme

Qualitätssicherung

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

There Is More beyond the Horizon

Both the quantity of recycled plastics waste and of processed recyclates is continually increasing. However, there are still difficulties with the quality of the recycled plastics, which are impeding replacement of virgin material. In recent years, machinery manufacturers and plastics producers have introduced various further developments that improve the properties of recyclates as well as eliminate unpleasant odors and contaminants.

Plastics recycling is a laborious process. For the recycled material to have the necessary quality, it must first be sorted into the different plastics

Overcoming Difficulties in Plastics Recycling

Streifinger, Florian

Recycling

Extruder

Extrusionsanlagen

Trockner

Waschen und Entfetten

Trockner, Granulat-

Sortierer

Inspektion, Analyse und Sortierung von Rohmaterial

QualitÃ¤tssicherung

QualitÃ¤tssicherung Kunststoff

The Long Road to a Circular Economy

With the Sortex A GlowVision sorting solution, Switzerland-based Bühler AG introduces a 4-in-1’ optical sorting solution that can be used for simultaneous color, polymer, foreign material and loose-label sorting.

Sortex A Glow Vision is used for optical sorting

Sorting Solution for Bottle-to-Bottle and Food Applications

Materialhandling

4-in-1 Sorter for PET Recyclers

Dow, HP, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking and Karlville present a feasibility study for recycling digitally printed polyethylene barrier packaging into new high-quality PE bags.

Key industry players combine forces to recycle PE-based barrier pouch into new high-quality PE pouch suitable for repeat recycling

Technik Trend

Important Step towards Pouch-to-Pouch Recycling

Chemical Recycling Europe has appointed John Sewell as its new Secretary General. He will take on the position with immediate effect.

New Secretary General

Neste and Ravago aim to establish a joint venture to build an industrial facility for chemical recycling in North Sea Port in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

Aerial view of the designated location in North Sea Port in Vlissingen, Netherlands

Neste and Ravago Plan Cooperation

Starlinger & Co GmbH received two Letters of No Objection (LNO) issued by the US Food and Drug Administration FDA regarding its newly developed machine concept for processing post-consumer HDPE scrap. The LNOs apply to the HDPE bottle-to-bottle and cap-to-cap recycling processes.

rHDPE pellets produced from milk bottles and canisters

Aufbereitungsmaschinen

Starlinger Recycling Process Approved by FDA

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) published a report that analyzes scientific data on the environmental impacts of plastics and finds plastics to be more sustainable than alternative materials when life cycle assessments are taken into consideration.

Plastics Have Smaller Environmental Impact than Alternatives

Joint Venture of Alpla and PTT Global Chemical

Start of Production at Thailand‘s Largest Plastics Recycling Plant

 With an annual production capacity of 45,000 tonnes of recycled PET and HDPE, Envicco is one of the largest recycling plants for these plastics in Asia.

30,000 of recycled, food-grade PET and 15,000 tonnes of recycled HDPE – the packaging and recycling specialist Alpla and the chemical company PTT Global Chemical (GC) have realized Thailand‘s largest plastics recycling plant of its kind. After around 18 months of construction, production is set to start at the Envicco joint venture. Located in an economic zone on the coast of the south-eastern province of Rayong, the plant is equipped with the latest recycling technology and production lines to manufacture high-quality plastic recyclates with approval from the USFDA.

The 30,000-square-metre plant is on a plot of land measuring a good 90,000 square metres at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate. There is, therefore, also space for future capacity expansions. ‚We have long-term plans to promote the bottle-to-bottle cycle not only here in Thailand, but across Asia and other regions around the world. Carbon emissions and waste can be reduced through optimized resource consumption,‘ emphasizes Dietmar Marin, Alpla Managing Director Recycling.

In early 2021, the Alpla announced that it would invest an average of 50 million euros a year until 2025 in the ongoing expansion of its recycling activities. In particular, it plans to globalize its activities in the area of high-quality recyclates to close the materials cycle in as many regions as possible. In total, the annual production capacity of Alpla´s recycling companies and cooperations around the world amounts to approximately 203,000 tonnes of rPET (recycled PET) and 74,000 tonnes of rHDPE (recycled HDPE).

ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG 

https://www.alpla.com

Alpla and PTT Global Chemical have realised Envicco, Thailand‘s largest plastics recycling plant of its kind with an annual capacity of 45,000 tonnes of recyclate.

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