SER North America is the second US plant built in Anderson, Indiana, by the Italian Sirmax Group. The plant is entirely dedicated to the production of recycled polypropylene from post-industrial waste.

SER North America is entirely dedicated to the production of recycled polypropylene from post-industrial waste.

Polypropylen

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Thermoplaste

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Sirmax Expands in North America

Currently, recyclates are in high demand, including the automotive industry. Previously, component suppliers had reservations about using recyclates in safety-related areas, because mechanical properties varied too widely. Now, materials producer JSP has developed an expanded polypropylene with 25 % recyclate content precisely for these application areas. But to ensure high quality, close cooperation with the recycling company is essential.

The use of expanded polypropylene in vehicles, including safety-critical areas such as passenger and pedestrian protection is vastly increasing

Circular Economy for Expanded Polypropylene (EPP)

Automotive

Elektronik

Recycling

Umweltmanagement

Automotive Components  Made of Packaging

For a long time, chemical recycling was considered an unfinished addition to established material processes. In the meantime, however, some technologies are making the leap into large-scale industrial use: an overview of the various processes and providers.

Overview of the Various Processes and Suppliers

Polyurethan

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

What Is Happening in Chemical Recycling?

Texas-based Encina Announces $1.1 billion investment in new manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.

Encina announced to invest USD 1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility in Point Township, Pennsylvania

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Encina Announces USD 1.1 Billion Investment

The company’s new office will allow the company to more effectively service customers in the country’s western region.

 Michael Lambert (CFO, Vecoplan Group), Frank Boerjan (CEO, Vecoplan LLC), Werner Berens (CEO, Vecoplan Group) and the Mayor of Eastvale (l-r).

Vecoplan Opens New Location in California

Cannon Ergos is working with Boeing on moulding trials for the feasibility of using recycled carbon fiber for the fabrication of aircraft cabin interior sidewall panels.

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Andere Werkstoffe

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Cannon Ergos Collaborates with Boeing

Greenplast 2022: Reifenhäuser Blown Film shows recyclable All-PE film with digital product passport.

With EVO Ultra Fusion, fluff (film shreds) as well as all kinds of production waste and PCR material of the lowest quality can be processed into functional films for applications such as trash or mailing bags.

Blasfolienextrusion

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Recyclable All-PE Film with Digital Product Passport

Full order books make for optimistic outlook, but there is also cause for concern.

At around 60 percent, the EU-27 countries remain the most important customer market for German waste and recycling technology.

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Dienstleistungen

VDMA: „Industry Is Well Positioned for 2022“

Heraeus Holding GmbH announced it has invested substantial equity to take a majority stake in perPETual Technologies, one of the world’s leading PET recycling companies.

Ambitious Target: To recycle 100 million used PET bottles per day by 2026.

Hereaus Joins PET Recycler

The aim of the forum was to furnish new tools and methods for the design, use, recycling and re-use of sustainable packaging. Over 400 participants and 46 speakers, including 20 from abroad attended the event.

Impression of the debut of Packaging Speaks Green in 2020.

Packaging Speaks Green

Balance sheet 2021/22: New growth in revenues with state-of-the-art recycling technologies

Manfred Hackl (CEO): „This past financial year, we again set several milestones.“

Erema: Large-Scale Plants Drive Growth

Electrical and electronics manufacturers want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their products and optimize waste management and recycling for them. This can be achieved, among other ways, by using more sustainable thermoplastics and quality-assured recyclates. A close cooperation between companies to establish material cycles and the recycling-friendly design of equipment are also important.

Driving Sustainability Trends in the Electrical and Electronics Industry with Polymers

Technische Kunststoffe

Polycarbonat

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Support for a Greener E&E World

A growing number of companies and industrial sectors would like to use recyclates for their products. However, the application is frequently still confronted with considerable difficulties. And the extension of recycling to other fields and sectors also poses new questions. An overview of the current status and associated technical solutions was provided in conference “Forum Plastic Recyclates” at the end of March.

Conference Minutes of “Forum Plastic Recyclates”

Streifinger, Florian

Additive

Start into a Second Life for Plastics

Chemical recycling processes permit treatment of plastic waste – also if highly contaminated. The results are recyclates that have the same quality as virgin material. For example, newly developed processes enable used PET plastics to be returned to the material cycle. Hereby, the end products‘ quality is determined by the recycled material‘s purity. This can be significantly increased by means of efficient filtration and cake washing.

The RPF rotary pressure filter is a continuously operating device for pressure filtration, cake washing, and drying of suspensions. Cake washing plays an important role for improving the processing efficiency of chemical recycling.

Efficient Filtration and Cake Washing for Improved Chemical Recycling of PET

Filteranlagen

Filter

Maschinenelemente

Konstruktionselemente-Fluidtechnik

Well Filtered is Better Recycled

Tomra continues to play a key role in closing the loop on PET beverage containers but recognizes that there is more to be done. Now political framework, bold decisions and smart investments in collecting, sorting and recycling should be used to improve circularity across all material streams and to overcome today’s supply chain bottlenecks.

from left to right: Tove Andersen (CEO), Dr. Volker Rehrmann (EVP) und Tom Eng (SVP)

Tomra Calls for Closing the Loop on Plastics and Beyond

Thanks to a shredder-extruder combination from Pure Loop: high-strength synthetic nonwoven now made with a recycled content of 10 percent

In-house recycling is nothing new and presents companies with challenges again and again. This was also the case for TenCate Geosynthetics. The company produces PP nonwovens. In order to return rejects to production, those responsible turned to Pure Loops – with success.

It is impossible to imagine the construction industry without geosynthetics. PP nonwovens, for example – mechanically bonded continuous fibers made from specially UV-stabilised polypropylenes – are often used in blanket form as barriers, screens and filters, and their strength extends the service life of construction projects. Whether for road construction, or as barrier on glaciers or against weeds – there are myriad applications.

This type of PP nonwoven can now be recycled using Pure Loop ISEC evo technology. The customer is TenCate Geosynthetics, part of the Canadian company Solmax. The European company with locations in Austria, France and the Netherlands is specialised in the development and production of geotextiles for modern civil engineering applications.

The edge trimmings and production rejects generated during manufacturing used to be recycled at the Linz site, but not fed back into the company‘s own production process. „It wasn‘t an issue at the time because the recyclate was sold. But in the meantime, it has become clear that reselling our valuable production waste is not an ideal solution, especially in view of the rising raw material prices. That is why we investigated the market to see which recycling technology would make it possible to produce recylate that meets our production quality,“ says Jürgen Gruber, Head of Marketing (Europe/Middle-East/Africa) at TenCate Geosynthetics.

„The demands on us were high,“ recalls Patrick Wiesinger, project manager at Pure Loop. „The PP nonwoven is highly tear resistant, which means its a very challenging recycling process. Our ISEC evo machine conserves the quality of the production waste really well during recycling, so we were able to achieve the specified increase in quality for the recyclates.“

Another advantage of the technology is the wide range of shapes in which the production scrap can be delivered for processing. „At TenCate, one of the ways production scrap is delivered is on huge rolls. I‘m talking about a width of up to 5 metres,“ emphasizes Patrick Wiesinger. „Our ifeed technology with double feed ram system and singleshaft shredder offers the ideal conditions for direct processing of these large rolls – and without the need for prior preparation of the input material by employees before the material is fed into the recycling process.“ With the ISEC evo recycling machine TenCate can now manufacture its high-strength PP nonwoven product with a recyclate content of up to 10 percent.

„Thanks to the Pure Loop, it is now possible to return the high-quality recyclates directly to production. It makes sense in terms of cost effectiveness and it is an important step for us within the company in view of the circular economy that the industry is striving for,“ explains Jürgen Gruber. Currently, production waste from the sister site in France is being repelletised for production, while waste from the subsidiary in the Netherlands is being processed at a plant in Linz for test purposes. „We produce many other special plastics in addition to this PP nonwoven. If we achieve the same high quality of recycled pellets, then we are open to using the Pure Loop technology for other materials as well,“ says Jürgen Gruber.

Pure Loop GmbH  

Erema Group GmbH  

TenCate Geosynthetics Austria manufactures the high-strength PP nonwoven fabric shown here. The edge trimmings and production waste are processed in an ISEC evo recycling plant to produce recyclate material.

From the left: Günther Sebera (Head of Purchasing, TenCate Geosynthetics Austria), Gundolf Sabathiel (Plant Manager Linz, TenCate Geosynthetics), Patrick Wiesinger (Project Manager, Pure Loop) and Jürgen Gruber (Marketing Director EMEA, TenCate Geosynthetics).

2022-09-15 - Pure Loop

Pure Loop, ein Tochterunternehmen der Erema Group GmbH, ist auf Shredder-Extruder-Technologie für das hocheffiziente Recycling sauberer Produktionsabfälle spezialisiert. Der Firmensitz ist in Ansfelden/Linz. Optimale Anpassung an die bestehende Ausschusslogistik sowie ein größtmöglicher Rückführungsgrad von Regranulat in den Produktionsprozess kennzeichnen laut eigener Aussage die Recycling-Lösungen des Unternehmens. Kunden profitieren darüber hinaus auch von der Erfahrung, dem Technologie-Know-how sowie der Innnovationskraft der gesamten Unternehmensgruppe. <a href="https://www.pureloop.com/de" target="_blank">www.pureloop.com</a>

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