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Way2K: Industry interviews in the lead-up to the K trade show 2022

View into the technical center of the machine manufacturer.

16:9

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Extrusionsanlagen

„We Help to Avoid Waste“

This year, for the first time, the SKZ is organizing the conference „Plastic Films in Mobility“. Kunststoffe international asked Dirk Pophusen, the conference director, about the new features and the highlights of the event.

The front module of the BMW iX is a highly integrated component. Among other things, foil technology is used for the manufacturing.

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

Streifinger, Florian

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Folien

Films, BMW and China

In the lead-up to K 2022, the trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry in Düsseldorf, Germany, Markus Gschwandtner, CEO of Brückner Servtec GmbH, talks about the advantages of digitalization for predictive maintenance and for the circular economy.

On the digital service platform the documentation is available online at any time.

Way2K: Interview between VDMA and Markus Gschwandtner

Instandhaltung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Vorbeugende Instandhaltung für die Qualitätssicherung

Kreislaufwirtschaft

The Possibilities of  Cross-Company Digitalization

Sorting plays a crucial role in the processing of plastic waste. Systems based on artificial intelligence are one way of improving this. Sorting systems manufacturer Tomra has recently presented corresponding technologies. Kunststoffe spoke about this with Felix Flemming and Valerio Sama from Tomra. In the interview, they explain what progress can be made with it, how important digitalization is for this and what improvements it means for food packaging.

Interview on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Waste Sorting

Recycling

Deep Learning

Machine Learning / Künstliche Intelligenz für die spanende Fertigung

Kunststoff-Recycling

“AI Has Great Potential for  Sorting Food Packaging”

Over the last year, the German branch of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers, PlasticsEurope Deutschland, consistently advocated the technology of chemical recycling. Meanwhile, chemical recycling has not only been criticized by environmental organizations but also from parts of the industry. Kunststoffe interviewed Ingemar Bühler, CEO of the Association, about this criticism and the competition between mechanical and chemical recycling. In the interview, Bühler also addresses further requirements for a circular economy with plastics and explains why he considers a label for plastics products a sensible idea.

Interview with Ingemar Bühler from PlasticsEurope Deutschland

Schröder, Susanne

“There’s No Point in Arguing over Chemical versus Mechanical Recycling”

Guido Frohnhaus has been Managing Director Technology & Engineering at Arburg for a good two years now. The pandemic restrictions meant that he has made very few appearances outside the company so far, but, as he says himself, he spent the time getting to know the in-house processes at all levels and in great detail. In this interview with Kunststoffe, the 52-year-old talks about the course he plans to set and how crucial the high level of in-house manufacturing and programming expertise is for the company’s independence.

Spritzgießen

Doriat, Clemens, Dr.

Digitale Transformation

Spritzgießsimulation

Industrie 4.0 für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Spritzgießmaschinen

“Gestica Will Be the Fixed Star in the Customer’s Universe”

Interview with Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of Plastics and Rubber Machinery within the VDMA, and Ingemar Bühler, Chief Executive Officer of PlasticsEurope Deutschland.

 Digitalization makes the value chain more transparent, processes can be controlled more easily

“Digitalization Will Make Products Transparent”

The latest trend in digitization  is the Artificial Intelligence of Things. It amounts to “marrying” Artificial Intelligence with the Internet of Things. In the following interview, Martin Dimmler and Martin Rugfelt discuss how companies can profit from AIoT and what plastics manufacturers can learn from its pioneers in other industries.

Where Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) is used, value-adding opportunities for more efficiency, quality, and thus higher sales can be realized in every industry

Artificial Intelligence of Things: Trends and Models for the Plastics Industry

Künstliche Intelligenz für die Qualitätssicherung

Vernetzung / Cloudlösung für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

IoT-Plattformen für die Qualitätssicherung

Fernwartung / Ferndiagnose

Produkt- / anbieterspezifische Automatisierung

Energieeffizienz

Fertigungsautomation

Automatisierungstechnik

Datenanalyse

IoT-Plattformen für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

“Intelligent Automation Brings Systems Closer to their Optimum”

The plastics industry is currently struggling to raise its profile with positive headlines. The Kunststoffe editorial team discussed the present status of the plastics industry with representatives from industry, universities, and trade associations. Besides topics such as recycling and sustainability, the main focus was on recruiting young talent and the image issue.

Educational Work between Political Demands and Corporate Objectives

Strategie und Organisation

“Plastics Experts are the Solution –  Not the Problem!”

In its latest investment, the Röchling Group is channeling EUR 50 million into the medical technology sector. In an interview with Kunststoffe, Chairman of the Board, Prof. Dr. Hanns-Peter Knaebel, and Medical Division CEO, Dr. Boris Fröhlich, report on the challenges of cleanroom extrusion, quickfire solutions at a time of pandemic, and creating a home for bats.

Prof. Hanns-Peter Knaebel (left) and Dr. Boris Fröhlich

It Is Not Components but Complete Solutions that Are in Demand

Medizintechnik

“The Future Does Not Lie in  Plastics Alone”

In this interview with Kunststoffe, Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis, explains why he considers fixed recycling quotas to be necessary and why voluntary commitments do not work.

Together with Tomra and Zimmermann Recycling, Borealis has built a demonstration plant in Lahnstein. According to its own information, the most modern plant for mechanical recycling is intended to show what is possible with modern technology and equipment in a state-of-the-art plant for mechanical recycling

Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis, Talks about the Circular Economy

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kunststoff

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

“Unfortunately, the Only Globally Accepted Ideology Is Money”

In the wake of the developments in processing methods, the technology of ancillary equipment is also making advances. The key drivers of the developments are cost savings from increasing the energy efficiency of dryers and greater precision in dosing equipment.

From Drying with Compressed Air, through Precision in Dosing, to Conveying “Mikado Sticks”

Dosier- und Mischgeräte

Klotz, Karlhorst, Dr.

Dosiergeräte

Trockner

Farbdosiergeräte

Dosieranlagen, allgemein

Dosierer

Trockner, Granulat-

Materialhandling

Fördersysteme

Closing a Gap

At the 2019 K fair, Arburg and Simcon showcased a filling process proceeding in real-time, as a 3D animation, on the display of a machine control panel, for an example of sunglasses, made of PA12. All that was needed to prepare this, was to load the simulation model, as well as the geometry of the part, directly onto the machine controls. This sounds almost too easy to be true. Right?

The Interviewees Dr. Paul Filz (left) an Dr. Eberhard Duffner

Interview with Eberhard Duffner and Paul F. Filz by the Magazine Kunststoffe

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Interview

For almost two decades, an expert committee, meeting once a year, has supported Kunststoffe magazine in determining the state of play in the plastics industry and identifying current technical developments. This time, the traditional spring meeting gave it an opportunity to debate the consequences of the Corona virus.

Taking new paths: during the Corona crisis, certain technical obstacles were also overcome by the Kunststoffe publisher advisory committee, who held a round table discussion by video conference for the first time. Present by video link were, among others, (top, from left) Dr. Guiscard Glück, Prof. Christian Hopmann (bottom, from left) Martin Würtele and Dr. Achim Eggert

Current Challenges and Options for Action in the Plastics Industry

Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland

Verpackungsmaterial

Internationale Wirtschaft

Verpackungsanlagen

Wirtschaft

Kunststoff-Verpackungsmaschine

Starting up under the Shadow  of Corona

Even more than with foodstuffs, what matters in most cases with drug packaging is the contents protected by the wrapping. These are not good conditions to pursue a cycle concept for packaging. But times are changing – perhaps.

Steps to More Sustainable Packaging in the Medical and Cosmetics Industries

No Chance for the Cycle Concept?

Interview with One of this Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Dr Akira Yoshino

Interview with One of this Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry,  Dr Akira Yoshino

Batterien

Elektromobilität

“Plastics Play a Key Role in  Lithium-Ion Batteries”

Borealis, Clariant, Remondis, LyondellBasell – many of the big names in the plastics industry announced partnerships with Neste at, or in advance of, K 2019. The Finnish company is a sought-after partner in the industry.

Interview with Mercedes Alonso, Executive Board Member at Neste

Biokunststoffe

“Chemical Recycling Is Not yet Ready for Commercial Use”

There is little doubt where we are heading: multilayer packaging will have to become easier to recycle – but what does that mean for the technology? And what solutions will the market need and accept? Manufacturers of branded goods are not the only ones who will have to rethink their specifications.

How Film Packaging Will Have to Develop

Flachfolienanlagen

Nachhaltigkeit

Europe Needs to Catch up

Interviews

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