International USA 3-2021
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Cleaning Up Coasts at the Edge of the World
Lindner’s new 1500 model from the Micromat series was presented at K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany. This very model was delivered to Chilean plastics recycler and circular economy pioneer Comberplast at the beginning of last year and has been successfully shredding old fi shing nets and ropes collected from the Patagonian coasts for the past year
Strongly Positioned with Optimal Machine Technology for the Growth Market of PVC-O Pipes
“We supply our customers with a plug & play solution immediately ready for use” is how Gernot Dorn, Director Sales PVC bei der battenfeld-cincinnati Austria GmbH, Vienna describes in a nutshell the decisive advantage of the machine manufacturer’s cooperation with the Spanish company Molecor Tecnologia SL, based in Loeches-Madrid
Today’s Waste Becomes Tomorrow’s Resource – „Waste4Future“ Paves New Ways for Plastics Recycling
A sustainable society with climate-neutral processes requires signifi cant adjustments in the value chains, which are only possible through innovations. Seven Fraunhofer Institutes are pooling their expertise in the lighthouse project “Waste4Future” to develop new solutions for this goal
2 Million Tons of Installed Recycling Capacity Worldwide Celebrated
In spring 2021 viscotec, a division of the Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger, reached a milestone: an impressive 2 million tons of capacity are available for the production of PET recyclate on viscotec systems worldwide
PET Bottle to Bottle Recycling – Major Efficiency Improvements by Retrofitting Melt Filtration System
The German manufacturer of Filtration Systems, Gneuss, has seen a surge of interest among customers looking to retrofit their extrusion lines
Fast and Reproducible Sample Inspection of Plastic Pellets
In March 2021, SORTCO opened a new, state-of-the-art sorting service center, where both optically demanding technical plastics and standard plastics are cleaned. The PURITY CONCEPT V from SIKORA, is used for final sample inspection after the sorting process
CONTENTS:
| Firms in this issue | 06 |
| Imprint | 07 |
| Industry news | 08 |
| Calendar | 08 |
| Wide Selection of Courses in English | 08 |
| COLOMBIAPLAST Re-Scheduled | 08 |
| K-MAG – 365 Days of Community News | 09 |
| CHINAPLAS 2021 Concluded with a Huge Success | 09 |
| First „AdEx Home“ Webinar | 10 |
| Representation in Middle East and North Africa | 11 |
| New Date for ICE Europe | 12 |
| Italien Plastics and Rubber Processing Machinery Manufacturers – After the Drop in Revenues in 2020 Orders Again Growing | 12 |
| Business in Asia Expanded | 13 |
| Acquisition | 13 |
| Acquisition | 14 |
| Digital Watermark Initiative „HolyGrail 2.0“ joined | 14 |
| New Machine Design has won the Good Design® Award | 15 |
| New E-Book – The Circular Economy | 15 |
| Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Capacity doubled | 16 |
| New CEO | 16 |
| New CFO | 17 |
| Multi-Purpose Co-Extruders – Now also for Sheet Production | 17 |
| Leaving the Board after more than 45 Years | 18 |
| Personnel Expansion for Sales Team | 18 |
| Management Board Expanded | 19 |
| New BOPE Additives for Agile and Eiffi cient Response to New Market Trends | 19 |
| Joint Venture in India Established | 20 |
| Joining the Circular Plastics Alliance | 20 |
| Next-Generation Space-Saving Scanning Measurement System for Narrow Web Processes | 21 |
| Liaison Office in Turkey | 21 |
| Portfolio expanded | 21 |
| New 500 Series Rubber/Silicone Extrusion Crosshead | 22 |
| Capacity Expansion | 22 |
| New Vacuum Technology Optimises the Production of High-Performance Oriented Films | 23 |
| Collaborative Project in Sweden intensified | 23 |
| Industry News USA | 24 |
| Cooperation | 24 |
| LFT-D Line with 2,500-Tonne Press Ordered | 24 |
| Material Tests on Shredder-Extruder Machines – Service Offering for Customers in North America Expanded | 25 |
| Director of International Sales for Extrusion Systems Promoted | 25 |
| Next-Generation Case Packer with Collaborative Robot Automation System Launched | 26 |
| Significant Addditives Expansion in the U.S. | 26 |
| Vice President of North America Operations Named | 27 |
| Vice President and General Manager of Latin America Named | 27 |
| Statement on Canadian Government’s „Toxic“ Label Released | 27 |
| Automatically Hopper Device Enables to Accurately Dosing | 28 |
| Mourning The Loss Of One Of Their Own | 28 |
| New Flame Retardant Wire and Cable Jacketing Compounds Receive „Halogen-Free“ Assessements | 29 |
| Tackifier Capacity Expansion in India Announded | 29 |
| Compounding | 30 |
| Increase in Turnover on the European Market | 30 |
| Recycling – Case Study | 31 |
| PET Bottle to Bottle Recycling – Major Efficiency Improvements by Retrofitting Melt Filtration System | 31 |
| Recycling – Case Study | 32 |
| Cleaning Up Coasts at the Edge of the World | 32 |
| Recycling | 34 |
| Reduced Odour – An Indispensable Quality Criterion in Post-Consumer Plastics Recycling | 34 |
| Control Systems | 36 |
| Service Portfolio expanded – Control Solutions for Complete Recycling Plants | 36 |
| Recycling | 37 |
| The Best Recycled Pellets for Irrigation Pipes | 37 |
| Recycling, Circular Economy – From Research | 38 |
| Today’s Waste Becomes Tomorrow’s Resource – „Waste4Future“ Paves New Ways for Plastics Recycling | 38 |
| Recycling | 40 |
| 2 Million Tons of Installed Recycling Capacity Worldwide Celebrated | 40 |
| Film Technology | 41 |
| Dual Frame System Boosts Efficiency | 41 |
| Pipe Extrusion | 42 |
| Strongly Positioned with Optimal Machine Technology for the Growth Market of PVC-O Pipes | 42 |
| Film Extrusion | 44 |
| Desire for Hygiene and Food Safety Increases Worldwide Demand for Flexible Packaging Films | 44 |
| Measuring Technology – Case Study | 46 |
| Fast and Reproducible Sample Inspection of Plastic Pellets | 46 |
| Pelletizing | 48 |
| Melt Pump Technology for Production of Bioplastic PLA | 48 |
| Extrusion Technologies | 49 |
| Extrusion Lines for Pipes Renewed | 49 |
| Pipe Extrusion | 50 |
| Shape your Pipes, Shape your Future and Go Green | 50 |
| Extrusion Technologies | 51 |
| Physical Foaming to In-House Extruder Test Line Added | 51 |
| Extrusion and Recycling Technology | 52 |
| New Life for Worn Artificial Grass | 52 |
| Extrusion Blow Molding | 56 |
| PCR in Cosmetic Packaging? It’s all a Question of Technology | 56 |
