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event preview | Plastics Recycling Technology


Fraunhofer’s Dr Martin


Schulmer will discuss recovery of engineering plastics from WEEE


closer look at how recyclers can meet packaging industry performance requirements. Daniel Szymanek, Area Sales Manager for NGR in Austria, will explain how PET scrap upcycling with Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP) and direct conversion to PET sheet can result in product with improved properties. New polyester recycling technologies will then be explored by Dr Dirk Karasiak, Managing Director at Aquafil Engineering in Germany. The third session continues the packaging theme


with a review of some additional advances in technology for packaging recycling. Professor Dr Kim Ragaert from Ghent University will examine recycling of multilayer packaging foils. A case study from the REFLEX flexible plastic packaging recycling project detailing its supply chain approach to recycling will be presented by Richard McKinlay, Head of Engineering and Research at AXION in the UK. And Luca Stramare, Secretary General of the European PET Bottle Platform based in Italy, will close the session with a presentation on PET bottle recycling. Rami Margalit, Recycled Materials Manager at


Israeli firm NETAFIM, will open the final session of the first day with a discussion of methods for determination of solid contaminants in recycled polyethylene material. And the day will be brought to close by Joachim Quoden, Managing Director of EXPRA, Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (the alliance of national recovery organisations) who will present an insight into the latest legislation, regulations and standards impacting on the plastics recycling industry.


Exploring the future of plastics recycling – new ways to boost productivity, quality and profitability


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Plastics Recycling Technology will take place in Cologne in Germany on 20-21 June 2017. This high level international conference will bring together leading players from across the plastics recycling industry to provide


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20-21 June 2017 Maritim Hotel,


Cologne, Germany Sponsored by: Organised by: Media supporters: SPECIAL OFFER: Save €200 if you register before 31st March 2017


the perfect forum to explore the latest and future developments. To find out more about attending or exhibiting at the event, which is sponsored by Aquafil Engineering and CMG Granulatori, contact conference organiser Sabrina Redl. Tel +44 (0)117 314 8111; Email: sr@amiplastics.com. Alternatively, visit the conference website


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WEEE initiatives The second day of the Plastics Recycling Technology conference will be opened by Mark-Olof Dirksen, Project Leader for PHILIPS CL in The Netherlands, who discuss the application and technical validation of recycled plastics for E&E appliances. Extending that theme, Dr Martin Schlummer, Business Field Manager Recycling and Environment at Fraunhofer Institute IVV in Germany, will talk about recovery of engineering plastics from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Chris Slijkhuis, Public Affairs & E-Waste at Müller-Guttenbrunn Group, will discuss WEEE plastics within the circular economy, then Florian Wagner from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven will present a study on disassembly-based plastics recycling of WEEE for high value applications. Focus will then turn to the application of additive technologies to enhance the performance of recycled polymers. Dr Robert Sherman, Technical Director at Baerlocher in the US, will begin this session with a view of the importance of chemical stabilisation in the product lifecycle of polymers. Then Dr Elke Metzsch- Zilligen, Senior Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF in Germany, will discuss halogen free flame retardants in plastics, which present a particular challenge in terms of recyclability.


Recycling systems The final session of the conference will showcase developments in plastics recycling lines. Professor Edward Kosior, Managing Director of Nextek in the UK, will deliver a case study looking at design challenges and equipment selection for PET recycling plant. Paul Niedl, Head of Sales at Starlinger Recycling Technol- ogy in Austria, will look at selection of odour reduction technology. Bernhard Gebauer, Segment Development Manager Plastics at Bühler in the UK, will explain the application of optical sorting in bottle-to-bottle recycling. The conference will be brought to close by Martin Klotz, Area Sales Manager at Vecoplan in Germany, who will review some compact plastics recycling machinery solutions and explain the impact they could have on the industry in the future.


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