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Baerlocher brings its know-how to sustainable products
Baerlocher believes its experience in sustainable materials puts it in a good position to help converters and compounders achieve their aims in using recyclate. This experience has been gained from its involvement in the Vinyl2010 and VinylPlus initiatives. Arne Schulle, CEO, said: “15 to 20 years back, people were already thinking about how to make polymers more sustainable.” The PVC industry initiatives brought the whole value chain together, with the result that PVC now has a high recy- cling rate in Europe. Over time Baerlocher developed new sustainable products, notably PVC stabilisers that were no longer based on lead and cadmium. The company also makes additives for polyole- fins and at K2019 it showed how its Resin Stabilization
Technology can help resolve quality and consistency issues when processing post-consumer and post-industrial recycled plastic content. “In the years to come,
we expect a significant shift in the polymers industry, particularly the polyolefins industry,” said Schulle. Baerlocher wants to be the “trusted partner” to enable greater use of recyclate, he said. Roberto Nunez, Director
of Specialty Additives, discussed ExxonMobil’s trial use of Baeropol RST stabiliser to improve oxidation induction time and colour stability in developing an HDPE that better enables converters to use recyclate. Bottle and container producers then have the ability to add a higher percentage (up to 50%) of PCR to the virgin
Baerlocher produces Baeropol RST stabiliser in pastille and other forms
HDPE while maintaining quality and performance. At K2019, German
plastics recycler APK and Erema demonstrated the ability of Baeropol T-Blend stabiliser to help convert low-value PCR film waste into a new material suitable for film blowing. “We are more evolved in understanding the applica- tion, for example a film application, so we can then take that knowledge back upstream,” said Nunez.
This interaction between application know-how and material development is also shown in other ways by Baerlocher. For example, it supplies its stabilisers in a variety of forms, including dust-free pastilles, which allows the converter to choose a form most suitable for its set-up.
Schulle said the future
use of recyclate within the broader plastics industry is not yet clear, but it is better to enable its use in current applications. Nunes said Baerlocher’s strategy is to help companies now, to be a partner as they develop their businesses, and support them as different pathways open up. �
www.baerlocher.com
High visibility for Erema at K2019
Erema Group had an extensive presence at K2019, not only with its own exhibits but also featuring widely at the stands of partners during the show.
In addition to the main Erema stand
and three separate stands for subsidi- aries, the group operated the outdoor Circonomic Centre with customers and partners, demonstrating live recycling using 14 different materials and showcasing 30 lighthouse projects. “Erema has succeeded in bringing together many players in this chain and together with them has made the
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Circonomic Centre an attraction for everybody who is interested in plastics recycling,” said Ton Emans, President of Plastics Recyclers Europe. The technology used in the centre
was Erema’s Intarema TVEplus equipped with a QualityOn package (also see Monitoring and Testing feature, page 45). On its stand, Erema showed its Vacunite technology for PET bottle-to-bottle recycling, the new Intarema ZeroWastePro system for post-industrial recycling, and its new BluPort customer portal. Among the exhibits on stands of
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partner companies, Erema’s technol- ogy was involved in displays by Braskem, Borealis, Reifenhauser, Cadel Deinking, ExxonMobil, Engel, Arburg, Kautex and SIPA. Erema also took part in the special
exhibition and conference run by the VDMA machinery association. The Circonomic Centre provided a show- case for Erema’s involvement in projects such as one in which US start-up Bureo collects used fishing nets in Chile for recycling into new products, including sports and leisure goods. �
www.erema.com
www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com
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