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Plastics recycling expo makes successful return to Cleveland


The Compounding World Expo, Plastics Recycling World Expo and Plastics Extrusion World Expo made a successful return to the Huntington Center in Cleveland, Ohio on Novem- ber 3-4, 2021. This year also saw the addition of a new exhibition, the Polymer Testing World Expo. The events are organised by AMI, publisher of Plastics Recycling World. More than 220 compa-


nies exhibited at the event which attracted over 3,000 visitors, making it North America’s largest plastics industry exhibition of the year. It provided a welcome opportunity for the industry to get together after almost two years of lockdowns, travel bans and event cancellations. Many attend- ees were enjoying in-person meetings with customers and suppliers for the first time in 18 months or more.


IN BRIEF...


TeraPlast Group is taking over Brikston Construction Solutions’ PE films produc- tion in Sighisoara, Roma- nia. The assets include a rigid PVC recycling factory which will be relocated to a plant in Nasaud. These assets add 1,200


tpa of industrial PE packaging and 300 tpa of recycled films. The PVC processing capacity will be expanded. � www.teraplast.ro


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delighted with the quantity and quality of the visitors to their booths,” said Kelly DeFino, Expo Sales Man- ager at AMI. “More than 140 have already rebooked their booths for next year, and many visitors have ex- pressed interest in becom- ing exhibitors.” The Plastics Recycling


More than 3,000 visitors attended the AMI expos in November


“There is no substitute for face-to-face meetings within our industry,” said Mike McCormack, business unit manager at SACO AEI Polymers Distribution, adding: “Everyone I ran into was glad to be back”. His positive views were echoed by Emily Burkhart, process engineer at 3A Composites, who said: “I gained so much from this well-organised show – learning, networking, catching up with industry


friends, and getting inspired.” The five conference


theatres hosted more than 100 speakers and proved very popular, with attendees eager to catch up on the latest industry develop- ments and market trends. The evening party at the Punchbowl Social was also very well attended and provided an extra opportu- nity for networking in a more relaxed environment. “The exhibitors were


World Expo, Compounding World Expo, Plastics Extru- sion World Expo and Polymer Testing World Expo will next take place in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on November 9-10, 2022. Companies that have already booked booths include BASF, Cloeren, Coperion, CPM, Davis-Stand- ard, Entek, Erema, Geon, Leistritz, Maag, NFM, NGR, Omya, PTi, Reifenhauser and many more. For more information on visiting or exhibiting at the exhibitions, please visit: � https://www.ami. international/exhibitions


VinylPlus Med project launches


A new European collabora- tive project called VinylPlus Med being run by VinylPlus is focusing on recycling single-use PVC medical devices. The project, which builds on the success of the VinylPlus-funded RecoMed recycling scheme, is developing a recycling scheme for single-use PVC medical devices in Belgium to help hospitals sort their PVC medical waste stream.


PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | November/December 2021


The scheme will focus on clean and REACH-compliant PVC waste that can be recycled into a wide range of value products marketed across Europe. In partnership with the


Europe Hospitals group, high-quality PVC waste of various departments will be collected and recycled. Most of this waste has not been in contact with patients. The project also partners with Renewi as the waste


management company and Raff Plastics as the recycler. All Belgian VinylPlus Med partners are located within a radius of 120 km, to minimise transport distanc- es and thus mitigate carbon footprint. PVC medical devices are


recycled in eight countries including Australia, New Zealand, UK, South Africa, Canada, Guatemala, Colombia and Thailand. � https://vinylplus.eu


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


IMAGE: AMI


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