K 2022

Circular Economy in the Spotlight: AST Group Uses Lindner Plastics Recycling Technology to Close the Loop Since 2018, the AST Group, producer of HDPE plastic containers and drums, has been committed to cleaning and reconditioning used containers to ensure a longer service life for its products and greater sustainability in the production process. Since 2021, the loop has been closed by another piece – a plastics recycling facility (PRF) from Lindner has been processing post-consumer containers, which are then used to produce new drums and containers. As these products are also destined for the hazardous and foods industries, high-quality recyclate is crucial as are optimally coordinated recycling processes. Managing our environment responsibly Circular economy, the Green Deal, recycling quotas, resource conservation, energy efficiency, sustainability – these are the buzzwords we hear each and every day, especially in the recycling industry. After all, our industry is essentially about responsibly managing our environment and its resources as well as the associated

How efficiency and profitability go hand in hand with sustainability and climate protection. Sesotec will be exhibiting at booth A40, Hall 10, and at the VDMA Circular Economy Forum ”The Machine.” Schönberg, September 2022 Sesotec GmbH from Schönberg, a leading metal detection, sorting and analysis system manufacturer, will present its exhibit at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf from October 19 to 26 under the motto ”Economy meets Ecology.” The company thus positions itself as a provider of answers to salient global issues surrounding the circular economy, sustainability, and resource conservation. Sesotec will be exhibiting at booth A40, Hall 10, and at the VDMA Circular Economy Forum ”The Machine.” As climate change, the draining of finite resources and the vast amounts of plastic waste in the world’s oceans become key areas of concern in politics, business and society as a whole, the plastics industry is coming under growing pressure. The circular economy poses a variety of challenges for manufacturers, processors and recyclers of plastics – but also offers numerous opportunities. ”We are highlighting important global issues surrounding sustainability,

Hellweg Maschinenbau will be presenting extended options around the Smart Control system for its entire granulator range at booth C39 in Hall 11 at K 2022. Hellweg Maschinenbau, the manufacturer of advanced granulation machinery for effective plastics recycling, will be presenting extended options around the Smart Control system for its entire granulator range at booth C39 in Hall 11 at K 2022. Also presented at the show will be a digital central lubrication unit with Bluetooth data transmission retrofittable to all central granulators together with a new edge trimming system for use in extrusion which is now servomotor-driven, so enabling optimum control. Extended Functionality for the Smart Control System Hellweg has added a hardware module to the Smart Control system that is capable of storing the power consumption of the machine it is fitted to over the long term, for example over a financial year, and providing it for analysis. Together with the ability to display power peaks, it provides valuable data for optimizing energy use. The software itself now has the option of controlling granulator speed in increments

Shredding – Washing – Sorting: Efficient all-in-one plastics recycling solutions As a pioneer in the recycling industry, Lindner draws on a wealth of experience in transforming waste into valuable materials and stands for quality, experience and product innovations. At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lindner will be presenting ground-breaking all-in-one solutions for the efficient plastics recycling of tomorrow in Hall 9, at Booth B17 & B19. Along with a wide range of product innovations, a special highlight is a new system solution to directly process post-consumer rigid plastics in an injection moulding process. The circular economy and the growing importance of plastics recycling under the umbrella of climate protection are key topics at October’s K in Düsseldorf. Undoubtedly, there has been an upswing in plastics recycling for several years. The challenges facing the industry, however, continue to be multifaceted and complex: demand on recyclate quality is increasing as is the call for higher throughputs with minimal energy consumption