Extrusion International 2-2023

23 Extrusion International 2/2023 viewed a number of technology options and made the decision to select ECI Group’s hybrid technology for a number of important reasons including the unmatched product range, lower operating costs, the design built for future product development capabilities and the reputation of Repsol as a long-standing producer of high-quality products. Commenting on the signing of the contract, Joaquin Flores, President and CEO of ECI Group, said: "This latest award is a game-changer for the industry. Clients now have access to a flexible slate of high-value products at world scale capacities. Our proprietary Hybrid Technolo - gy provides our client with the best combination of pro- duction, reliability while lowering operating costs and providing a superior product range. We are proud that this client chose ECI’s technology after carrying out a detailed analysis of the technology against competitors’ existing offerings, and we look forward to successfully delivering two lines of this first-of-a-kind design with the support of our partner Repsol's market knowledge and product expertise." ECI Group www.ecigrouponline.com ECI Group has signed license and engineering agreements for process technology and engineering design or two 200kta EVA lines using ECI Group's proprietary Hybrid Technology offering Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023  Starlinger recycling technology has been shortlisted for the prestigious Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 for their new recoSTAR PET art recycling line in the category “Product Technology Innovation of the Year”. “We feel grateful and honoured being shortlisted for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe with our lat- est technology innovation recoSTAR PET art. This new machine concept builds on Starlinger’s solid foundation of manufacturing PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for more than 15 years and has been designed to take me- chanical PET recycling to the next level,” said Paul Niedl, Commercial Head of Starlinger recycling technology. In technical development, the focus of Starlinger recy- cling technology has always been on achieving highest production efficiency and keeping energy consumption and maintenance time as low as possible. The newly conceived PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system reco- STAR PET art does not only consume 25 % less energy compared to the previous model, it also requires 46% less maintenance time, has a 21 % smaller machine footprint, and a production output increase of 15 %. In total, bottle-to-bottle recyclers can save about 21 % in production costs with the new system. In addition to supplying world-leading and brand owner-approved PET recycling technology, Starlinger also offers recycling solutions for a variety of other post-consumer plastic scrap and industrial plastic waste. The specially developed odour reduction pro - cess ensures smell-reduced regranulate from post- consumer olefins such as PP and PE which are a widely used material for e.g. milk or detergent bottles. The company’s scope of supply also includes recycling so- lutions for agro- and geo-textiles, nonwovens, heavily printed and hygroscopic plastic films, or waste from textile production. The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 winners will be announced on 11 May, during the second day of the Plastics Recy- cling Show Europe taking place at the RAI Amsterdam. Starlinger recycling technology www.recycling.starlinger.com www.prseventeurope.com With its innovative design, Starlinger’s recoSTAR PET art PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line saves 21 % in production costs (©Starlinger)