Extrusion International 6-2020

21 Extrusion International 6/2020 New Head of Global IT Appointed „ AsHeadofGlobal IT, the IT specialist Robert Kubotsch is taking on overall responsibility for information technology at Kautex Maschinenbau. With this appointment, the global leader in ex- trusion blow molding machines has fi lled another key position to steer and support its process of change. Robert Kubotsch will harmonize the existing IT systems and optimize them for cooperation between the global Kautex team, customers and partners. Isolated solutions which have been used to date will be replaced with a uniform IT structure at all locations, and the availability of IT services and infrastructure at crucial points will be improved. KautexMaschinenbauhasbeen involved inaprocessof strategic realignment and restructuring for over two years. The company is bringing about harmonized processes and standards in line with the BeOnemotto, as well as placing even greater emphasis on customer focus in all business areas. The production solutions are becoming more intelligent, modular, and fl exible, and the aim is primarily to generate added value for customers. These changes are accompanied by increasing digitalization in communication, production, and service. Data management, com- munication systems and compre- hensive remote services place high demands in terms of the ef fi ciency, standardization and global avail- ability of IT. Kautex announced enhanced investment in this area some time ago. Robert Kubotsch and his team will now put the phi- losophy into action. Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH www.kautex-group.com Certi fi cation as Recyclable Material in Europe Earned „ TOPAS Advanced Polymers has announced that its TOPAS® cyclic ole fi n copolymer (COC) products have earned certi fi ca- tion as recyclable materials by the European independent testing lab, Institut cyclos-HTP, based in Aachen, Germany. TOPAS materials are the fi rst cyclic ole fi n resins in the indus- try to be deemed recyclable with polyethylene (PE) and poly- propylene (PP) for fi lm and injection molding uses. TOPAS® COC has been certi fi ed as a recyclable polyole fi n as part of the EU initiative for a circular economy. “This designa- tion is a major development for brand owners, manufactur- ers, and processors who seek recycled packaging solutions to meet today’s sustainability needs,” said Wilfried Hatke, sales and marketing manager, EMEA, for TOPAS Advanced Polymers. “COC is a key enabler and opens many opportu- nities in shrink labels for decoration and other applications such as polyole fi n-based high-barrier fi lms and recyclable pouches.” The fi ndings by Institut cyclos-HTP conclude that COC can be considered as valuable material in post-consumer LDPE, mixed polyole fi n, and polypropylene recycling streams. Con- sequently, PE and PP formulations modi fi ed with COC can be considered fully recyclable in their respective waste streams. Moreover, in view of the fact that current multilayer packag- ing usually contains polyethylene terephthalate (PET), poly- amide (PA), or other polymers required for a functional pack- age, COC with its intrinsic stiffness and barrier properties can help to develop attractive, functional, and fully recyclable polyole fi n solutions. TOPAS Advanced Polymers https://topas.com Institut cyclos-HTP www.cyclos-htp.de/publications/r-a-catalogue/ Robert Kubotsch (©Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH 2020)