Extrusion International USA 5-2020

33 Extrusion International 5/2020 Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG , Königsberger Str. 5-7, 83313 Siegsdorf, Germany www.brueckner.com CPP) are the outcome of consider- able investment and intense re- search by each of the partners. In March 2019 a value chain project initiative was launched by a group of companies under the acronym PRINTCYC (Printed PP films for me- chanical recycling) to research and test ways to create circular econo- my solutions basing on post-indus- trial waste. Members of PRINTCYC: The machine suppliers Brückner Maschinenbau, Kiefel and PackSys Global, the film producer Profol, the ink manufacturers Huber Group and Siegwerk, the converters Con- stantia Flexibles and Wipak as well as the recycling specialist Erema. The initiative is coordinated by akk innovation, an independent start- up company for sustainable inno- vation management in the plastics packaging industry. The specific target of the first two project phas- es was to understand the impact of häuser, Brückner Maschinenbau, the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) and GS1 Germany. Last but not least and quite up- to-date, Brückner Maschinenbau researched and developed exten- sively in close collaboration with two long-standing customers in the direction of BOPE: With Bul- garian Plastchim-T and Portuguese Polivouga Brückner has been doing numerous joint trials at Brückner’s technology center in Germany and the customers’ production sites. Both film manufacturers then con- sequently took the next step: Each of them ordered an ultra-flexible BOPP/BOPE hybrid line for an ex- tended range of films. Both lines will be in operation by the second half of the year 2021. CONDUCTIVITY WITH PRECISION ©2020 Cabot Corporation. The CABELEC name is a registered trademark of Cabot Corporation. CABELEC ® conductive compounds and concentrates are tailored to meet the most demanding requirements in conductive plastics applications. To learn how our products can help you create innovative solutions, visit us at cabotcorp.com/cabelec. different ink formulations on the mechanical PP and PE recycling pro- cess. Furthermore, the re-usability of PP and PE recyclates made from printed post-industrial film waste was evaluated in cast film, blown film, compression moulding and thermoforming technologies as well as the biaxial stretching pro- cess. R-Cycle is the open and globally usable tracing standard along the life cycle of plastic packaging. The overall goal is to implement a prac- tical solution, ensuring recyclabil- ity by seamless documentation of all recycling-relevant packaging properties based on established technologies. In the recycling pro- cess, packaging can thus be pre- cisely identified in order to process the resulting recyclate into diverse and high-quality plastic products. Partners in this project are: Arburg, Kautex Maschinenbau, Reifen-