K, the leading global trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry, has drawn to a close in Düsseldorf after eight days on Wednesday (23 October 2019). The 3,330 exhibitors from 63 nations proved impressively: plastics continue to be an innovative, indispensable, future-oriented material.
“Circular Economy” is the motto of the K 2019 and the largest common denominator in the cooperation between Wittmann Battenfeld and Zeroplast. The bio-based natural material is not only recyclable, bio-compatible but is also said to fulfill all the wishes and requirements of industrial customers.
At K 2019, a demonstration line for viewing direct RPET to Sheet has been arranged in the large R&D area of the KUHNE Group in the nearby St. Augustin.
The S:GRAN recycling machine series (shredder-feeder-extruder combination) for processing plastic waste was replaced by the new NXT:GRAN series and presented as a world first to an international audience at the K 2019 in Düsseldorf.
Milacron Holdings Corp. a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry continues to serve the plastics industry through high-quality solutions. Milacron’s latest investments target technologies that will offer clarity and knowledge for our customers.
The new inhouse recycling system Intarema ZeroWastePro, which Erema presented for the first time at K 2019, is specially designed for PE and PP film production waste processed in inline or offline.
The plastics industry is currently facing two major challenges: the circular economy and digitalisation. Erema is convinced that digitalisation in plastics recycling is an important pacemaker on the way to implementing a circular economy.
The Reifenhäuser Group and Russia’s largest integrated petrochemicals producer Sibur extended their cooperation and joined forces in new projects aimed at polymer processors.
Even on the most advanced machine there can be discrepancies in the distribution of PET bottle material in the stretch blow molding process. This has an impact on the bottle quality and production efficiency.
Erema redefines the benchmark for performance in bottle-to-bottle recycling.
The presentation of a first marketplace solution for the plastics industry sees Engel taking the next step in digital transformation at K 2019. Networking on a horizontal level opens up the opportunity to analyse and optimise processes across functions along the entire value stream.
On the occasion of K 2019, Engel announces that it is breaking new ground in the further digitalisation of the injection moulding process in collaboration with Autodesk.