Coperion GmbH has begun construction of a recycling test lab at its Niederbiegen/Weingarten, Germany, production facility. The Coperion Recycling Innovation Center will be built near the existing Test Center for Bulk Solids Handling.
The facility will allow customers to develop and test sustainable products and recycling processes with input from Coperion’s experts. All recycling process stages will be covered, including materials conveying, feeding, extrusion, pelletizing and post-processing. Coperion will also conduct its own research on plastics recycling at the center.
Markus Parzer, the company’s managing director and president of its polymer division, said in a statement, “Worldwide demand for state-of-the-art, efficient plastics recycling solutions will continue to grow in the years to come because of the constantly increasing demands of environmental legislation, such as that within the framework of the European Green New Deal, and due to changing consumer behavior and environmental consciousness.
“In deciding to create this new Recycling Innovation Center, we have set clear priorities to be an active partner with our customers by offering our advanced technologies and established expertise, as we work with them along the path toward greater sustainability and a functioning circular economy.”
Coperion manufactures and provides services for compounding, extrusion, feeding, weighing and bulk materials-handling systems.
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