Market Survey 12/2025 – Suppliers of recycling plants and washing units
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MARKETsurvey
12/2025
Resins & additives
Suppliers of recycling plants
and washing units
Cap manufacturer & cap inspection
Cap systems & cap moulds
Preform production & inspection
Preform systems & moulds
Two stage SBM machinery
Filling equipment
Company name
Herbold Meckesheim GmbH
Postal address
Industriestrasse 33,
74909 Meckesheim, Germany
+49 6226 932 0
Mr Achim Ebel
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
Vice President Sales
+49 6226 932 0
Compressors
Frontend Sorting Section
Shrink film & palletising machinery
Recycling machinery
Input variable: collected pressed bottles, various colours
Output: sorted bottles, treated sidestreams
Capacity range output [t/a]
Yes
Yes
500-6,000kg/h
Floor space [m²]
Variable
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t] (if necessary)
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Grinder included
1-4m³/t
Variable
Yes
Additional information
Equipment for bale opening, delabelling, prewash drums
OEM equipment, integration
Sorting technology (NIR, laser, optical etc.), efficiency in %
Washing Section
Input variable: Flakes, coloured proportion max 5%, not much chlorine Yes
Output: Hot washed flakes
Yes
Capacity range output [t/a]
Up to 6t/h
Floor space [m²]
≈ 1,800m²
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t]
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
1-4m³
Depending on individual scope
Kind of polymer (PET, PP, PS, HD-PE, LD-PE etc.)
Additional information
Decontamination section
Input variable: Flakes or Pellets
Output: Flakes or Pellets
Capacity [t/a]
All
Hydrocyclone technology for density separation
Floor space [m²]
Approvals (FDA, Efsa, others)
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Additional information
Periphery
Fresh water treatment
Waste water treatment
Heating systems
Yes
Yes
Yes
Nitrogen generator
Compressed air
Chemical dosing
Yes
Kind and quantity of detergents
Caustic soda
Yes
Additives
Yes
Defoamer
Yes
Acid for neutralisation
Removal of the organic residuals up to which size [µm]
Presetting residence time in the process
Company also offers systems for
Bottle-to-preform
Yes
As needed to achieve higher flake quality
Yes, batch reactors with controlled residence time
Yes, in cooperation with partners
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bottle-to-film
Bottle-to-fibre
Bottle-to-strapping
Bottle-to-tray
Tray-to-tray
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Company name
Starlinger recycling technology
Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH Amut SpA
Postal address
Furtherstrasse 47a
Mönichhusen 42,
Via Cameri 16,
2564 Weissenbach, Austria
+43 2674 800 3101
Mr Paul Niedl, MA
Commercial Head
+43 2674 800 3100
32549 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany Novara (NO), Italy
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
+49 5731 5307 0
+39 0321 6641
Mr Giovanni Cattaneo
Sales Manager Director
+39 0321 664943
Frontend Sorting Section
Input variable: collected pressed bottles, various colours
Output: sorted bottles, treated sidestreams
Capacity range output [t/a]
Yes
Yes
Up to 150,000
Depending on design, layout
Not necessary
25-55 kWh/t
Floor space [m²]
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t] (if necessary)
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Grinder included
When and if required
Additional information
Patented delabelling
machine
Sorting technology (NIR, laser, optical etc.), efficiency in %
From third party
Washing Section
Input variable: Flakes, coloured proportion max 5%, not much
Yes
chlorine
Output: Hot washed flakes
Yes, high purity flakes
From 7,000-55,000
Capacity range output [t/a]
Floor space [m²]
Depending on design, layout
PET = 1.1 m³/t - PO 3.0 m³/t
90-110 kWh/t
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t]
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Kind of polymer (PET, PP, PS, HD-PE, LD-PE etc.)
Additional information
PET, PP, HD-PE, LD-PE
Patented friction washer
Decontamination section
Input variable: Flakes or Pellets
Flake to granulate: hot-washed PET flakes (various colours), available models: Flakes
recoSTAR PET FG, recoSTAR PET FG+, recoSTAR PET art
Output: Flakes or Pellets
Granulate with approval, decontaminated for food contact, IV increased, AA
<1ppm, lowest VOC level
Pellets
Capacity [t/a]
10.000-35.000 t/a rPET pellets
Depending on design
200-17,000
Floor space [m²]
30-80, depending on size
Approvals (FDA, Efsa, others)
Several USA/FDA (C-H), Austria, Germany/BfR, Ilsi, France/AFFSSA, Finland, FDA, Efsa, Inti, brand owners (conf.)
Australia, Canada, Egypt, Japan, Switzerland, Thailand, several Latin Ameri-
can countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru);
follows Efsa requiremens; several brand owners
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Additional information
Depending on design
< 350
Bottles to flakes to granulate: Input variable, collected pressed bottles, various
colours. Output: Granulate with approval, decontaminated for food contact, IV
increased, AA < 1ppm, lowest VOC level. Turn-key supply of complete plants
from bottles to flakes to rPET granulate
Periphery
Fresh water treatment
Waste water treatment
Heating systems
Nitrogen generator
Compressed air
Chemical dosing
Kind and quantity of detergents
Caustic soda
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Additives
Defoamer
Acid for neutralisation
Removal of the organic residuals up to which size [µm]
Presetting residence time in the process
Yes, but only continuous
process, no batches
Company also offers systems for
Bottle-to-preform
Yes
Yes
Bottle-to-film
Yes, mainly thermoforming sheet
lines in direct food contact
Yes
Bottle-to-fibre
Bottle-to-strapping
Bottle-to-tray
Tray-to-tray
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
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Company name
EREMA Group
Boretech Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
Postal address
Unterfeldstrasse 3,
4052 Ansfelden, Austria
+43 732 3190-0
Alexander Schramm
Business Development Manager
+43 732 3190-4710
No. 888, Jiuliting Avenue, Caoqiao Street, Pinghu,
Zhejiang, China
0086-573-85120186
Alan Ou
Vice Genernal Manager
0086-573-85120186
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
Frontend Sorting Section
Yes, sorting done in cooperation with long-time partners or KEYCYCLE
(member of EREMA Group)
Input variable: collected pressed bottles, various colours
Output: sorted bottles, treated sidestreams
Capacity range output [t/a]
Pre-sorted PET bottles, prefferable bales
Sorted bottles, colour sorting possible
Depending on customer requirements
Depending on the capacity of the plant
Mixed loose plastics
sorted plastic bales
5,000~10,000
Floor space [m²]
1,000~20,000
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t] (if necessary)
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Grinder included
N/A
~100
No
Yes
Additional information
Engineering and integration services, Turnkey projects
No
KEYCYCLE GmbH, Member of EREMA Group GmbH
Michal Prochazka, Managing Director, +43 732 3190-545, [email protected]
Sorting technology (NIR, laser, optical etc.), efficiency in %
Up to 99 % purity
Depends on vendor's efficiency (approx. 90~95%)
Collected pressed bottles, flakes, various colours
Washing Section
Input variable: Flakes, coloured proportion max 5%, not much
Pre-treated PET bottles, prefferable in pressed form
chlorine
Output: Hot washed flakes
Dried flakes mositure content < 1 %
12,000-52,000 t/a
Hot washed clear flakes food grade
10,000/18,000/36,000/54,000
Subject to design, 1,500-3,500
~1.5
Capacity range output [t/a]
Floor space [m²]
Depending on the capacity of the plant
Depending on contamination level approx. 1-2 m³/h
150-350 kWh/t
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t]
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Kind of polymer (PET, PP, PS, HD-PE, LD-PE etc.)
Additional information
~180-220
All types of common polymers possible
PET / HDPE /LDPE/PP/PS/ABS/PA
System solutions for washing and drying; Lindner Washtech, Member of EREMA Group
GmbH
Marcel Willberg, Sales Director, +49 7148 160538-0, [email protected]
Decontamination section
Input variable: Flakes or Pellets
Flakes and/or pellets
Flakes, coloured proportion max 5%, not much
chlorine
Output: Flakes or Pellets
Capacity [t/a]
Flakes (MPR) or pellets (VACUREMA or VACUNITE)
up to 48,000
Upgrade flakes or pellets
8,000-64,000
Floor space [m²]
50-650 (depending on through-put and technology)
300-2,000, subject to design
Approvals (FDA, Efsa, others)
FDA (cat. A-H&J); Efsa (positve Efsa opinion issued); brand owners (conf.); several national Flakes and pellets with FDA approval
approvals (Austria, CH, Zona Mercursur, etc.)
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Additional information
Between 100-350
100~310
Closed loop system for water and N2, depending on application & technology type
Inline melt - viscosity and colour measurement devices available (optional)
Periphery
Fresh water treatment
Waste water treatment
Heating systems
Nitrogen generator
Compressed air
Chemical dosing
On request (with external partner or KEYCYCLE (member of EREMA Group)
Yes, depending on design
On request (with external partner or KEYCYCLE (member of EREMA Group)
Yes, depending on design
Included
Pelletising & SSP: 98kWh per tonne output
Pelletising & SSP: 8~25Nm³ per tonne output
Pelletising & SSP: 2m³ per tonne output
On request
On request
On request
NaOH (2-3kg per tonne output), and brand detergent
(1-1.5L per tonne output)
Kind and quantity of detergents
Caustic soda
Yes for washing process
Yes for washing process
Yes for washing process
Yes for washing process
25 µm
Yes, 2-3kg per tonne output
Additives
CHT,1-3L/ton flakes output
Defoamer
Yes, depending on customer demand and process
Yes, 5~10L/h, depeding on bottle bales condition
Water filtration up to 1 µm
Acid for neutralisation
Removal of the organic residuals up to which size [µm]
Presetting residence time in the process
1.5 - 15h
Depeding on design, IV 0.70→ 0.86dL/g,
SSP: 12~16hr for pellets, 4~6hr for flakes
Company also offers systems for
Bottle-to-preform
Yes, VACUREMA Inline Preform
Bottle-to-film
Yes, VACUREMA Inline Sheet
Bottle-to-fibre
Yes, VACUREMA Inline Fibre for Staple Fibre, BCF and POY
Yes, one stop solution from post-consumer bottles to
PSF, POY and FDY
Bottle-to-strapping
Bottle-to-tray
Yes, VACUREMA Inline Strapping or Monofilament
Yes, with KEYCYCLE & VACUREMA
Yes, with VACUREMA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Tray-to-tray
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Company name
Sorema Div. of Previero N. SRL
Krones AG
Postal address
Via per Cavolto, 17,
22040 Anzano del Parco (CO), Italy
+39 031 63491250
Mr Dario Previero
General Manager
Boehmerwaldstr 5,
93073 Neutraubling, Germany
+49 9401 70 0
Mr Peter Hartel
Head of Sales - Recycling Solutions
+49 9401 70 5448
Telephone number
Web site address
Contact name
Function
Direct telephone number
E-Mail
+39 031 63491250
Frontend Sorting Section
Input variable: collected pressed bottles, various colours
Output: sorted bottles, treated sidestreams
Selective & deposit collection, from blacks bags or landfill bottle collection
Yes, with different qualities
Pre-sorting section with prewashing, delabelling, metal separation, film separa-
Yes, separation in several valuable streams if necessary
tion, material and colour sorting
Capacity range output [t/a]
Floor space [m²]
Up to 20t/h
10,000-45,000t/a; higher ranges also possible if necessary
Depending on customer, multi level tower sorting line available
Starting with 1,500m² and more; will be designed to fit the needs
of the customer; depending on the scope of supply
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t] (if necessary) Minimised, according to input material & water treatment design
Only necessary if whole bottle washing is required
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Minimised, according to input material & water treatment design
Designed to fit the needs of the customer; depending on the
scope of supply
Grinder included
Yes
Yes, with high quality suppliers, mainly from Europe
Additional information
Prewashing delabeller to remove lables and clean the materials before sorters
Krones can act as turnkey-supplier and offers frontend from
preferred partner Stadler Anlagenbau
Sorting technology (NIR, laser, optical etc.), efficiency in %
Washing Section
MetaPure W
Yes
Input variable: Flakes, coloured proportion max 5%, not much
Flakes, ground from bottles pre-sorted
chlorine
Output: Hot washed flakes
Up to 10t/h
Yes, washed with hot caustic, rest humidity < 0.8%
7,000-42,000t/a; higher output possible by multiplying sections
450-2,100m²; higher output reqires more space
1.5-2.0m³, depending on input quality
Capacity range output [t/a]
Up to 10t/h
Floor space [m²]
Depending on customer, multi level and tower washing line available
Minimised, according to input material & water treatment design
Minimised, according to input material & water treatment design
Fresh water consumption per tonne output [m³/t]
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Designed to fit the needs of the customer; depending on the
scope of supply
Kind of polymer (PET, PP, PS, HD-PE, LD-PE etc.)
Additional information
Washing line with multiple material available: PET, PP, PS, HDPE, LDPE…
PET, PP, PS , PE-HD, PE-LD
State of the art washing system, full automatic for flakes for the most demanding Krones own manufacturing
application
Decontamination section
Input variable: Flakes or Pellets
Output: Flakes or Pellets
Capacity [t/a]
MetaPure S
Integrate sub supplier technology including decontamination section
According to production & supplier specification
According to production & supplier specification
According to production & supplier specification
According to production & supplier specification
According to production & supplier specification
Flakes
Flakes, pellets
7,000-12,600t/a per decontamination unit
450-520m² per decontamination unit
FDA, Efsa, various brands
Floor space [m²]
Approvals (FDA, Efsa, others)
Consumption kWh per tonne output [kWh/t]
Designed to fit the needs of the customer; depending on the
scope of supply
Additional information
Periphery
Turn key lines available on request
Krones own manufacturing
Fresh water treatment
Waste water treatment
Heating systems
Sorema design & built water treatment
Sorema design & built water treatment
Yes
Yes
Sorema design & integrated heating system based on steam, electrical, cogen-
eration and other technologies
Yes, with partner
Nitrogen generator
Compressed air
Integrated in case of turn key line
Yes, with partner
Yes, with partner
Yes
Integrated in case of turn key line
Chemical dosing
Sorema design and built chemical dosing systems
Chemicals use is strictly confidential
Kind and quantity of detergents
Caustic soda
8.0-12.0 ml/kg output
0.5-1.0 ml/kg output
Additives
Defoamer
Depending on infeed quality
1.2-1.8 ml/kg output
Acid for neutralisation
Removal of the organic residuals up to which size [µm]
Presetting residence time in the process
Company also offers systems for
Bottle-to-preform
State of the art washing system to grant the minimum surface organic residue
The system is easy to set in all its parameter including the residence time in the hot washing Yes, according to desired final product quality
Yes, with partner
Yes, with partner
Yes, with partner
Yes, with partner
Bottle-to-film
Bottle-to-fibre
Bottle-to-strapping
Bottle-to-tray
Tray-to-tray
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