PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2011

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 17 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 03/11 www.petpla.net Caspar van den Dungen, Vice Presi- dent of European Plastics Recyclers, in his overview about the development of PET recycling in Europe. Arnold Jahn, the new Managing Director of OHL Engineering GmbH presented an outline of the flexibility and capability of OHL´s recycling and decontamina- tion technology. As last year, CCFEI Analyst Cao Wenting provided a detailed study on the economy of PET recycling in China. She underlined the problems caused by shortages of flakes, the narrowing price gap between virgin and R-PET and the need of renova- tion and innovation in China´s polyes- ter recycling industry. The progress in technology was further demonstrated by Li Zunde, General Manager of Shanghai Machine Sorting Technology Co. Ltd. His company is focused on all kinds of automatic sorting, which is a key factor in reducing labour costs and improve R-PET quality. The final presentation, held by Bjoern Walter, Head of Process & Application Tech- nology Centre at Coperion Najing Cor- poration, provided an insight on the conversion of bottle flakes to stable fibre without pre-drying, by applying twin-screw-extrusion in combination with automatic filtration. In conclusion, one can say that the 6th China International Recycled Polyester Forum Hangzhou 2010 has evolved from a national event to an international and well-regarded con- ference that presents wide-ranging information on a quickly and robustly- growing polyester recycling industry. Anyone interested in purchasing the preprints of this conference should send their request to drthiele@poly- ester-technology.com or order directly from the web site of CCFEI. www.ccfei.net