PETpla.net Insider 09 / 2011

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 19 PET planet insider Vol. 12 No. 09/11 www.petpla.net until only a short while ago. 25-ton trucks would take eight days and up to 3,300km to reach their final destina- tion which of course implied gigantic logistic efforts. The company looked for an alter- native to lower the raw material and logistics costs. The group decided to go for bottle-to bottle recycling. After consultation with various machinery manufacturers, the company finally decided to purchase the Vacurema Advanced 1716 T with a throughput performance of 1,000-1,400kg/h, which was set up in an especially constructed production hall next to the existing company. MDM Dydyo is satisfied with the results and they do benefit as the recycling operation allows them to considerably lower raw material costs. In addition, the company created more than 50 new jobs directly at the plant. Another beneficiary is Mother Nature and the Amazonian “lung of the world”, since more PET bottles are now collected and recycled. The Vacurema Advanced 1716 T system is the first expansion stage of the Vacurema Basic technology and features an additional, continu- ously operating upstream vacuum crystallisation dryer. The vacuum crystallisation dryer provides additional pre-drying and decontamina- tion of the input material. The material is then transferred to the reactor of the downstream Vacurema Basic system via a discharge screw. The process is FDA approved. www.erema.at What of the future? More R-PET plants to come R-PET plants has become a hot topic in South America over the last few years, i.e. other companies such as Cabelma (Argentina) and Unnafi- bras (Brazil) have entered the market. At the moment the M&G Polimeros company operates a large scale PET manufacturing plant with a capacity of about 850,000t/a following material giant Braskem’s withdrawal from the PET business some two years ago. However, it is expected that the Petro- bras projects Comperj and Petroquim- ica Suape will go on stream within the next few years with a capacity of above 1 million t/a. Would you like your products to stand out from the crowd? Thanks to the technology of Holland Colours you can turn your PET bottles into almost any colour. Our outstanding experience and efficency in producing colouring additives guarantees that your product will differ from your competitors’. Would you like to renew your PET bottles with unique shades? We can provide the solution for your business success. Holland Colours European Division Halvemaanweg 1, 7323 RW Apeldoorn, P.O.Box 720, 7300 AS Apeldoorn, The Netherlands I Tel: 31(55)368 0700 I Fax: 31(55)366 2981 I E-mail: info@hollandcolours.com SILK SCARVES? COLOURFUL BALLOONS? A MODERN STATUE PERHAPS? Or eye-catching PET bottles that are good to grab?