PETpla.net Insider 06+07 / 2014

MATERIAL / RECYCLING 25 PET planet insider Vol. 15 No. 06+07/14 www.petpla.net MATERIAL / RECYCLING 25 Enka de Colombia S.A. was founded in 1964 for the production of polymers, polyamide and poly- ester synthetic fibres used in the textile, tyre and plastics industries. Today, Enka is the largest syn- thetic fibre producer in the Andean region. The company’s produc- tion plant is located 28km north of the city of Medellín. In 1993 Enka opened its first recycling plant to process PET waste from the production of filaments and fibres, adding a project for recycling PET bottles for fibre production in 2009. With the new bottle-to-bottle plant from Starlinger Enka de Colombia is now entering the bottle-to-bottle market. The plastic closure company committed to your success BERI CAP Technology Research and Development Mould Technology | Global Presence Capping Technology and Know-How Innovation and Flexibility www.bericap.com In compliance with Enka’s sus- tainability strategy, energy efficiency plays an important role in this instal- lation. Enka operates its own electric plant, and the steam generated during electricity production is used in the Starlinger recycling line to supply the predrying unit and the SSP reactor. Together with the included energy recovery kit (ERK) used for the hot air dryer, this is intended to reduce elec- trical energy consumption by more than 40%. www.starlinger.com The Enka plant outside Medellín Elfriede Hell, General Manager, Starlinger, and Aníbal Celis Carvajal, Group Coordi- nator for Integral Management and Processes, Enka