PETpla.net Insider 12 / 2019

45 TRADE SHOW REVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 12/19 www.petpla.net New hotrunner officially goes live after one-year test period MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG, which has been part of Krones AG since Novem- ber 2018, has launched a new hotrunner range that is targeted especially at recycled PET as well as PET flakes users and converters. The Optirun hotrunner range, which was devel- oped over several years in collaboration with the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, was presented to the public for the first time at the K trade fair following a one-year practical test at an MHT customer’s premises. It aims to achieve a more efficient distribution of heat and materials, something usually associated with higher material flow, at the same time as optimising use of resources. The new range is fitted with the Vulcan II nozzle, which was launched in 2012 and achieves an energy saving of over 13%, compared with the nozzles in the company’s best-selling Legacy kit. According to MHT, maintenance intervals for the mould are also significantly longer. It is com- patible with equipment from Niigon, Husky and Sacmi. “The K trade fair is basically our roll-out for the product range,” Carsten Lurz, Vice President Sales, Service and Marketing, explained. “In addition to its positive energy attributes, the mould also generates less PET dust. We are offering Optirun with 48 to a maximum of 144 cavi- ties.” The two-plate hotrunner, which comes in a modular design to cater for different requirements, includes the option of individually controllable heating zones. Exhibited on the company’s stand was a 128-cavity hotrunner, with the cold half on display at Krones at the same time. Mr Lurz highlighted the fact that the company’s takeover by Krones continues to remain positive: “We’re set to end 2019 with a budget surplus.” www.mht-ag.com MHT’s booth at K show presenting the 128-cavity Optirun hotrunner Driving force for circular economy and technological leadership The circular economy and plastics recy- cling were the top themes at this year’s K, and Erema created a display platform in their Circonomic Centre where visitors to the trade fair were able to experience both themes live every day. With the recycling demonstrations and a large variety of products made of recycled plastic - which the plastics recycling machine manufacturer was able to exhibit thanks to their cooperation with 30 partner companies from the entire recyclates chain - the outdoor Circonomic Centre became one of the most popular visitor attractions at the whole trade fair. For Manfred Hackl, CEO of the Erema Group, this was confirmation of what they wanted to achieve with the Circonomic Centre: “Our goal was to work with our partners to draw attention to what is technologically possible in terms of recycling and the circular economy and what has already been implemented successfully and cost effectively. With this we wanted to provide a strong impetus to get new recycling projects on the road even faster in the future. The visitor interest and the high level of positive feedback we have received show that we have succeeded very well together with our customers and partners,” he says, drawing a positive balance. The huge interest in the recycling technologies from Erema Group companies is indi- cated not only by the high number of visitors to the Circonomic Centre and our trade fair stands, but also the very pleasing number of sales. This shows that the group of companies and its range of innovative products are ideally positioned to offer customers tailor-made solutions for a wide band of recycling requirements. Another topic highlighted at the K show: The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) has recently approved the food contact compliance of post consumer recycled HDPE (PCR-HDPE) produced with the patented Intarema TVEplus RegrindPro extrusion system in combination with the ReFresher module. www.erema.com info@hasplastik.com Tel: +90 212 695 50 00 Fax: +90 212 694 97 24 100815dmyR .com