EDITOUR 11 PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 for example. “Of course, rPET is not the same as virgin PET and there are technical challenges such as colour consistency, batch to batch consistency, IV stability, crystallinity level, etc.“, said Mr Keersmaekers-Michiels, “but the processibility on our machines has been sufficiently proven, given the large number of projects with rPET that we have already realised. Besides rPET we also offer processing of PET flakes and we continue to test newly developed materials such as biodegradables. Our machines have been proven to be very flexible when it comes to processing different plastic materials.“ In order to prepare itself for the future, Nissei ASB GmbH will continue to invest in staff development, communication and adaptability to enable the company to respond effectively to situations such as the pandemic with a high level of resilience. We also wanted to know how the market for single-stage technologies is likely to develop in the future, to which Mr Keersmaekers-Michiels replied as follows: “Single stage machines are extremely versatile and suitable for the production of high-quality containers and hygienic container production as the machines produce containers starting from the raw material. This also makes the production process energy efficient because cooling, reheating, handling and transport of preforms as in the 2-step system are eliminated. The trend towards short chains makes these small and medium output machines very suitable for local production to avoid expensive and polluting transport costs. I believe that we will see a further transition from mass production to small-scale local production in the coming years and the single step machine is a perfect match for this.” www.nisseiasb.co.jp Nissei ASB’s Technical Centre in Düsseldorf
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