8 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 09/22 www.petpla.net Help us shape the circular economy! Technically-minded and keen to protect the climate? Relish a challenge and want to help find the right people to do something about the plastic waste on our planet? Then Krones Recycling Solutions is the right place for you! For more than 20 years, we have been developing innovative technologies to keep valuable packaging materials within a closed loop – and to take our vision of a sustainable industry from Flensburg out into the wider world. There is more to do than ever, which is why we are now looking for committed individuals to join our team – for example in the following areas: Mechanical/electrical design and automation Process engineering Product management Erection and commissioning at customers' premises worldwide Employee management Maybe you share our vision of a waste-free world, but don't see your abilities reflected fully in any of these job areas? Then why not send us an unsolicited application? Because job titles are not what matters to us. What is important is who you are and what you can do. Any questions? Please contact Astrid Schwartz (astrid.schwartz@krones.com) for more information. We look forward to receiving your application (including all relevant documents). These can be uploaded in just a few clicks on our careers portal at www.krones.com. Amut completes recycling project in Romania Amut has completed the commissioning of a recycling plant for Pet Star Recycling, part of Pet Star Group, together with Pet Star Holding, a leading producer of preforms for PET bottles, in Romania. The company developed a customised solution aimed at delivering high performance. The new washing line fork PET processing with 3,000 kg/h total output is equipped with Amut’s patented De-Labeller together with the Friction Washer and presents the front-end sorting system sized to sort clear/light blue bottles from a stream including up to 14/15% of coloured ones suitable to treat 5,500 kg/h of inlet material. “From the very beginning, we have implemented the bottleto-bottle concept to increase the recycling potential of untapped plastic waste and its reuse in a new production process. That’s why we chose a strong partner, Amut, which provided us modern and innovative sorting and washing technology which allows us to be more efficient and to minimise water consumption for each kilo of high purity flakes we produce”, declared Mirela Dragoi, CEO Pet Star Recycling, Romania. www.amut.it Bariq to build a large rPET factory in MENA by 2023 In late 2021, Bariq was acquired by Intro Resource Recovery, a member of Intro Group, to strengthen its waste management portfolio. In February 2022, Bariq announced its sustainability strategy and plans to be the biggest recycler in the region by adding a washing and upgrading line to its portfolio. The new Starlinger recycling system, a RecoStar PET 215 HC iV+ including a ViscoStar 350 SSP reactor, reaches an output of 2,700kg/h and will enable Bariq to increase its total production capacity to 35,000 metric t/a of food-grade rPET pellets. The ViscoStar 350 SSP reactor (biggest size of the latest reactor generation) provides extended processing capacity and residence time while it keeps the footprint of the new recycling line compact like the first Starlinger PET recycling line Bariq installed in 2012. Bariq will also upgrade its existing Starlinger RecoStar PET 165 iV+ recycling line with a new melt filter doubling the filtration area allowing finer filtration through production and an additional SSP reactor ensuring high quality pellets. This setup increases the line’s output and allows the production of rPET types beyond the regular bottle-to-bottle grades, guaranteeing best decontamination results and 24/7 production of rPET with highest quality specifications, states the company. As the core strength of Bariq’s pellets is the quality, detection tools are one of the main assets of their laboratory. The laboratory is installing an Agilent GC-MS combined with a Markers Centri fully automated multimode extraction platform giving flexibility for efficient extraction and enrichment of VOCs. Bariq’s investment also includes the latest bottle & flakes sorting equipment from Tomra Recycling to ensure optimum quality of the input material. In addition to the sorting equipment, a Max-AI robot is added reaching a fully automated washing line from bales to flakes. Founded in 2011, Bariq is the first foodgrade rPET producer in Egypt and the biggest in the MENA region. The company started production of food-grade rPET recycling lines in 2012 and holds a positive EFSA opinion and an FDA Letter of NonObjection (LNO) among others. Exporting 100% to global players in the packaging sector for bottle and food container producers throughout Europe and North America. Bariq recycles 1.6 billion PET bottles per year on the foundation of two sustainability pillars of being economically justified and environmentally sound. The company has recycled approx.15 billion PET bottles into food and non-food grade pellets, which contributed to saving more than 250,000 t of CO2 and helping marine life avoid non-degradable plastic issues. www.bariq-eg.com Recycling plant at Pet Star Recycling, Romania (photo: Pet Star Recycling)
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