9 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 23 No. 11/22 www.petpla.net Interzero and Eastman reach supply agreement for planned molecular recycling facility Interzero and Eastman announced a long-term supply agreement for Eastman’s previously announced molecular recycling facility in Normandy, France. Interzero will provide up to 20,000 metric tonnes per year of hard-to-recycle PET household packaging waste that would otherwise be incinerated. Interzero Plastics Recycling, as part of Interzero, a leading service provider of circular solutions in Europe. Eastman’s planned molecular recycling facility in France is intended to become the world’s largest material-to-material molecular recycling plant. Once complete, the facility will recycle approximately 160,000 t/a of hard-to-recycle polyester waste. The project is expected to be operational in 2025. Chemical recycling is a complement to mechanical recycling to keep more raw materials in the loop. Eastman’s facility in France will process coloured and opaque PET waste that cannot be recycled mechanically to create clear and transparent rPET upon completion. Eastman’s proven polyester renewal technology is claimed to provide circularity for hard-to-recycle plastic waste that remains in a linear economy today. This material is typically incinerated because it either cannot be mechanically recycled or must be downcycled using existing technology. Eastman’s chemical recycling technology allows this hard-to-recycle waste to be broken down into its molecular building blocks and then reassembled to become first-quality material. Eastman’s polyester renewal technology enables the potentially infinite value of materials by keeping them in production, lifecycle after lifecycle. With the technology’s inherent efficiencies and the renewable energy sources available in France, materials can be produced with less greenhouse gas emissions than traditional methods, says the company. www.eastman.com www.interzero.de New dual leadership at Kiefel Packaging GmbH in Austria Kiefel Packaging GmbH, the Upper Austrian subsidiary of the Freilassing-based mechanical engineering company Kiefel GmbH, has been under dual management since September 1, 2022. Andreas Staudinger took on the duties of the previous managing director Robin Roth in spring and now heads the location as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) jointly with Christian Töscher as Chief Operations Officer (COO). Andreas Staudinger has been with Kiefel for more than 30 years and is an experienced manager with extensive market and process knowledge. He will hold the position of Managing Director at Kiefel Packaging GmbH in addition to his role as Head of the Polymer Packaging Division at Kiefel GmbH, which he has held for around two years. Christian Töscher looks back on relevant experience as COO in the management of an international company for the manufacture of machine components and tools in the metal and glass processing industry. Here he was the driving force behind, among other things, harmonisation projects at various plants, the implementation of lean concepts and strategic purchasing projects. www.kiefel.com F.l.t.r.: Christian Töscher (COO) and Andreas Staudinger (CSO) are the new dual managers of Kiefel’s Austrian site. ES PROCESS on energy consumption, PET RECYCLING PLANT Compact process, modular design equipment space. CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE ! WWW.BO-RE-TECH.COM | +86-573-85120186 | SALES@BO-RE-TECH.COM
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