PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 01+02/23 www.petpla.net 45 TRADE SHOW REVIEW Focus on the circular economy brings Herbold Meckesheim many orders at K 2022 Round and round The fact that K2022 focused on the circular economy naturally played into the order books of the manufacturer of recycling systems and machines Herbold Meckesheim. In addition, the company has formed together with the Stuttgart-based machine manufacturer Coperion a new Recycling Business Unit in October 2022, which is claimed to offer complete solutions for plastics processing, as it continues to develop. The Herbold Meckesheim sales team at the booth. (Photos: Herbold Meckesheim) Herbold Meckesheim’s résumé reflects the international orientation of the plastics trade fair: The majority of the relevant discussions related to projects abroad, with Spain, France, Turkey, India, Sweden, Poland or Brazil, for example, being strongly represented in addition to the USA. “You can see how seriously recycling is being treated in many countries,” comments the special machine manufacturer on the inquiries from six of the seven continents, “which show that there is an increasing demand worldwide for the reprocessing of post-consumer waste, especially PET.” Fittingly, the core area of the customer inquiries was even more clearly on washing lines and the interest in the projects was of a more sustainable nature, Herbold Meckesheim states. In the field of recycling plants, most of the orders discussed were for PET washing lines, while those for films were in demand on a similar scale. The plant manufacturer’s solutions for the recycling of rigid plastics and big bags also met with an unbroken response. Among the machine solutions, the classic granulators continue to be a top seller, in addition to shredders, pulverisers and drying systems, says Herbold Meckesheim, Accordingly, the company had brought a further developed version of its SML 60/100 SB 2 granulator to the fair which – whether dry or wet – is suited for grinding PET bottles, for example, and is equipped with a horizontal forced feeding device. A mechanical dryer T 2016 PA, which is claimed to achieve an equally high drying performance with different types of plastic materials, was also exhibited at the Herbold booth. As well as a HV 70 plastcompactor with silo, which produces agglomerates of high bulk density with high throughput and minimal thermal stress. Merger with Coperion The merger of Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim and the resulting opportunities were positively received, according to Herbold’s impression. The newly founded Recycling Business Unit is able to offer modular system and plant solutions on an industrial scale and combines the complementary technologies of both companies for the benefit of the customers. Visitors to K 2022 were able to get a first impression of this at the Coperion booth and in the Recycling Pavilion on the open-air fairground, where a virtual complete PET plant made the future vivid. From mechanical processing – shredding, washing, separating, drying, and agglomerating of plastics – to bulk material handling, feeding and extrusion, as well as compounding and pelletising, the business unit’s jointly developed and highly automated plants encompass the entire process and thus value chain. www.herbold.com Living recycling technology: a granulator, a dryer and a plastcompactor (from right) Detailed insights for customers: disks equipped with kneading bars of the HV 70
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