In order to enhance the circular economy growth potential in the plastics industry, KraussMaffei Berstorff and Erema aim at developing a successful customer/supplier partnership in the field of plastics recycling. To this scope, KraussMaffei Berstorff selects Erema as new supplier for high-quality recycling systems.

The profound know-how and wealth of experience of both companies ideally complement each other: while Erema is the well-positioned world market leader in plastics recycling, KraussMaffei Berstorff counts among the most important manufacturers of compounding machinery and system solutions at international scale. “The perfect portfolio combination of both partners clearly demonstrates that integrated recycling and compounding - or rather re-

compounding - has become a key element of our strategic orientation”, says Peter Roos, president of the extrusion technology segment of the KraussMaffei Group.

The re-compounding technology - also known as KraussMaffei Berstorff “EdelweissCompounding” - offers clear customer benefits in terms of energy efficiency and final product quality. With this solution, a first extruder is used for melting the reclaimed material before it is compounded on a second extruder. Owing to the integrated process on a single line of tandem configuration, the material processed need not be heated repeatedly, which saves energy, minimizes the shear stress produced during plasticizing and thus gives substantially improved material quality.

In addition, the re-compounding technology ensures enormous added value for processors. While recycling companies are in a position to offer premium-quality customized compounds, compounding companies can use cost-effective reclaimed material.