The Reifenhäuser Group will exhibit its latest production technologies for sustainable and recyclable flat and blown film at Interplastica 2022 in Moscow (Russia) from January 25 to28 (Hall 22, Booth C 24). The international trade fair for plastics and rubber processing is the leading industry platform in Russia.
As a special highlight, Reifenhäuser will present the digital traceability standard for plastic packaging: "R-Cycle". This automatically collects recycling-relevant information in so-called digital product passports and supplies it for the waste sorting process to permit sorting by type and high- quality recycling. R-Cycle provides a solution to the problem of today's waste sorting processes which are too inaccurate to identify recyclable packaging precisely. With R-Cycle, production machines along the entire value chain already record key data, such as the type of plastic, printing ink, adhesive, additives,and the use of the packaging (food/non-food). This data is then retrievable on the end product in the form of a marking (e.g. digital watermarks). Waste sorting plants can then identify recyclable packaging and formtype-sorted fractions. This is the basis for recovering high-quality recyclate.
R-Cycle is under development to market maturity by leading technology companies and organizations along the entire plastic-packaging life cycle. Reifenhäuser is one of the founding members of this cross-industry initiative. Theaim is to establish an open and globally applicable traceability standard in order to effectively utilize the potential of sustainable packaging products to create a functioning circular economy.
PET film from up to 100% post-consumer recyclate
Reifenhäuser MIREX PET sheet lines produce sustainable PET film from up to 100% PET bottle scrap (PCR) for direct food contact (in compliance with FDA-LNO).
Ultra Stretch Blown Film: Innovative stretch process produces All-PE film for flexible packaging
Using the EVO Ultra Stretch unit - unique on the market - customers produce monomaterial composites (All-PE film) for flexible packaging and replace the otherwise usual PET layer with stretched PE. With up to 10 times the stretch rate, the Ultra Stretch unit gives PE film completely new mechanical properties. This is a simple replacement for PET and there is no need to adapt other processing steps. The unique and patented position of the stretching unit directly in the haul-off of the blown film line makes the process particularly stable and efficient.
Reifenhäuser EVO Ultra Stretch: The position of the stretching unit directly in the haul-off of the blown film line is patented and is a unique selling point on the market.
