Construction Begins on Recycling Innovation Center
Coperion breaks ground on a new test lab for recycling applications, as compounding equipment suppliers are seeking to establish a presence in recycling.
Twin-screw compounding systems supplier Coperion has begun construction of a new recycling test lab at its Niederbiegen/Weingarten, Germany production facility.
At the new Coperion Recycling Innovation Center in Niederbiegen/Weingarten, Germany, customers will work together with Coperion experts to develop and test sustainable products and recycling processes.
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In addition to hosting Coperion’s own recycling research, the Recycling Innovation Center will allow customers to develop and test new, sustainable products and recycling processes together with Coperion’s experts. All essential recycling processes will be tested at the facility including materials conveying, feeding, extrusion, pelletizing, and post-processing.
This new investment in innovation will expand Coperion’s total test lab capacity to 16,400 ft2 in Germany alone.
Markus Parzer, president of the polymer division and managing director of Coperion GmbH, said: “Worldwide demand for state-of-the-art, efficient plastics recycling solutions will continue to grow in the years to come because of the constantly increasing demands of environmental legislation, such as that within the framework of the European Green New Deal, and due to changing consumer behavior and environmental consciousness.”
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