IFAT 2022

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Issue 06/2024 Expanded service portfolio with UNTHA XR3000C

Metal recycling: back to recyclable material through shredding

The reprocessing or recycling of metals saves energy and CO2 emissions compared to the extraction of new raw materials. In order to maximise the efficiency of metal processing, Karl Karletshofer GmbH...

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Issue 06/2024

Unilin and DIEFFENBACHER agree on partnership

DIEFFENBACHER and Unilin Technologies, the intellectual property division of Unilin, announced a cooperation agreement to further commercialize “Osiris”, Unilin’s patented fiberboard recycling...

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Issue 06/2024

Summa Equity paves the way for further growth of Bollegraaf Group

The Bollegraaf Group, one of the world’s largest creator of recycling facilities and key players in the recycling sector, has a new investor: Summa Equity, an impact investment firm that focuses on...

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Issue 06/2024

ANDRITZ tearing line producing recycled fibers for mattresses

ANDRITZ supplied and recently commissioned a tearing line at Sealy Australia’s mattress manufacturing plant in Brisbane. Versatile technology enables Sealy to recycle post-consumer and post-industrial...

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Issue 06/2024 Significant progress in aluminium recycling

REDWAVE and Skapa set new benchmarks

With global environmental problems and increasing scarcity of resources, effective recycling is more important than ever. Skapa Recycling GmbH, in cooperation with REDWAVE, the competence center for...

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Issue 06/2024 Processing of recycling materials

Use of air cannons in a circular economy

Europe has a shortage of natural resources but a high demand for metals. Therefore metal recycling has a crucial role to play in securing a supply of metals, tapping into the metal reserves that are...

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Issue 06/2024 Gentle coarse shredding

Two-Shaft Ripper carefully shreds valuable e-waste and cooling devices

E-waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams. By 2030, a global output of around 75 million t is being estimated [1]. However, this is not just waste: old devices contain vast quantities of...

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Issue 06/2024 Process optimisation

New shredder system at TU Freiberg enables digital processes for battery recycling

A research team at TU Bergakademie Freiberg is using a new shredder system to investigate how battery cells can be shredded in such a way that as many of the raw materials they contain can be...

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Issue 06/2024 Win-win situation

Sorting plant for lightweight packaging officially in operation in Upper Austria

After a construction phase of less than a year and a successful trial run lasting several months, the time has come: TriPlast, one of Europe‘s most modern and Austria‘s largest sorting plants for...

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Issue 06/2024 Runs in normal operation

URT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH: Seventh industrial lithium-ion battery recycling plant commissioned

The German recycling plant manufacturer URT Umwelt- und Recyclingtechnik GmbH commissioned its seventh industrial plant for lithium-ion battery recycling in August 2024. The company has supplied a...

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