PressRelease KOBUSCH UK ALL SET FOR rPET

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PressRelease
EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H.
KOBUSCH UK ALL SET FOR rPET EXPANSION WITH EREMA/SML
INLINE SHEET
Ansfelden/Austria, March 1, 2013 – Kobusch UK, a member of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., is all
set to conclude its planned expansion in the field of rPET early in 2013 with the installation of a
new inline sheet facility at Stanley. The company continues to count on its high-quality partners
EREMA and SML who are responsible for continuity, experience and reliability. This new system
will enable Kobusch UK to produce 100% food-contact compliant rPET flat sheet.
Tony Mitchell, Kobusch UK Sales Director explains: "With this £3 million investment Sun Capital
has demonstrated its support for our plans for growth. We intend to keep the existing extrusion
division in Stanley in operation for our expansion plans. The new EREMA system with SML
downstream equipment will enable us to continue to increase the amount of post consumer waste
in our rPET production without sacrificing any quality in clarity in the thermoforming process."
rPET technology from EREMA
Kobusch UK is represented in three locations in Great Britain. The company has already been
running a VACUREMA® inline sheet system in Livingston since 2007, with the sophisticated and
particularly economical technology for direct, single stage processing coming from EREMA and
SML. A VACUREMA® BASIC 1514 T with a directly connected downstream flat sheet system
from SML process post-consumer PET bottle flakes and Kobusch's own production waste to
produce food-contact approved rPET sheet for the production of thermoformed PET trays at
significant throughputs. To follow on from this success the decision was taken to order a new,
larger system from EREMA and SML. This system will go into operation in the first half of 2013
and, together with the VACUREMA® BASIC 2016 T, will then enable throughputs of up to 1,400
kg/h.
Key benefits of the direct processing of PET bottle flakes to make rPET flat sheet
The amount of sheet containing recycled materials has grown continuously in recent years in the
interest of both cost-effectiveness and sustainability. Using VACUREMA® technology, foodcontact compliant rPET monolayer sheet can be produced through efficient decontamination. In
the case of conventional ABA multilayer sheet, however, rPET – which does not undergo any
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decontamination process – is used for the middle layer (B) and thus virgin PET material has to be
used for the cover layer (A).
"Thanks to the efficient decontamination of the flakes, Kobusch UK is even able to use the
VACUREMA® to produce food-contact grade sheet purely from rPET," says Manfred Hackl, joint
CEO at EREMA, outlining a further benefit of the system.
Another unique benefit is the increased value added as a result of the direct production of the flat
sheet without the intermediate stage of pelletising.
Key benefits of VACUREMA® inline technology from EREMA
EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH is regarded as the global market
and innovation leader in the development and production of plastic recycling systems and
technologies for the plastics processing industry. EREMA's technology has become established
as a leading global standard for a wide variety of recycling applications. The portfolio ranges from
the inhouse recycling of a wide variety of production waste, the recycling of strongly
contaminated post-consumer wastes and PET recycling systems for direct food contact to
recycling systems for numerous custom applications as found in the automotive, compounding,
bioplastics and wood-plastic composite fields.
Since it was launched in 1998 VACUREMA® has become the most used technology around the
world in what is known as the bottle-to-bottle recycling of post-consumer PET bottle flakes.
Numerous country-specific approval certificates and also the internationally recognised
certification by the North American FDA document the suitability of the rPET produced in this way
for direct food contact. EREMA offers VACUREMA® technology in three different system
configurations – VACUREMA® Basic, Advanced and Prime – according to the field of application
and the requirements placed on the end product.
Besides this, with the production of rPET sheet, VACUREMA® offers an additional, cost-efficient
and profitable business opportunity. Here EREMA combines a VACUREMA® Basic with a direct
downstream thermoforming sheet system to make a complete inline sheet solution.
One particular benefit of VACUREMA® inline technology is that it is highly flexible in terms of the
bulk density, shape and mixture of the feed material – PET secondary raw materials such as
bottle flakes, ground amorphous skeleton waste, virgin material, edge trim and mixtures of them
with virgin material are recycled directly to make end products such as FDA certified and ILSI
compliant thermoforming sheet and even fibres and strapping.
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Further benefits include the capability of handling high input moisture (up to around 1.5%) and
varying moisture in the input material together with stable IV values and minimum IV loss when
processing the PET melt.
Economic benefits include the compact and space-saving design of the VACUREMA® plus
ecoSAVE®, which reduces not only energy consumption by up to 10% (at around 0.25-0.28
kWh/kg) but also production costs and CO2 emissions at the same time. There are currently more
than 140 VACUREMA® systems in operation around the world and 39 of them are already inline
sheet solutions with an annual production capacity of 217,000 tonnes. A total of four
VACUREMA® inline sheet systems went into operation in the last six months alone.
Key benefits of the downstream equipment from SML
Kobusch UK has again selected the Austrian company SML as supplier for the downstream
equipment of this new line, with this installation already being the third line delivered since 2007.
SML Maschinen GmbH is based in Lenzing/Austria and internationally recognised as a reliable
turnkey supplier of custom-made coex-castfilm-lines, coex-calendering-lines, extrusion-coatinglines and multifilament-spinning-lines. With its strong engineering force, SML has established
itself as a worldwide technology and market leader in various fields. Besides supplying custommade extrusion lines SML offers holistic and reliable concepts to support customers in the
realisation of complex products.
While key benefits such as equipment reliability and precise production performance are again
ensured, SML's new roll stack also incorporates one of the highest production performances of
the industry to date. New roller design with increased cooling capability will allow an output of
over 15 kg per hour and cm line width, which is achieved at production speeds of up to 100
m/min.
Together with the known benefits of the Smart Parallel Gap Design and the ultra-hard thin-wall
rollers (roller diameters 370/700/700 mm), this line will allow Kobusch to significantly expand their
markets with high-quality sheet products.
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Contact PR Agency (text and photos):
Contact EREMA:
Sonja Huettner
THEREDBOX werbegesmbh
Dametzstrasse 1-5
4020 Linz, AUSTRIA
Phone +43 (0)732 / 718411-27
pr.erema@theredbox.at
Gerold Breuer, Marketing Manager
EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und
Anlagen Ges.m.b.H.
Unterfeldstrasse 3
4052 Ansfelden, AUSTRIA
Phone +43 (0)732 / 3190-0
Fax
+43 (0)732 / 3190-6391
marketing@erema.at
Photos/text:
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#01: VACUREMA inline sheet process for Kobusch UK
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#02: VACUREMA inline sheet system at Kobusch Livingston
Photo credit: EREMA
About the company:
Since it was founded in 1983, EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H has specialised in
the development and production of plastic recycling systems and technologies for the plastics processing industry and
is regarded as the global market and innovation leader in these sectors. EREMA's technology has become established
as a leading global standard for a wide variety of recycling tasks, ranging from the recycling of polyolefins to polyester
(PET).
The wide-ranging product portfolio can be divided into the following main segments:
·
Plastics recycling systems for standard applications and production waste
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Plastic recycling systems for heavily printed/contaminated post-consumer waste
®
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FDA-approved PET recycling systems, VACUREMA , efsa approval requested via customers (e.g. for bottle
to bottle recycling)
·
Inline PET applications (e.g. for fibre, film and strapping)
®
·
COREMA plastic recycling system for the production of highly filled and customised compounds
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Fully automatic, self-cleaning melt filters
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Pelletising systems
Around 400 people around the world work for the Austrian company group. With its own sales and service companies
in the USA, China and Japan, plus around 50 local representatives in all five continents, EREMA provides custom
recycling solutions for international customers. Innovative technology and global service support additionally ensure
that owners enjoy the maximum benefit from their EREMA systems.
Numerous patents, particularly energy-saving, environmentally friendly systems, exacting quality requirements and
proactive commitment to customers form the basis for the continuing international success of EREMA.
EREMA Group in figures:
127
million euros turnover in fiscal year 2011/12
400
employees worldwide in all 5 continents
3.800
EREMA systems in operation around the world
12
million tonnes of plastic recycled every year with EREMA systems
20
tonnes of steel machined every day

PressRelease KOBUSCH UK ALL SET FOR rPET

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