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recycling
Digitalisation
supports eff ective,
eff icient recycling
operations
Erema machinery in situ
Giving plastics a second life is what Erema's machinery and systems are all about.
Digitalisation helps to make that easier, yet it comes with its own set of challenges
as well, and fi nding the right solution can be tough. Erema has worked with CopaData
for over two decades. As partners, they share a common goal: to support their
customers in achieving their sustainability goals in addition to their economic ones.
A
ustria-based Erema
is one of the pioneers
in the plastics
recycling machinery
space. Founded in 1983, the
company has grown into an
internationally acknowledged,
leading recycling machinery
manufacturer. Erema develops
and supplies machines that return
used plastic products to
the production cycle, helping
customers develop a sustainable
circular economy and reduce
plastic waste. The company
builds plastics recycling
systems for all thermoplastics,
such as PE, PP, PET, PS, ABS,
PA, PC, biopolymers, and compounds.
Today, there are more
than 6,500 Erema systems in
operation around the world,
producing more than 14 million
tonnes of plastic pellets every
year. Annually, they process
2.5 million tonnes of PET into
food-grade recycled PET, which
is then used to make beverage
bottles and similar products.
The company's machines
and equipment have a modular
structure enabling these to be
combined into highly complex
systems, as necessary. These
range from pure material processing
to turnkey solutions in
which the melt is processed directly
into the desired end products,
such as bottles or films.
Erema's systems are at the
basis of the circular economy:
enabling used plastic products
to flow back into the production
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