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A clear commitment
to the US market
Maag Group acquires AMN DPI
GROUP has anMAAG
The
technology centre of Vecoplan's new California off ice.
RECYCLING EQUIPMENT
maker Vecoplan LLC has
opened a technical service
and replacement parts center
in Eastvale, Calif., the company's
third in North America.
The " Vecoplan West "
branch was inaugurated in
mid-March, further fulfilling
the company's growth ambitions
and reinforcing the
group's goal of becoming an
even stronger partner for its
customers. Employees at the
Eastvale site will be responsible
for sales, service and spare
parts management. " Vecoplan
West " also includes a modern
technology centre.
The company, which is the
North American subsidiary
of Bad Marienberg, Germany-based
Vecoplan AG, makes
industrial shredders and other
auxiliary equipment for the recycling
sector. Its other regional
locations are in High Point, N.C.,
and New Albany, Ind.
Minnesota-based initiative launches
circular economy for flexible films
A PARTNERSHIP led by Minnesota's
MBOLD coalition has
united leading global businesses
and research institutions
in a cooperative eff ort
that will see the expansion of
film recycling infrastructure in
the Upper Midwest region of
the USA.
MBOLD members General
Mills, Schwan's Company,
Target, Ecolab, Cargill, Land
O'Lakes Inc. and the University
of Minnesota are collaborating
across the value chain
with film recycler Myplas USA
Inc. and film manufacturer
Charter Next Generation on
the construction of a state-ofthe-art
flexible film recycling
plant in Minnesota, its first in
the US. Slated to begin operations
in spring 2023, this new
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Creating a regional circular
economy for flexible film
170,000-square-foot mechanical
recycling plant aims to recycle
nearly 90 million pounds
of low and high density polyethylene
packaging and film
annually at full capacity, thus
boosting the supply of recycled
resin, cutting emissions
and curtailing waste.
nounced its acquisition on
2 May of French tool manufacturer
AMN DPI. With this
latest acquisition, Maag has
taken the next step on the
path towards its aim of becoming
a globally
positioned integrated
supplier for systems
in the plastics industry
through a strategy
of consistent growth
through acquisition.
The Maag Group is
a broadly diversified
solutions provider
with integrated and
customisable systems
in process technology
for a diversity
of industries.
AMN, a French company
industries, as well expertise
in biodegradable highly filled
recycling materials. AMN is
primarily active in the European
market.
Ueli Thürig, president of
Ueli Thürig
founded in 1979 in Normandy,
is a developer and manufacturer
of polymer pelletizing
dies and die plates. Its acquisition
brings a wide range of
know-how to the Maag Group
in both the processing and
the extrusion and recycling
MAAG Group, said that the acquisition
represented
a further step towards
even greater customer
centricity: " Toolmaking
for granulators and
systems can now be
carried out completely
in-house. This increases
the availability and
delivery reliability of
Maag products, and
production times are
reduced. "
Maag Group is a
business unit of Pumps &
Process Solutions, a segment
of Dover Corp., which currently
employs over 1,100 people
at production sites in Switzerland,
Germany, Italy, the USA
and China. The group also has
sales and service centres in
France, Malaysia, India, Thailand
and Brazil.
AEPW launches US$3M prize
WHILE FLEXIBLE packaging
waste comprises as much as
45% of the waste generated
in households, this packaging
remains one of the most challenging
types of materials to
process and recycle. Not only
is this packaging frequently
contaminated and diff icult to
collect, sort and transport,
it also often features a multilayered
material structure
made from a combination of
plastics, paper or foil that further
complicates end-of-life
processing. Technologies to
address these issues already
exist, but most have yet to be
widely adopted and recovery
rates remain low.
To help solve this issue, the
Alliance to End Plastic Waste
has announced a US$3 million
prize to incentivise solutions
that advance a circular economy
for flexible plastic packaging
found in household waste.
The inaugural prize aims to
identify and accelerate novel
solutions that enable more effective
collection, processing
and recycling of flexible plastics.
These solutions should
also be commercially viable
and replicable, to enable
widespread adoption across
diff erent geographies. Innovators
from across the globe are
invited to participate.
A single winner with the best
demonstrated solution will be
selected in January 2023. Next
to the award, the winner will
also gain access to mentorship
and expertise from across the
plastics value chain, which will
help to tackle early development
risks that may stand in the
way of large-scale deployment.
In addition, other promising
innovations may receive exposure
to a global network of
potential supporters or investors
through the Alliance community.
The prize will be administered
by Carrot, a global
leader in managing such incentive-based
competitions.
Registration is open from now
till 26 July, 5 p.m. ET.
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