Extrusion Asia Edition 1-2022

www.sml.at each detail matters for unrivalled performance Extrusion lines. Engineered to perform. Only a company who has a constant focus on the productivity of its customers thinks ahead and creates extrusion solutions that leave the rest standing. SML specialises in the development of extrusion lines for film, sheet, coating and lamination as well as multifilament spinning lines. 15 Extrusion Asia Edition 1/2022 ➠ RKW-Gruppe www.rkw-group.com ting in modern facilities at several sites in order to be able to offer future-proof, su- stainable solutions. The company will focus on so-called MDO packaging for the food industry. With these innovative solutions, the RKW Group is making a measurable contribution to strengthening the circular economy, because MDO films are 100 percent recyclable. RKW has many years of experience with MDO technology and is now transferring this into sustainable and safe packaging solutions for food. To this end, the glo- bally active film specialist is expanding its production capacities. With investments in the mid-double-digit million euro range, RKW is not only strengthening its respective sites with new equipment and the right solutions, but also enabling its customers to help shape their own growth. "We offer materials that meet the needs for lower carbon footprint, higher recy- clability as well as the use of more recy- cled plastics," said Mussie Berhane, Vice President Sales & Marketing Packaging & Industrial. There is great demand for sustainable pla- stic packaging, especially in the beverage and food packaging sector. RKW is brin- ging together its portfolio of solutions for sustainable food packaging under the RKW Horizon brand, which are fully recy- clable and meet all hygiene and food pro- tection requirements. A new nine-layer extrusion line is currently being built for this purpose at the Petersaurach site in order to significantly expand production capacities. The line will be able to pro- duce under full load by mid-2022. Another lever for expanding the circular economy is the use of chemically recycled or bio-based resins. Since RKW is ISCC+ certified, the company can use these su- stainable raw materials and offer MDO films that retain all the properties of virgin raw materials. Different applications require distinct so- lutions. For outer packaging for bever- ages, so-called multipacks, the primary goal is to use as much recycled plastic as possible without sacrificing properties such as stability and printability. At the Saint-Frères site in Ville le Marclet, France, RKW is therefore renewing its machinery. Modern machines, such as the five-shift extrusion line planned for 2023, are much better able to absorb the una- voidable quality fluctuations in the pla- stics to be recycled and at the same time to reduce production scrap; they are also more energy-efficient than older lines. Multipack films made from recycled pla- stic from RKW are already used success- fully by many global beverage producers. Cement is an indispensable building ma- terial in the construction industry, but it is also a significant emitter of CO 2 . Efficient and responsible handling of the building material is therefore important; it is im- perative that cement is protected from moisture before it is used. Filling it in pla- stic bags like RKW ProVent permanently protects cement from this, even under unfavorable storage conditions – the water vapor barrier is 40 times more ef- fective than paper-based packaging. Mo- reover, the innovative packaging solution consists of only one material, polyethy- lene. It can therefore be fully recycled. A new production facility for industrial pak- kaging solutions at RKW's Echte, Ger- many, site can also use significantly more recyclates. In this way, RKW is actively contributing to climate protection with targeted in- vestments.