Extrusion International 1-2016

The opening of the new

EREMA UpCentre

The opening of the new EREMA UpCentre

Friday 20 November 2015 in Gunskirchen

(not far from the comapny's headquarters in

Ansfelden, Austria) generated interest throug-

hout the value chain of the entire international

plastics industry – from collecting and sorting

companies, producers of washing plants, recyc-

lers and plastics processors to polymer producers

and research institutes, all of them were repre-

sented. With its UpCentre

, EREMA, the global

market leader in plastics recycling systems, has

opened the doors to a whole new form of upcy-

cling service which means that customers now

have COREMA

technology for the sampling of

recycling compounds at their disposal.

cycling technologies and, on the other

hand, intense communication throughout

the entire value added chain. EREMA is in-

vesting in this communication and the

UpCentre

is a proactive contribution to-

wards precisely this dialogue taking place.

Robert Obermayr, COREMA

Product Manager,

explaining the upcycling service of the new UpCentre

Robert Obermayr, COREMA

Product

Manager, explains: "On the way from re-

cyclates to made-to-measure recycling

compounds you need a lot of fine tuning

in practice: processors demand varying

quantities of samples – as often and as

long as necessary until the recycling com-

pound meets the exact requirements of

their concrete application, such as film or

injection moulding parts." Customers can

now take advantage of the UpCentre

produce sample amounts in tonnes

quickly and flexibly. They benefit addi-

tionally from the process engineering

know-how of EREMA and Coperion –

two global market leaders in their fields.

The UpCentre

features a COREMA

1108 T for a maximum monthly produc-

tion of 500 tonnes.

With this investment of around 2 million

euros EREMA once again shows that it is

a forerunner and thought leader with re-

gard to more recyclates being used in end

products in the future. To enable these re-

cyclates to be used 1:1 as a substitute for

virgin material they have to have exactly

specified, customised property profiles.

Processors are interested above all in the

recycled pellets allowing trouble-free fur-

ther processing and the assurance of the

functional characteristics of the end prod-

ucts produced from them. EREMA be-

came aware of this

development

years

ago.

With its COREMA

product line EREMA

combined all benefits

of recycling and com-

pounding in a single

processing step for the

first time in 2012. The

company has now

taken the next step

forward with its Up-

Centre

. For exactly

specified raw material

based on recyclate to

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