Extrusion International 6-2021

47 Extrusion International 6/2021 important and sustainable step in this direction.“ Georg Lässer, Head of Corporate Recy- cling at ALPLA, adds, „We are seeing consistent growing demand from our customers for recycled material, and this demand is worldwide and unbro- ken. It andour customers’ need to close local material cycles give us an oppor- tunity to boost investment projects like these. With our two partners, we have brought together our different areas of expertise and are looking forward to a new formof collaboration.“ RainerWidmar, Regional Manager CEE at ALPLA, emphasises the relevance for local customer relationships: „With this investment, we are bringing our recy- cling expertise to our customers in the region, letting us operate within the market at even closer proximity.“ The joint venture is subject to regu- latory approval by competition au- thorities. The parties signed the con- tract for it on 9 September 2021, with production planned to commence in mid-2022. ALPLAWerke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG Mockenstr. 34, 6971 Hard, Austria www.alpla.com The recycled PET will come from PET bottles collected fromhousehold waste and will be used to manufacture new bottles (Copyright: ALPLA) www.smart-extrusion.com Germany Austria and Switzerland Italy Eastern Europe Benelux countries Scandinavia Other Asia Russia South America North America Other Europe 34 600 + average monthly visits Geographic distribution of Smart_Extrusion readers, % The only web site collecting information about smart technologies o f extrusion 19 8,5 7,8 9,3 1,1 0,8 1 2,2 2 17,9 11,6 18,9