Extrusion International 6-2022

20 Extrusion International 6/2022 INDUSTRY NEWS Investment Accelerated with New Recycling Plant to Support Circular Economy  GCR Group has announced the plan to open a new dedicated recycling plant in Castellet i La Gornal, Barcelona, Spain, enhancing the group’s capability to serve increased global demand for its CICLIC range of recycled polyolefins (R-polyolefins). The 200,000 Tonnes (200kT) plant, com - missioning in 2023, when fully operational in 2025, will be one of the largest of its kind and is a significant step for the group; the capacity for CICLIC combined with that for the GRANIC® range of sustainable mineral-filled master - batches and compounds will reach 500kT. GCR has a global reach, exporting 85% of its sales to over 100 countries. GCR strongly believes collaboration on the developing of new products and applications is essential to accelerate the circular economy. The company hosts the ‘co-creation’ process across the value chain, where brand owners, con- verters, and suppliers can come together to practically test ideas and create precisely-defined sustainable solutions. Whilst many announcements support the circular econo- my, this investment will enable GCR to host a leading posi- tion in Europe and reflects a long-term vision created more than 20 years ago when GCR Group was founded and a Subsidiary Opened to GrowWithin the Indian Market – Focusing on Expanding the Rubber Business Unit  India is a steady growing market and is becoming more important for TROESTER. With the increasing market share in India, TROESTER has decided to establish the subsidiary "TROESTER India Pvt. Ltd." based in Chennai (Tam- il Nadu). With this new organization TROESTER shows active presence in the local market, especially to provide high quality service to their customers, to strengthen their project manage- ment activities and technical support with experienced supervisors, electri- cians and software experts. TROESTER has installed more than 45 extrusion units in the Rubber Busi- ness Division over the last years, in ad- dition to the developed base of ex-HF and is present at all Indian tire manu- facturer, spread over 20 plants across the country. TROESTER has achieved excellent results thus far – thanks to strong market partnerships. The fo- cus will be on expanding this business area in terms of providing sustainable and innovative service solutions. The company was able to hire Sara- vana Kumar as Managing Director TROESTER India Pvt. Ltd.. Saravana has been active in the Indian tire in- dustry for over 18 years and is well known among industry partners and customers. The contract was suc- cessfully signed by all parties on site in the past month. TROESTER Presi- dent Dr. Peter Schmidt and General Manager Markus Wachter already shared the news of TROESTER's ex- pansion in the market during the “Global Tyre and Rubber Conference 2022” held at Chennai, with many of their key Indian customers. This was received with pleasure and encour- ages TROESTER’s way forward. “I am humbled and energized to work together with the extraordi- nary talents of the industry. The po- tential of this industry, opportunities for TROESTER to deliver to our cus- tomers and the growing demands are exciting. Our customers seeking service solutions in a sustainable and innovative way will be the major driv- er and added value for our company. With TROESTER already having a strong base in India, TROESTER India shall focus on constant improvement of our deliverables with new talents onboard” says Mr. Kumar on taking on his new role with TROESTER. 
TROESTER GmbH & Co. KG www.troester.de TROESTER President Dr. Peter Schmidt & Managing Director Saravana Kumar Dr. Peter Schmidt, Saravana Kumar, Markus Wachter (left to right)