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43 Extrusion International 6/2022 high percentage of recycled content. Even though the pro- duction of recycled resins is high, the guarantee that they are post-consumer resins and have recurrance of quality and supply is something that worries the clients. With the exchange of experiences we had at the fair, we believe that Plastiweber can supply this need for PCR solutions, using our ‘know-how’ of packaging to help the market to have high applicability of PCR resins in its packages. This is possi- ble thanks to the technology we have developed through- out the years”, Pellenz says. Fourteen companies from Brazil were at the event, and nine of them work with raw materials. Plastiweber offers to the market three types of resins that can be used as a com- plement to produce recycled shrink wraps or virgin ones. In 2022, its packaging made out of 100% recycled con- tent won the WorldStar Award, given by the World Pack- aging Organization, in the category ‘Packaging Materials and Components’. The company has also recently achieved the RecyClass certi cation for Recycling Processes, an Eu - ropean initiative that validates the pre and post-consumer plastic value chain. With25years of experience, Plastiweber is also the rst recy - cling company in America to receive the European certi cate EUCertPlast, which attests the traceability and quality of re- cycled plastics that are produced around the world. Plastiweber www.plastiweber.com.br Focus on Reducing Resource Consumption T he most important exhibition for the international plastics industry has been a success for the Vienna- based machine manufacturing compa- ny. “This year’s K show has been sen- sational for us. Everybody is happy to get together personally and talk about the developments in the sector after all the restrictions due to the pandemic”, said Hermann Adrigan, Head of Sales at Starlinger, summing up the exhibi- tion. “A lot of customers, among them many long-time business partners, vis- ited us both here at our booth in Düs- seldorf as well as in Austria during our Open House in our factory which took place at the same time.” The number of deals closed during the exhibition shows that many companies in the sec- tor are willing to invest. “For us, K 2022 equals K 2019 in this respect”, con - firmed Adrigan. “Both here in Hall 16 as well as at the booth of our division Starlinger recycling technology in Hall 9 we sold a number of projects already in the course of the exhibition.” A main attraction for many cus- tomers was the conversion line for AD*STAR woven polypropylene block bottom valve sacks at the Starlinger booth in Hall 16: It produced AD*STAR sacks with a share of 22 % recycled content at a speed of 140 sacks/minute. Also, big bags made of 100 % recycled polypropylene and 100 % recycled PET supplied by Starlinger customers drew a lot of interest. With the “Circular Packaging” concept for big bags initi - ated in 2019 Starlinger offers a model for a closed packaging loop for pack- aging producers. “Sustainability plays a major role in almost all inquiries we receive nowa- days”, explained Adrigan. “As ma - chine manufacturers we have been putting the reduction of resource consumption – be it energy, be it raw materials – in the central focus of our technical developments for decades. Now, also recycled material can be processed on our lines without loss of quality. Packaging producers know: If you want to produce woven PP or PET sacks in a sustainable way, Starlinger is the place to go.” Note: AD*STAR ® is a registered trademark. AD*STAR ® sacks are ex- clusively produced on Starlinger ma- chinery. Starlinger & Co Ges.m.b.H. www.starlinger.com At K 2022, Packem Umasree, a joint venture of Brazilian big bag producer Packem S.A. and the Indian big bag producer Umasree Texplast, invested in Starlinger production equipment for heavy-duty fabric made from rPET for their plant in India (©Starlinger) Lucas Pellenz at K 2022 Trade Fair