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The injection moulding machine manufacturer ENGEL AUSTRIA has signed up to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, making it one of the first plastic machine manufacturers to do so.
The aim of the initiative is to create a circular economy. In cooperation with more than 350 other companies, universities and organisations, ENGEL has committed itself to actively contributing to the transfer of plastics into closed material cycles.
“As a member of the international plastics industry, we are not only responsible for our own products, but also for the products that are produced on our machines," stresses Dr Stefan Engleder, CEO of the ENGEL Group, headquartered in Schwertberg, Austria. “It is important to us to utilise our experience and knowledge to ensure that people in all regions of the world will handle plastics responsibly and that the conditions are created for plastic products to be returned to the material cycle at the end of their useful life. As an individual company, our influence is limited. This is precisely why we are involved in the New Plastics Economy Initiative. It networks the global players and makes our common concern more heard."
The Initiative, which was founded in 2018, aims to avoid unnecessary packaging and looks to ensure that all plastic packaging will be recycled, reused. or composted by 2025. Signatory companies are asked to set their own individual goals and report regularly to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation regarding progress.
ENGEL is a major supplier in the plastics processing industry and as such has been focusing on designing and producing packaging in line with the rules of a circular economy, as well as opening up a wider range of applications for recycled materials.
The company has stated its focus as being on the following topics:
- To guarantee a high process consistency and to prevent rejects with the help of intelligent assistant systems, even when the raw material is subject to strong quality fluctuations, as is often the case with recycled materials.
- To further increase the proportion of recycled material in sandwich components with the aid of innovative processing technologies.
- Working closely with processors in the course of product development with the goal of reducing material usage and enabling the subsequent recycling of products.
- To further strengthen the consulting services in the area of upstream processes in order to optimize the processing of recycled materials for injection moulding.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was founded in 2010 by the British sailor of the same name as a way to accelerate the global transition to a sustainable, resource-saving, circular economy.
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