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PRODUCT NEWS

In-house recycling for leading PE/PP plastic bag producers

n Indonesia (Solo, Magelang and Jakarta), POLYSTAR has
Ibeen working very closely with the leading PE and PP
bag producers for their in-house recycling requirements. In
total of 7 POLYSTAR recycling lines have been installed in
three of the largest HDPE and PP film/bag manufacturers in
Indonesia. The
top three bag
producers who
sell most of
their products
to the domestic recycled pellets processed by POLYSTAR machines back
mar ket, into film extrusion lines, and continues to produce one of
combine for the best quality film in Jakarta.
a mo nthly
p rod u c t i on
of over 8,500
to nes . T he
seven POLYSTAR
machines are
now processing nearly 1,000 tonnes of post-industrial
waste per month.
“We fell in love with the compact design of the POLYSTAR
line at first sight. The machine looked robust and the
design is simple and user-friendly,” said Mr. Hendrix,
production manager of Solo’s largest HDPE film producer.
"High and stable output, superior pellets quality is the
reason why we've continued to work with POLYSTAR,” he
said. The company has purchased it’s second POLYSTAR in
2016 after having worked with the first one since 2014.

"The POLYSTAR recycling machines are extremely easy
to operate, which is ideal for our workers to process
all the in-house waste,” said Mr. Pandhika, manager of
the renowned T-shirt and garbage bag maker located in
Jakarta. “The output of the machines are incredibly high
and stable and we’ve already been running the machines
for years." The company is now equipped with 2 sets of
POLYSTAR HNT-120V recycling machine. Known for it’s
premium quality of plastic bag products in the market,
the Indonesia-based producer has been using high quality

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