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STADLER To Build Recycling Plants For BASF To Invest In Its

GAIA And Iren Ambiente Chinese Plant

G A I A polypropylene (PP).The second sorting Binvest in
ASF will
plant is located in Parma and designed
and Iren
Ambiente have for plastic, paper and cardboard.It its Uvinul® A
c ont rac t e d is currently under construction and Plus production
G e r m an expected to be completed shortly. The plant a in
recycling firm plant features a 9t/h plastic sorting Jinshan,China
STADLER to line that can process PET, HDPE and The new plant
design and build PP bottles, PE and PP films, bulky is designed
two recycling plastics, mixed plastic packaging, and with a capacity
plants in Asti non-ferrous and ferrous metals.It also of 1,500 metric
and Parma, Italy.The €10m plant at has a paper sorting line with a capacity tons per year and is expected to come on
the Asti Waste Treatment Centre is of 20t/h that processes cardboard, stream in the first half of 2023. BASF
designed for the sorting of plastic mixed paper and deinking.GAIA CEO currently produces Uvinul® A Plus in
and metal packaging from separate and Iren Ambiente technical manager Ludwigshafen, Germany and by taking
waste collections. It is equipped with Flaviano Fracaro said: “The sorting plant this step will expand its production base.
several advanced technologies, including is like an open-air mine, but instead of “BASF is a global market leader in
a feeding and pre-sorting section, a extracting raw materials from the planet, personal care ingredients and has
mechanical and optical sorting line and it recovers them, avoiding the dispersion deep expertise in production, as
a storage and baling line.The facility of plastics in the environment or the well as offering complete solutions
also includes a sorting cabin that is saturation of landfills that no longer that include sunscreen formulations.
used to select bulky products manually. need to receive recoverable materials. This investment underlines BASF’s
This was inaugurated last October.The “We chose STADLER after an extensive commitment to the region and our
plant will process 50,000t of plastic and technical and economical evaluation customers,” said Dr. Rajan Venkatesh,
metal packaging from the Asti basin, process. STADLER was able to design Senior Vice President, Care Chemicals,
the Iren Group, Val d’Aosta and other plants capable of treating different types BASF Asia Pacific.“In recent years,
clients a year. Its output materials will of materials with great efficiency, and in consumer awareness on the importance
include transparent, coloured and light terms of the support we received, their of UV protection for skin health has
blue polyethylene terephthalate (PET), engineers and technicians were at our side been increasing. With this investment in
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and in every phase of the project.” Asia, BASF will enhance the production
capacity of specialty UV filters in the
region and increase supply security for
our customers,” said Viju Jose, Vice
President, Personal Care Solutions, Care
Chemicals, BASF Asia Pacific. “Our site
in Jinshan maintains high competency
in manufacturing standards and is
granted with multiple certifications like
EFfCI GMP (European Federation
for Cosmetic Ingredients Good
Manufacturing Practice) and RSPO
(Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil).
It produces a broad portfolio of
emollients and specialty cosurfactants
for the personal care industry.”

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