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Polystar : A new benchmark

Following a successful exhibition in Germany (K 2016), POLYSTAR breaks its sales record again
with 175 recycling machines sold in the past 18 months (from January 2016 to June 2017), reaching
another important milestone.

part from the achievement in sales revenue, POLYSTAR to develop simple solution and technology
Ahas been improving its advanced yet simple recycling Installation in 103 countries worldwide
solutions technically to meet the demands of different
industries. Both cutter compactor and single shaft USA – Packaging film producer expands with POLYSTAR
shredder integrated recycling technology are provided The 30-year-old US-based packaging film producer has
for different in-house recycling needs. added a POLYSTAR reclaim line HNT-120V (with capacity of
Recycling made simple – for 30 years on and 1,100 pounds/hour) to process its HDPE and LDPE film waste
looking forward generated from its in-house production.
Over the past 30 years, more than thousands of POLYSTAR The Tennessee-based film producer has been in the plastic
recycling machines have helped worldwide plastic producers business for over 30 years and has been one of the leaders
to reprocess their post-industrial (in-house) waste back into in the industry for value-added film and flexible packaging
high quality pellets in a simple and easy way. Polystar provides products in the food, medical, home and industrial markets.
different recycling solution (different in production capacity The products include co-extruded bags, laminated film,
and different shredding and cutting integrated technologies) wrapping film, printed bag and film. The post-industrial
for packaging film (blown and cast), raffia, injection molded, film waste of different sizes, thickness, layers are is now
woven/non-woven, pipe extrusion and thermoforming. converted into high quality, transparent recycle pellets in
Depending on the user’s material type, industry, capacity the POLYSTAR reclaim line and then used immediately back
requirement and space limitation, POLYSTAR is able to offer into the producer’s blown film and cast film production lines.
the suitable recycling solution.
Beautiful Design with a purpose – Simple
operation

Apart from a beautiful, compact machine design, the
POLYSTAR’s engineering team designs the machines to
be simple and focus on what’s most important for plastic
producers who are looking for an easy and stable operation.
With 30 years of manufacturing experience focusing on user
interface and customer feedback, POLYSTAR has been able

The owner of the Tennessee-based film producer first saw a
POLYSTAR recycling machine in NPE exhibition in 2015. After
a visit to POLYSTAR’s facility in Taiwan in 2016, he was fully
convinced to go ahead with the purchasing of the POLYSTAR
HNT-120V immediately after seeing a trial run of both HDPE
and LDPE printed material. “We wanted something that is
simple to use and gets the job done. And we found exactly
what we were looking for.”

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