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Engel Opens Packaging Technology And Expertise Centre In Total Energies And New
Austria
Hope Energy To Build

Recycling Plant In Texas

otalEnergies has signed a
Tcommercial agreement with
chemical recycling rm New Hope
Energy to develop an advanced
recycling project in Texas. Scheduled
to begin production in 2025, the
recycling facility will convert end-of-
life plastic waste into recycled polymer
feedstock (RPF). TotalEnergies
njection moulding machine manu- injection moulding machines through will purchase part of the feedstock
Ifacturer Engel has opened a packag- their paces here”. Engel is providing and recycle it into virgin-quality
ing technology and expertise centre in production cells for a wide variety of polymers, which will be used to
Austria. e centre is intended to help packaging requirements at Schwertberg produce food-grade packaging such
the company’s customers improve the and St Valentin, Australia. Customers as exible and rigid food packaging
performance of their production cells can conduct tests and performance containers. e plant will have the
and ensure their competitiveness amid analyses of production cells at either capacity to process and convert
changing demand. Engel opened the of these locations. ey can take their more than 310,000t of mixed plastic
facility at a ceremony attended by 300 own moulds and materials to the cen-
customers and partners. As part of the tres for performance testing, including waste a year. TotalEnergies will use
ceremony, the company demonstrated analysis of cycle times and energy ef- 100,000t of the RPF produced to
manufacture high-quality polymers
all-electric e-mac injection moulding ciency. e two sites also feature e-cap
of polypropylene, which had been re- machines for manufacturing caps and at its production units in Texas.
cycled following post-consumer col- ip-top lids, e-speed machines for thin- TotalEnergies polymers senior
lection. To improve energy e ciency, walled containers and pails, and duo vice-president Valérie Go said:
the circular economy and digitalisa- speed dual-platen machines for large “We are pleased to partner with
tion, all injection moulding machines containers. Lhota added: “ e key to New Hope Energy, which o ers
at the facility are equipped with smart high energy e ciency is the individual a promising technology and the
assistance systems from the Engel in- plant components harmonising in the ability to scale.“ is new project is
ject 4.0 programme.Engel business best possible way.“In each case, we in- another concrete and signi cant step
unit packaging vice-president Chris- dividually adapt the production cell TotalEnergies is taking to address
toph Lhota said: “Cycle time and en- to the requirements of the product to the challenge of plastic recycling
ergy e ciency are the most important be manufactured.” Based in Schwert- and meet our goal of producing
key e ciency indicators in the packag- berg, Engel o ers a wide range of in- 30% circular polymers by 2030.”
ing industry. And injection moulding jection moulding machines, including e facility will be equipped with a
solutions by Engel lead the eld in all-electric, hybrid and servo-hydraulic patented pyrolysis technology, which
both sectors.“ is is precisely what we devices, to provide drive technology for New Hope Energy jointly developed
demonstrate at the Packaging Centre. packaging applications. with Lummus Technology.
We invite our customers to put our

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