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BASF launches new tool for sorting INDEVCO launches recyclable

polyamide plastics waste industrial films and bags

rinamiX, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE ecyclable plastic film and bags producer INDEVCO
Tnow supports the reliable differentiation between RPlastics has introduced new recyclable industrial
polyamide 6 (PA6) and polyamide 6.6 (PA66) with its Mobile films and bags that contain up to 50% recycled resin.
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Solution. Within seconds, Last month, the company launched a recyclable Shrink
plastic waste from the two polyamides can be sorted Bundling Film that contains 50% post-consumer recycled
using a handy measuring device as part of trinamiX’s (PCR) resin for the beverage and processed food
solution. With this new application, trinamiX is responding industries. INDEVCO Plastics leverages up to 50% post-
industrial recycled (PIR) or PCR resins and eco-friendly
water-based inks for its heavy-duty FFS Film, Centerfold
PE Film and pre-formed Open Mouth Polybags.Designed
for industrial manufacturers, these films and bags
are useable for various applications. INDEVCO North
America Plastics Division general manager Wayne
Mashe said: “In our partnership with Dow,” explained
Wayne Mashe, INDEVCO Plastics Divisional General
Manager, “we focused on the right resin selection, film
thickness, and impact on the waste stream. The result
is a high-performing collation shrink that not only meets
the market requirements but also uses half the virgin
resins and can be recycled and repurposed into other
products.”Every film we produce is 100% recyclable,
and today, we’re optimising how the films with PIR
to customer wishes and expands its broad offering for and PCR materials perform, especially for industrial
plastic sorting.PA6 and PA66 belong to the most sought- customers.” INDEVCO Plastics plant manager Jay Bodine
after engineering plastics with their robustness, they are is also working with resin suppliers on blending and
suitable for a wide range of applications – from fishing nets
to resilient components. Since PA6 and PA66 have similar
properties, they are used interchangeably in numerous
applications – and it is virtually impossible to distinguish
them with the naked eye. At the same time, the separation
of PA6 and PA66 has gained traction in recent years in light
of growing requirements within the recycling industry.
As a result, the production of high-quality single-grade
plastic recyclates – including PA6 and PA66 – is becoming
increasingly lucrative. “For many recycling companies,
sorting PA6 and PA66 previously involved a cumbersome
analysis process – and, therefore, proved often times
neither profitable nor feasible,” explains Adrian Vogel,
Manager Sales and Business Development Spectroscopy
Solutions at trinamiX. Besides the recycling industry,
plastics processing companies will also benefit from extruding techniques for its Longview plant in Texas.
trinamiX’s new application as they are now enabled to The flexible packaging company serves the beverage,
perform a clean separation of PA6 and PA66 production building material, chemical and petrochemical,
rejects or waste. TrinamiX Mobile NIR Spectroscopy industrial salt, mineral, lawn and garden, material
Solution can already identify all common plastics. handling, and packaging converting markets.

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