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PRODUCT NEWS

BUSS's new COMPEO 88 and 110 Marriott introduces large

models to be launched at K2019 toiletry bottles to reduce plastic

waste

witzerland based BUS AG that offers compounding S-based hospitality company Marriott International
Ssystems based has its new COMPEO 88 and COMPEO Uis introducing new large pump-topped amenity
110 kneaders for plastics and elastomers that are to bottles to more hotels worldwide. The move to
be introduced at K2019 in Düsseldorf, All models are replace tiny, single-use toiletry bottles complements
available with process lengths from 13 L/D to 25 L/D, the hospitality chain’s 2018 initiative to reduce
the model size indicating the screw diameter in mm.
Typical throughputs for processing thermoplastics are
150-300 kg/h (COMPEO 55), 600-1200 kg/h (COMPEO 88)
and 1200-2400 kg/h (COMPEO 110). This gives operators
the opportunity to use a system size optimally adapted
to their requirements and thus work with maximum
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the new COMPEO 110, with a processing length of 18 L/D,
including a downstream side feeder alongside their new
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system is suitable, among other things, for compounding bottles to larger shampoo, conditioner and bath gel
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new COMPEO 88 is optimized for compounding black or latest commitment, the majority of Marriott’s hotel
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topped bottles by December 2020. According to the
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of COMPEO compounders include high-intensity mixing,
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and temperatures. These range from thermally sensitive which will reduce 1.7 million pounds of plastic waste.
thermosets to demanding engineering polymers with Marriott International president and chief executive
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initiative aimed at reducing single-use plastics in just
over a year, which underscores how important we
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hotels’ environmental impact. It’s a huge priority for
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they expect from our hotels.” In January 2018, the
processing temperatures of up to 400°C (750°F). The great company initially introduced the large toiletry bottles
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to use in any desired position within the process section. properties.

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