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making circular and low carbon solutions work at Mondelez International, Richard Akkermans.
for businesses while creating solutions for eve- “For consumers, the message is simple: plastic
ryday sustainable living.” “Looking ahead, our packaging can be recycled and allocated back
ambition is to increase the use of recycled plas- into new food packaging. This initiative shows
tic in our packaging materials, and we’re proud what becomes possible when brand owners, re-
to collaborate with multiple value chain players, cyclers, packaging material producers and con-
including LYB and other industry leaders, on this verters work together to turn circular ambition
journey,” said Packaging Sustainability Manager into commercial reality.”
Exainject: A Smarter Path To Multi-Colour, Multi-Material
Moulding
oday's plastic products increasingly call Our range of EXAINJECT Additional Injection
for more than one material or colour in Units and Rotary/Indexing Platens, offers pro-
Ta single part — a soft-touch grip on a cessors a more practical route. Rather than re-
handle, a two-tone closure, a rigid-and-flexible placing an existing single-shot (1K) machine,
seal moulded as one component. Meeting that EXAINJECT is built around it — adding a second
demand has traditionally meant investing in a injection unit and a rotating or indexing mould
dedicated 2K/2C injection moulding machine, or platen to convert a standard IMM into a fully au-
running two separate moulding and assembly tomated 2K/2C production cell.
stages that add labour, cycle time, and room for
inconsistency. The Additional Injection Unit, available in both
vertical and horizontal configurations, mounts
onto the main machine with its base customized
to fit. Servo hydraulic and servo-electric versions
are available, with drives from Europe ensuring
repeatable shot-to-shot performance. A high
performance KEBA control system manages in-
jection pressure and speed profiles, stores up
to 100 mould parameter sets, logs cycle history,
and runs full alarm diagnostics, with a Euromap
67 interface for integration with the host ma-
chine.
The Rotary Platen is where the two materials
come together. Built to EUROMAP-compliant
mounting standards, it rotates 180 clockwise
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and counter-clockwise to index the part be-
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