Austrian recycling machine manufacturer EREMA will present its wide range of technologies for mechanical plastics recycling, with a focus on the bottle-to-bottle and post-consumer recycling segments.

With the VACUREMA and VACUNITE bottle-to-bottle systems, EREMA has gained a foothold in the Chinese market in recent years. The production of high-quality rPET pellets that can be reused in bottle production processes in each of the export countries is a fast-growing segment and is therefore attracting a lot of interest, according to EREMA.

EREMA also notices the growing interest in China for its solutions for recycling post-consumer plastic waste. The recycling machine combination INTAREMA TVEplus RegrindPro with ReFresher - a downstream anti-odor technology - features EREMA's processes that enable the PCR-HDPE produced to be fed back into the production of packaging with direct food contact, and in proportions of up to 100%.

The suitability of this recycling process has been confirmed by the U.S. FDA and applies to the input streams consisting of HDPE beverage containers and closures of HDPE, PP and PET beverage bottles.

EREMA offers recycling solutions for bottles and closures.

Despite restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past three years have been EREMA's most successful years in the Chinese market in terms of sales, and a spare parts warehouse was set up at the Shanghai branch during this time.

At the company's headquarters in Austria, the completion of a new R&D center is currently well under way. Meanwhile, the expansion of the production areas has already been completed, increasing production capacity by around 60%.