IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 04/2020 Lindner Film Examiner

Improvement of output quality in film washing systems

In recent years Lindner Washtech GmbH has evolved into a technological leader in the field of PE film recycling, now with over 50 washing systems installed worldwide. Many new developments such as the...

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Issue 01/2021 Reserves of raw materials

Improving the recovery of recyclables from WEEE at primary treatment facilities

The scarcity of resources and the concept of sustainability are central issues for the economic and social development of industrial nations. Germany possesses extensive reserves of raw materials in...

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Issue 05/2022 Herbold Meckesheim

In the beginning is the shredder

For use in plastic recycling plants, the demand for powerful shredders has grown. Especially those that can process entire bales at the beginning of the reprocessing chain. Modern washing plants in...

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Issue 05/2022

Inaugurated

Dear readers,We, i.e. the employees of Bauverlag, actually moved to the city center in Gütersloh last year in July. A new quarter is being built there, the Kaiserquartier, where we have now found our...

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Issue 05/2025 Central meeting place

Inauguration of the new TechCenter

In 1956, Hermann Westbrock founded Maschinenfabrik Westeria in Westbevern. At that time, the product portfolio included articulated conveyor belts with adjustable articulation angles, which were...

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Issue 02/2022 Heavy-duty industrial operations as key competence

Increased performance of XPower wheel loaders L 550 and L 556

To further boost performance, Liebherr has reinforced the lift arms and overhauled the working hydraulics. Innovations also include increased tip load, breakout force and engine power. The two...

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Issue 06/2020 One machine for everything

Increased system availability thanks to easy maintenance of the ripper blades

Maag Recycling AG in Winterthur/Switzerland, collects, sorts and reprocesses a wide variety of waste, including cardboard packaging, non-ferrous metals, scrap iron, glass and electrical and electronic...

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Issue 04/2024

Increasing circularity of polyester textiles

CARBIOS and TOMRA Textiles announced the signing of an agreement to collaborate on establishing an efficient stream in Northern Europe from textile waste collection, sorting and preparation to...

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Issue 01/2022 Pioneering residual waste sorting

Increasing recycling rates at IVAR IKS in Norway

TOMRA and a Norwegian waste sorting plant have demonstrated that mixed waste sorting prior to disposal is a superior solution to separate collection. Since it stopped the separate collection for...

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Issue 02/2023 Turning up the volume

Increasing the production volume at RCS to 70 000 t rPET granulate

RCS, a medium-sized waste disposal and recycling company based in Werne/Germany, turns up its production volume 4.5 times by adding a second EREMA VACUNITE® bottle-to-bottle system.

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