K 2022

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Issue 05/2026 Starscreen technology for demanding soil processing

Backers supplies high-performance starscreen technology to J+B Küpers again

With the delivery of a new wheeled 2-fraction starscreen, type 2-ma, J+B Küpers is expanding its fleet of machinery for professional soil processing.

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Issue 05/2026 Electrification of process heat

New screw heat exchanger reaches up to 650°C

With its LiquiCore™ technology, Köllemann presents an innovative, fully electric heating concept for bulk materials.

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Issue 05/2026 Joint development work

UNTHA secondary shredder boosts performance and availability

With the new SR3000XC, KORN Recycling GmbH is modernising its substitute fuel processing operations, prioritising high plant availability, stable throughput rates and consistently high fuel quality.

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Issue 05/2026 Interview with Judith Maag 

“In recycling, what counts is robust ­technology that works reliably every day”

In this interview, Judith Maag, Managing Director of Maag Recycling AG in Winterthur, discusses the demands placed on modern recycling plants and the use of a new Komatsu machine in the challenging day-to-day operations involving scrap, glass, paper and metal.

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Issue 05/2026 Efficient material handling

The new generation of the SENNEBOGEN 822 G

To manage material flows reliably and cost-effectively over the long term at its Werl and Erwitte sites, ESG is investing in two new SENNEBOGEN 822 G material handlers.

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Issue 05/2026 AFM® filter media for water treatment

Water filters from recycled glass thanks to Dryden Aqua and MSort

At Dryden Aqua Ltd. clean water begins with a secondary raw material that many people would regard as waste: used glass bottles. The company produces AFM® (Activated Filter Media) from green and brown recycled glass.

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Toray develops industry-first technology to recover PPS from waste materials

Toray Industries, Inc., announced that it has developed what it believes is, as of the publication of this release, the industry’s first solvent-based recycling technology to recover polyphenylene...

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Saving fuel in port operations: Stevedoring company reduces CO₂ emissions by 15 t/a

It is late April in southwestern Finland. The sun is shining over the port of Pori. But appearances can be deceiving. Just moments earlier, rain and snow showers had alternated across the harbor. Icy...

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Vianode and FAAM advance industrial-scale closed-loop recycling of battery-grade graphite

Vianode, an advanced battery materials company, and leading European energy solutions provider FAAM have successfully demonstrated the recycling of graphite from battery production scrap into...

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Messe Düsseldorf strengthens its trade fair portfolio for plastics & rubber in India

PMMAI and Messe Düsseldorf India join forces to co-organize PLASTFOCUS from 2027

K – The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber – is further strengthening its international portfolio in India, one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing economies: Messe Düsseldorf...

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