NGR NEWS NEXT GENERATION GROUP IN BRIEF WORLD PREMIERE OF P:REACT WORLD PREMIER OF T:FILTER BY COLLIN NEW TO MARKET: BRITAS FILTRATION SYSTEMS

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1 NGR NEWS NEXT GENERATION GROUP IN BRIEF WORLD PREMIERE OF P:REACT PET IMPROVEMENT SERIES WORLD PREMIER OF T:FILTER BY COLLIN MELT CHARACTERIZATION SERIES NEW TO MARKET: BRITAS FILTRATION SYSTEMS FOR HEAVY CONTAMINATED MELTS S:GRAN INTELLIGENT RECYCLING MACHINES FOR ZERO SCRAP PLASTIC CONVERTERS CUSTOMER SUPPORT WITH SPECIAL EXHIBITION DISCOUNTS PRESS CONFERENCE WITH: JOSEF HOCHREITER, MBA, CEO MICHAEL HEINZLREITER, CMO PRESS INFORMATION NPE 2015, ORLANDO, FL THE NGR LOCATION: WEST HALL, BOOTH W7551 NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 1

2 NEXT GENERATION GROUP IN BRIEF The NEXT GENERATION GROUP consists of NGR, Britas and Collin, and with 225 employees, the Group has an annual sales of EUR 55 million. Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH provides recycling solutions for industrial plastics processors with the aim of implementing zero-scrap production. The main driver here is clearly the desire to reduce costs in plastics recycling. With machine models for preparing end-of-life plastics, we round out the plastics cycle. Britas filtration systems are specially engineered for filtering of heavily contaminated PE melts. The filtration quality becomes a decisive factor in end-of-life recycling due to the rapidly growing volumes of pellets. The band-melt filter is systematically being developed further. Currently, a new dual head filter is being installed for continual operation of the downstream extrusion unit for a customer in Italy. Dr. Collin GmbH was acquired in March 2014 by the NEXT GENERATION GROUP. With extensive know-how in the fields of polymer testing and process optimization, Collin will continue to drive forward the area of product design for all plastics and ensure that pellets also meet the high standards of quality applied to virgin material. NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 2

3 The NEXT GENERATION GROUP serves the global market. Alongside the corporate headquarters in Feldkirchen an der Donau, two further production sites are located in Germany one in Hanau near Frankfurt for Britas and one in Ebersberg near Munich for Collin. All assembly and tests to ensure the high quality of the system are conducted in Europe. With customer care centers in the US and China, customer-specific tests are also performed on site; technical service and spare parts are also provided. This proximity to the client allows us to provide prompt and accurate support. NGR S MOTTO FOR NPE 2015 BIG ENOUGH TO INNOVATE, SMALL ENOUGH TO COOPERATE Innovation plays a substantial role in our fast growing business. NGR s answer is further development of machine-series and adding competence to our product-portfolio. Innovation requires specialized engineering market knowledge and last but not least an adequate size of business. Cooperation is the center of how we are doing business. It requires an open dialog on all issues, being certain demands from customers, markets or bridging different cultures. The people at NGR have the spirit to live cooperation as a core value. As size matters, we are eventually big enough to fully push innovation, but small enough to carry a cooperative spirit. NGR Headquarter in Feldkirchen a.d. Donau, Austria NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 3

4 WORLD PREMIER OF P:REACT The market introduction of P:REACT at the NPE2015 is a World Premiere. The P:REACT follows the design principles of LSP (Liquid State Polycondensation) and considerably improves the properties of PET ideal for PET-Converters or PET-Recyclers. The LSP-Process utilizes the inherent capability of PET to post condensate in the molten phase under vacuum. This post condensation leads to an increase of IV. The high performance vacuum effectively decontaminates the material from harmful chemicals - securing further use of the material for 100% food contact. As molten PET enters the vertical part of P:REACT, strands are formed to create a suitable surface to volume ratio. The material is then collected in a horizontal drum and slowly pushed forward. Post condensation starts immediately as the strands are formed and is set forth until PET exits P:REACT. IV increase is controlled by the residue time of the molten PET inside P:REACT and therefore can be adjusted to a desired level. The settings of parameters allow the control unit to maintain the desired IV-level within a small tolerance-band. The decontamination performance is extremely effective, as carried out in the liquid phase of PET. The cleaning of the material exceeds limits set by recognized food safety standards, but also effectively removes spin oil from fibers. The IV increase can be measured in approx. 0,01 dl/g per minute. NGR has chosen the NPE2015 for the World-Premiere of the P:REACT-Series, because we can attract highly interested plastic-specialists in the field of PET-recycling both from the converters side, but also from the end-of-life recyclers, quotes Mr. Josef Hochreiter, CEO at NGR. NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 4

5 Continuous Operation, Rapid IV-Increase and High Decontamination Performance The continuous operation of P:REACT provides rpellets within a narrow IVrange, suitable for usage in valuable high end applications (i.e. fiberspinning or sheet extrusion). Batch related IV-fluctuations are simply designed out. The favorable conditions inside P:REACT (temperature/surface:volume ratio of the melt/high performance vacuum), easily initiates the post-condensation-process of PET. This results in IV increase rates of some 0,01 dl/g per minute. Faster reaction leads to faster results and a more profitable operation. The separation of harmful contaminants, as spin-oils or those components not desired for food contact, are removed by high performance vacuum. This high decontamination performance allows the use of P:REACT for many applications for highest flexibility. Scientific, third party tests show, that harmful components in the PET-melt are easily and securely removed within P:REACT, ensuring highest safety standards for 100% food-contact. Automatic Control of IV-Level and High Energy Efficiency P:REACT actively controls the residue-time of the PET-melt inside the reactor and automatically adjusts the machine parameters to receive the desired IV at a consistent level. The recycling of PET requires the material to be melted. P:REACT uses the melt-energy for post-condensing PET. The reactor itself only maintains the heat-level. P:REACT is therefore highly energy-efficient, which results in low operating costs. NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 5

6 WORLD PREMIER OF T:FILTER BY COLLIN Collin introduces the T:FILTER for inline analysis of melt purity, designed for plastic converters, compounders and recyclers, at the NPE The T:FILTER takes melt from the main extruder and automatically tests the purity of the melt by means of a pressure test and with an auto-sampler for the test-filters. Automatic Analysis of Melt-Purity Supported by a central control unit, the sophisticated test process is kept easy and fast in the day-to-day use. The outcome on information for the operator, allows clearly understandable and immediate indications of the actual quality level, without having to wait for a separate lab-analysis. This not only saves time, but much more keeps high quality resin away from lower quality levels aiding in avoiding the mixing of both and therefore increasing values. For Plastic Converters, Compounders and Recyclers The robust design for 24/ operations and a broad selection of exchangeable filters opens the unit to many applications in plastic converting, compounding and recycling. Especially recyclers will benefit from controlling their existing filtration an actual performance of heavy contaminated plastic melts to receive clear and reliable statements on rpellet purity. The T:FILTER marks a starting point Characterizing polymers is one strong domain since decades at Collin. The introduction of the T:FILTER is the beginning of developing analytical devises for plastic melt characterization in small and medium sized applications. More devises are to follow in the upcoming months, states Dr. Friedrich Kastner, CEO and Joint Partner of Dr. Collin GmbH. NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 6

7 NEW TO MARKET: BRITAS FILTRATION SYSTEMS The Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) is proud to announce the US market introduction of the BritAS Automatic Band Melt Filter during the NPE 2015 in Orlando. The Automatic Band Melt Filter is designed to handle high volumes of heavily contaminated melt streams predominantly PE. Some two years ago NGR has purchased BritAS Recycling-Anlagen GmbH. The US market introduction is an important step towards global market roll out, remarks Gerold Barth, CEO at BritAS. The filtration system provides effective cleaning of plastic melts to a fineness of 70 µm. Using cost effective endless filter bands, the filtration area is completely renewed at each automatic screen-change and thereby fully removing the contaminants, keeps quality up and costs low. The melt loss is lower than 0.2% which further reduces filtration costs. In Europe, the system is widely spread, mainly for the recycling of end-oflife plastics, with over 170 units operating in more than 70 sites. For the US market introduction a BritAs filter will be displayed at the NGR booth no. 7551, West Hall. NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 7

8 S:GRAN INTELLIGENT RECYCLING MACHINES The Shredder-Feeder-Extruder-Combination from NGR is designed to allow the input of plastic scrap from virtually any shape and size to bring back the full value of all plastic scrap into production again = ZERO SCRAP Production. Considerations concerning process-stability, energy-efficiency as well as the material-logistics on site are accounted for in intelligent projectand machine design. At the NPE 2015, a S:GRAN 75 V HD displays a control unit, which automatically adjusts the shredding pressure to reach optimal rpellet quality at highest resource-efficiency in short words: a unit with Power Intelligence, for providing highest value. The intelligent machine calls for maintenance on the touchscreen, when required. Together with incorporated maintenance-videos and electronic manuals, the machine actively assists the operator, allowing to shorten down-time and providing for higher machine utilization. Optionally, the intelligent machine comes with a web-interface for speedy monitoring of the recycling-process from qualified NGR-engineers. NGR GmbH is presenting the next evolution of its Shredder-Feeder- Extruder-Combination, creating more convenience in operation, higher process-stability and higher resource-efficiency. NGR has developed the Shredder-Feeder-Extruder- Combinations some 20 years ago and is clearly the number one worldwide in this segment. Continuous development and introducing the system into more and more applications, is making the system more popular than ever. We are most honored and pleased to see this technology receiving broad recognition for the benefit of higher quality rpellets, states Michael Heinzlreiter, CMO at NGR. To learn more about the Next Generation in plastic recycling and to see the S:GRAN during our live presentations, please visit the NGR booth no. 7551, West Hall at the NPE2015. NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 8

9 CUSTOMER SUPPORT NGR Customer Service actively promotes assistance via LAN connection for immediate tracking and offers special exhibition discounts on spare parts and travel time not limited to any geographical area. Machine owners are welcomed to get direct and fast service on the spot to maintain the value and performance of their equipment. Apart from this special NGR promotion NGR customer service means: Test runs with customer materials at one of NGR s customer care centers in Europe, USA and China Expert advice in waste management from choosing the right equipment to financing Commissioning by qualified technicians, rapid on-site service and internet based remote maintenance High availability of spare parts through regional warehouses NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 9

10 NGR IN FIGURES Foundation: 1996 Sales business year 2013/14: EUR 34 Mio Workforce: 120 Export quote: 99% Countries with NGR technologies: 80 No. of NGR recycling solutions: 803 Test center: Feldkirchen/Austria Atlanta/USA Taicang/China Representation Offices: Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia Independent Sales Partners: 79 worldwide CONTACT For inquiries please contact: Michael Heinzlreiter, CMO Daniela Wagner, Marketing Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH Gewerbepark 22 A-4101 Feldkirchen an der Donau (Austria) Phone +43/(0)72 33/70, NGR NEXT GENERATION RECYCLINGMASCHINEN GMBH, AUSTRIA PAGE 10