Starlinger, Vienna, Austria, will focus at this year’s K 2016 on PET processing and on applications involving rPET in innovative packaging solutions. The company points out that PET is the only plastic material which can be recycled into high-quality form for reuse. “Over the past two decades Starlinger has acquired a great deal of know-how relating to PET. Now we are able to draw on this, with new packaging applications that benefit from the outstanding properties of PET and rPET,”explained sales director Hermann Adrigan.

 

Since the presentation at K 2013 of the first FIBC made of 100% woven PET, and based on many years of company experience in PET recycling, Starlinger textile packaging has developed proprietary technology for the production of woven tape fabric from up to 100% rPET flakes. Since the properties of rPET match those of virgin material, fabric woven from rPET has exceptionally high tensile strength coupled with high creep modulus. It is extremely resistant and retains shape stability over a long period of time even under the effects of load and temperature exposure. At K 2016 the company will have two separate booths: Stand B 47 in Hall 16 and Stand D 21 in Hall 9, featuring textile packaging and recycling technology respectively. www.starlinger.com 

 

 

Starlinger is pioneering 100% use of rPET in heavy-duty packaging, including bulk bags