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By the way Publisher & Managing Editor: Martin Wells (martin@summitpub.co.za) Editor: Tessa O’Hara (tessa@summitpub.co.za) Editorial assistant: Andrea Morris (andrea@summitpub.co.za) Publishers assistant: Heather Peplow (heather@summitpub.co.za) Financial manager: Lisa Mulligan (lisa@summitpub.co.za) Designers: Jeanette Erasmus Graphic Design (jeanette.erasmus@lateraldynamics.co.za) Bronwen Moys Blinc Design (bronwen.clarke@gmail.com) Summit Publishing cc t: +27 (21) 712 1408 f: 086 519 6089 c: +27 (82) 822 8115 e: martin@summitpub.co.za Postnet Suite 42, Private Bag X16, Constantia 7848, Cape Town, South Africa Unit 8, Bergvliet Village Centre, Cnr Hiddingh & Children’s Way Roads, Bergvliet 7945

www.saplastics.co.za GAUTENG Lowrie Sharp t: (011) 793 4691 f: (011) 791 0544 c: 082 344 7870 e: lowrieplasticsmedia@absamail.co.za KZN Lynne Askew t: (031) 764 2494 f: (031) 764 0676 e: lynne@summitpub.co.za Printed by: Tandym Print, Maitland, Cape Town SA Plastics & Rubber Technology is published six times a year and focuses on these industries in South and southern Africa. We welcome news, articles, technical reports, information in general and photographs about events and developments related to the plastics industry. The views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the Plastics Converters Association, Institute of Materials or Association of Rotational Moulders either. Copyright: All rights reserved. ISSN number: 1684-2855 (ISDS Centre, Paris) Summit Publishing: CK 9863581/23 VAT reg: 4600187902

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Good morning Nigeria! – The Sasol stand at Propak West Africa in Lagos in September was a popular meeting place, a welcome sight as the South African fuels, lubes and polymers business grows its footprint across the continent. John Okafor (specialist market development Africa, Sasol Chemicals); Vongani Mbatha, account manager for Solvents, Sub-SaharanAfrica) and Leonard Segooa (manager: marketing & sales Africa) hosted FXVWRPHUV DQG JXHVWV IURP :HVW $IULFD DQG IXUWKHU D¿ HOG

Local production of PET strapping: Correction WE HAVE been advised by Bidvest Afcom (which at one time was South Africa’s sole manufacturer of both PET and PP strapping) that the article on the entry into the market of PET strapping manufacturer Pro-Ten Strap in our June/July issue, insofar as it pertained to Bidvest Afcom, contained factual inaccuracies. The article stated that Bidvest Afcom had ‘exited the PET strap sector some years ago as it could not compete with prices of imports’. What in fact happened is that Bidvest Afcom ceased production of PET strapping (it has in fact mothballed the plant in its current manufacturing facility) but did not exit the market at all: instead, it began to import PET strapping and continues to do so. According to Bidvest Afcom MD Cliff Rostowsky, the chief reason it stopped production was that it was not able to source rPET material at favourable prices in relation to imported strap. Rostowsky says it’s only possible to manufacture PET strapping cost effectively by using rPET material sourced at an appropriate price. Rostowsky further believes that imported PET strap still provides the best value proposition to the end-user in terms of price and quality. The facts are therefore that Bidvest Afcom continues to supply PET strapping sourced from international manufacturers and remains the leader in this sector supplying PET strapping solutions of tools, equipment, consumables and service. Besides that, Bidvest Afcom also remains the largest local manufacturer of PP strapping. We apologise for the confusion.

Bye bye to SABS board IT’S NO SATISFACTION that the board of the SABS has been laid off, just disappointment that a good opportunity to cooperate in the much-needed drive to boost the SA economy was missed. As stated at several points over the years by this publication, the SABS has had all the appearance of being very nice but largely dysfunctional. The last straw – as far as the Department of Public Works is concerned – appeared to be that of awarding a quality standard to a sub-grade coal when a representative of the applicant was present during the test … but it should really have been that virtually nothing had happened for years. Amazingly, the CEO of the Bureau contested the Department of Trade & Industry’s ruling and took it to the High Court where she said she had been besmirched and dragged down by the other HAVE … IF YOU TO SAY members of the board … which is a slight variation SOMETHING if you side: ht ig br e on the good old ‘I only work here’ so often used in Look at th wisdom to e gem of have som sinking ships. e to us at ease writ impart, pl com s@iafrica. saplastic

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ASSOCIATIONS National zoological Gardens launches recycling pilot project Plastics industry encouraged to strive for zero pellet loss SAPPMA plays vital role in trenchless technology

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WORLD Amcor seeks attitude shift on plastics packaging Australian bee could help the world’s plastic problem

• RT 70 control system • Solid-state relay (SSR)instead of heating contactor • Automatic phasechanger for pump direction (clockwise) • Alarm buzzer • Heating capacity 9 kW • Cooling capacity 24-90 kW • Pump capacity 60 litres/min, 3.8 bar

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Temperature control units for water up to 90°C

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ENVIRONMENT Bottles2Bricks project led by primary school learners Oxo-biodegradable plastics-progress worldwide Braskem Green innovates yet again

… for large injection moulds, extruders, rollers, autoclaves and other processing equipment

New, more efficient Type 90 Smart

INDUSTRY NEWS Delta bottle bagger improves throughput at Nampak LP New solution from the Polyoak Packaging Group Maritime commissions large Formech vacuum former PE Recoveries install Tecnova recycling line SD Plastics & Projects installs PP strapping line DH Polymers signs major agency Kamboo now represents extrusion fundi Kabra of India Altair, Innovation in Industry 2018 World Cleanup Day 2018 Hotspot – solution for quick, hot water Collective accountability needed to address waste reform National tyre recycling plan stalls

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Temperature control units for oil up to 150°C • Controller RT61 PID • Outlet temperature max 150°C • Heating capacity at 400V 6 kW • Cooling capacity 28kW @ 140°C • Pump capacity 60 litres/min, 3.8 bar

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ON THE COVER Milliken supports foamers who offer Deep Colour Foam with its Reactint colorant technology for colouring polyurethane. Milliken offers a variety of primary colours for polyurethane slabstock –– including blue, orange, red, yellow, violet and black –– but can also formulate custom blends to make virtually any colour of the rainbow. Read more on page 70

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• Clear arrangement of operating and indicating elements • Solid state relay (SSR) instead of heating contactor • All components exposed to water are made of non-rusting materials, hence long service-life • Achieves estimated 24% reduction in rejects and 20% increase in productivity

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News Wheels come off ‌ but show goes on The wheels quite literally came off for the WAG ‘Recyclables’ entry in the Red Bull Cart Race in Sandton on Sunday, 16 September. But the axelEHQGLQJ XSVHW DERXW P IURP WKH FKHFNHUHG Ă€ DJ GLGQÂśW SKDVH WKH quick-thinking Rob McQueen of West African Group: the man was out RI WKH GULYHUÂśV VHDW LQ D Ă€ DVK DQG WRZHG WKH FKDULRW RYHU WKH OLQH HQGLQJ a commendable 46th out of 70 entries. The cart was made entirely from plastic recyclable materials by WAG and its co-sponsors, including a number of KZN convertors. Well done team! Read more on 18

Sluggish economy piles pressure on manufacturers ‌ but this is no time to get down ‌ and consumers aren’t going to change their ways easily

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You can hardly blame businessmen faced Why any country should make a business with the predicament of slow sales demand. of trying to destroy industries in other All manner of problems arise and there countries eludes me, but – as stated before is massive pressure on employers during – let’s look for some positives. And there sluggish economic phases, but getting yourself are: this issue we look at a wide range of down is probably one of the worst options to developments by South African convertors, exercise now. As a close friend once told me: DQG , FDQ FRQÂż UP WKDW Âą HYHQ LQ WKHVH GDUN GD\V ‘We’re working short-time, some of the staff are – quite a bit of capex is going in, with a number of RXW RQ VWULNH ZH KDG D Âż UH DW WKH SODQW ÂŤ EHVLGHV WKDW big extrusion lines being commissioned (even if some of the HYHU\WKLQJÂśV Âż QH Âś guys prefer to remain quiet about their projects.) And so it can be. We also feature winning entries from a number of design I buy South African-made products wherever possible. competitions. Besides the fact that many of these entries It’s got to the point now where just show huge ingenuity, we hope that about everything available is ‘Made closer inspection will possibly start in China’: you can’t buy a cup, a set ideas for you that could lead to of screw drivers, a tyre, a T-shirt or bigger things. virtually anything that isn’t made So, in these trying times, rather in China. I mean, what is this? In aim to build team momentum where general, buying local tends to costs the staff and managers build the more but I feel good about it. That’s enthusiasm and are encouraged hardly going to rock the economy, to come up with suggestions to but we have to boost our local LPSURYH SURGXFWLRQ DQG SURGXFWV ÂŤ manufacturers. While our government and are spared the troubles with the so tamely keeled over to drop import bank manager and suppliers. Positive All this clean-up stuff has gone semiduties on just about everything, while viral, as you will see within, and what thinking can help can be wrong with that? at the same time forcing employers to ride out rough employ more and go BEE, the problem storms. for local manufacturers is even further exacerbated by the state subsidies received by Chinese manufacturers (by seemingly small advantages such as reduced shipping Martin Wells costs and incentives to attend foreign trade shows etc), Publisher Martin Wells,

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Gauteng recycler Alex shuts doors ONE of the largest recycling businesses in Gauteng, Alex Plastics Recycling of Pretoria, closed its doors at the end of May. Involved over a long period in the LDPE recycle supply chain in which it supplied material to a multitude of conversion industries, the company was well-known for the high quality product it consistently supplied. “The untimely closing is thus a sad affair,â€? said Andrew Blyth, who has been managing the operation for the past three years. At the time of going to press, the owners were still involved in selling the business as a running concern; the equipment as well as the building are also for sale. The site – in Price Street, Waltloo Âą KDV VLJQLÂż FDQW SRZHU DYDLODEOH supplied from two transformers, a registered waste management licence & a strong underground water supply.

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The Delta bagging system operates downstream from the blow moulding machine, with the containers being moved into the bagger on a conveyor and then, row by row, a layer of bottles is created by pushing the bottles on to a stainless steel plate – and if necessary stacked into PRUH HI¿ FLHQW SDWWHUQV¹ EHIRUH WKH SODVWLF ¿ OP is automatically formed around the bottle layer to form a hygienically sealed bag. The bag is then moved out of the OLQH ZLWK WKH ¿ QDO VWHS EHLQJ WR PDNH WKH ¿ OOHG bag easily available for transfer to stock or delivery

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New solution from the Polyoak Packaging Group Contan launches its new OctoGrip™ lid for 20-litre PolyPails CONTAN Buckets & Pails, a specialist division of Polyoak Packaging, launched its new OctoGrip™ lid for 20-litre PolyPails at the Coatings For Africa (CFA) Expo in May. The closure is specially designed for the paint and coatings sectors. The OctoGrip™ lid has been developed through extensive testing, with eight sturdy locking tabs to prevent lids from accidentally dislodging. It features a robust tamper band, providing the additional strength to survive the roughest supply chain. When applied to the bucket, this packaging solution provides good top-load VWUHQJWK IRU HI¿ FLHQW VWDFNLQJ DQG DWWUDFWLYH display with outstanding quality decoration through in-mould labelling (IML) or offset

print in six colours. The new lid features simple opening instructions on the top surface. Simply cut and peel away the tamper band to expose its eight locking tabs, then unclip each one to release the grip and simply lift off the lid. To re-close, press the lid down Âż UPO\ DOO URXQG ZKLFK VHFXUHV WKH OLG Âż UPO\ It also provides extra secure grip, especially DIWHU Âż UVW RSHQLQJ ,WV triple closure system includes plug, seal and grip which remain intact and fully effective, even after the tamper band has been removed. “OctoGrip is the smart locking system that prevents accidental spills, yet is easy to open,â€? said Karl.

³:H DUH FRQ¿ GHQW DQG H[FLWHG DERXW RXU innovative OctoGrip lid solution. We are currently trialling this with a number of our partners, with extremely positive results so far,� he added. Contan’s extended range for paint and coatings includes smaller PolyPails down to one-litre as well DV RQH DQG ¿ YH OLWUH PolyCans. Contan also offers buckets made from recycled plastic and takes its obligation to Extended Producer Responsibility very seriously. South Africa’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principles require industries to become active in recycling the products they produce as per the National Environmental Waste Management Act

“We are confident & excited about our innovative OctoGrip lid solution.�

Canadian equity fund business buys Precision Valve group PRECISION Global, a leading global manufacturer of dispensing solutions and owner of Precision Valve of Pretoria, has been acquired by Oncap, a Canadian private equity business. Founded in 1949, Precision’s dispensing solutions include more than 12,000 SKUs (stock keeping unit, literally a product and VHUYLFH LGHQWL¿ FDWLRQ FRGH IRU D VWRUH RU product) which are sold into end markets such as personal care, household, food &

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beverage, industrial and pharmaceutical. Its products include aerosol valves, actuators, pumps, caps and related aerosol accessories, custom closures and other specialty dispensing solutions. The company is the largest supplier of valves in the world selling more than four billion annually and also produces and sells two billion actuators annually. Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, Precision employs more

than 1,500 people across 18 facilities in 15 countries and six continents, including Precision Valve based in Rosslyn, Pretoria. “Precision serves a growing market with high-quality, reliable and innovative products that are critical to its customers and end users.� said Ryan Mashinter, managing director of ONCAP. “We are excited to partner with Precision’s management team to accelerate the company’s growth both organically and

“OctoGrip is the smart locking system that prevents accidental spills.�

Contan’s new OctoGrip™ lid is a smart locking system from the Polyoak group company that prevents accidental spills. To open, simply cut and tear off tamper band

and reduces their carbon footprint. Contan is a sustainable supplier partner that assumes responsibility for the end life of RXU SDFNDJLQJ WKURXJK DFWLYH SDUWLFLSDWLRQ ZLWK 32/<&2 ´ DGGHG /DPEUHFKW Âł%\ SDUWQHULQJ ZLWK &RQWDQ SDLQW PDQXIDFWXUHUV DQG EUDQG RZQHUV FDQ DFWLYHO\ FRQWULEXWH WRZDUGV UHGXFLQJ SDFNDJLQJ ZDVWH WR ODQGÂż OO DQG KHOS GULYH UHF\FOLQJ LQLWLDWLYHV ZKLFK ODVW \HDU FUHDWHG LQIRUPDO MREV ZKLOH DW WKH VDPH WLPH SURÂż OLQJ WKHLU EUDQG YDOXHV DQG EXLOGLQJ EUDQG HTXLW\ :H ORRN IRUZDUG WR H[SORULQJ KRZ &RQWDQ FDQ DGG YDOXH WR FXVWRPHUVÂś EXVLQHVV LQ DQ LQQRYDWLYH DQG sustainable manner.â€? Contan sales team’s Colin Gibb, Anri Gerber and Rina Kilian on the business’ stand at Coatings for Africa in Johannesburg in May

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Good results for Transpaco TRANSPACO bucked the trend and declared good results for the year to end-June, achieving a 13,3% increase in headline earnings per share and operating SUR¿ W XS E\ LQ ZKDW LW described as ‘challenging trading conditions including selling price GHÀ DWLRQ UHGXFHG FXVWRPHU VSHQG DQG FRQWLQXHG VWDJQDQW GHPDQG IRU UHF\FOHG PDWHULDO¶ *URXS RSHUDWLQJ PDUJLQ LQFUHDVHG WR IURP DQG WXUQRYHU ZDV XS WR 5 ELOOLRQ IURP 5 EQ IRU WKH SUHYLRXV SHULRG 7KH SHUIRUPDQFH UHVXOWHG IURP stringent cost control, aggressive VDOHV DQG PDUNHWLQJ DQG VRXQG ZRUNLQJ FDSLWDO PDQDJHPHQW VDLG 7UDQVSDFR &(2 3KLOOLS $EHOKHLP LQ WKH UHVXOWV DQQRXQFHPHQW 7KH PDLQ IHDWXUH RI WKH \HDU ZDV 7UDQVSDFR¶V DFTXLVLWLRQ RI the Future Packaging group of FRPSDQLHV ZKLFK RSHUDWHV DFURVV South Africa in the packaging and UHODWHG SURGXFWV PDUNHW )XWXUH Packaging distributes its products nationally through dedicated branches in Johannesburg, 'XUEDQ &DSH 7RZQ DQG %ORHPIRQWHLQ 7KH DFTXLVLWLRQ ZLOO HQDEOH 7UDQVSDFR¶V H[LVWLQJ GLVWULEXWLRQ DUP 7UDQVSDFR 3DFNDJLQJ WR H[SDQG LWV JHRJUDSKLFDO IRRWSULQW D FRPSDQ\ VWDWHPHQW VDLG “The anti-plastic debate continues and in particular the DGYHUVH VHQWLPHQW WRZDUGV UHWDLO SODVWLF EDJV :KLOH 7UDQVSDFR LV DFWLYH LQ WKLV PDUNHW RXU GLYHUVL¿ FDWLRQ VWUDWHJ\ KDV UHGXFHG WKH JURXS¶V GHSHQGHQF\ RQ UHWDLO SODVWLF EDJV 7UDQVSDFR through its recycling division, UHPDLQV 6RXWK $IULFD¶V ODUJHVW UHF\FOHU RI SRVW FRQVXPHU SRO\HWK\OHQH 7UDQVSDFR LV ZRUNLQJ ZLWK JRYHUQPHQW LQGXVWU\ ERGLHV DQG FXVWRPHUV WR H[SORUH VXLWDEOH VROXWLRQV DQG PLWLJDWH against any possible negative FRQVHTXHQFHV ³)XUWKHU ZH DUH LQYHVWLJDWLQJ H[SDQGLQJ LQWR VHYHUDO DOWHUQDWLYH products as a substitute for retail SODVWLF EDJV ´ VDLG $EHOKHLP

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Honeycomb reusable industrial packaging raising the bar THE growth in reusable industrial packaging for honeycomb core materials has been very evident over the last few years – especially among European automotive OEMs who use collapsible sleeve pack systems for internal transportation of parts to their various assembly locations. It is estimated that upwards of 20% of this market is made up today of sleeve packs made using EconCore technology. Growth is continuing at a rapid pace. Consider sleeve packs having an areal density of 3000g/m², one set made with true honeycomb core using EconCore technology and another set made with a cup-type core: the compression strength for the honeycomb core is on average 65% higher than for the cup-type core. The honeycomb core sleeve packs also show more consistency of performance. This superior performance provides a great opportunity for the sleeve pack producer to UHGXFH ZHLJKW SHU SLHFH OHDGLQJ WR GUDPDWLF ERWWRP OLQH EHQHÂż WV through reduced material and energy costs and potentially at even higher output speeds. www.econcore.com

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New investment proposal from EU, rather than aid THE European Union appears to be taking a new stance on Africa, with European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker proposing a ‘more equal partnership and investment, rather than aid’ in a State of the Union address on 12 September. The main focus of the EU initiative appears to be to stem the economic divide which has been driving large numbers of Africans to migrate northwards. Trade between Europe and Africa LV QRW LQVLJQL¿ FDQW ZLWK DERXW of Africa’s trade going to EU bloc countries, although a far lower percentage of Europe’s exports FRPH LQWR $IULFD $Q HVWLPDWHG of Africa’s exports go to China (a ¿ JXUH ZKLFK LV LQFUHDVLQJ UDSLGO\ at present) and six percent to the United States. Juncker proposed an alliance through which the EU could create VXVWDLQDEOH LQYHVWPHQW DFWLYLW\ DQG create work opportunities in Africa. EU countries have various trade GHDOV ZLWK $IULFDQ FRXQWULHV PDLQO\ in North Africa, as well as economic partnerships with, among others, groups such as the Southern African 'HYHORSPHQW &RPPXQLW\ Most of Africa’s exports at present are of bulk raw materials and minerals, meaning that there LV FRPSDUDWLYHO\ OLWWOH YDOXH DGGHG input. In recent research programmes FRQGXFWHG E\ 6RXWK $IULFDQ organisations, the packaging PDQXIDFWXULQJ VHFWRUV LQ .HQ\D DQG Zambia were found to be in urgent need of upgrading and investment. The researchers noted that the UHODWLYHO\ ORZ VWDQGDUG RI SDFNDJLQJ in Zambia was retarding exports. In fact, a high portion of packaged goods available in retail outlets in Zambia originated from South $IULFD 7KH\ DOVR REVHUYHG WKDW WKHUH ZDV YLUWXDOO\ D FRPSOHWH ODFN RI training, and no labs appeared to be operating. This begs the question whether businesses in the packaging and technical moulding sectors in South Africa should attempt to access EU investment in the drive to grow exports to the EU from across the Southern Africa region?

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Gauteng local govt consider ban on microbeads THE government has set up a task team to look at imposing a total ban RQ PLFUREHDGV ± WKH WLQ\ SODVWLF beads used in cosmetics, toothpaste and sandblasting. This comes after a Water Research Commission VWXG\ IRXQG PLFURSODVWLF SROOXWLRQ in tap water in Johannesburg and Tshwane, as well as in all rivers tested in Gauteng and in borehole water in the North West province. 7KH VWXG\ FRQGXFWHG E\ UHVHDUFKHUV DW 1RUWK :HVW 8QLYHUVLW\ UHFRPPHQGHG D EDQ RQ the manufacture, importation and use of microbeads in South Africa. In response, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has set XS D WDVN WHDP RI RI¿ FLDOV IURP WKH GHSDUWPHQWV RI WUDGH DQG LQGXVWU\

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used to manufacturer buckets, as well as bins and planters which are manufactured from PP. Over the years the quality, reliability and ease of use of Tecnova machines have enabled Tecnova to become a global reference with more than 3 000 machines in operation all over the world. www.perecoveries.co.za www.tecnovarecycling.it OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018 13

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PE Recoveries’ owners, Jenny & Ashley Shub and production manager, Richard Steenkamp, in front of the recently commissioned Tecnova extrusion machine

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Offers wide range of PP strapping, from 5mm to 19mm with a 0.5mm – 1.5mm thickness SD Plastics & Projects have successfully installed a polypropylene strapping production line with some of its product range already entering the market. The Jiangsu Beier Machinery 90mm dual extrusion line, supplied by and commissioned by Cabletech Marketing, was installed with an extra SCM dosing unit to ensure the best product possible. The machine is capable of manufacturing a dual stand ranging from 5mm up to 19mm band width, with an overall thickness of 0.5mm to 1.2mm. They 90mm extruder has a throughput of 100kg/h based on a 19mm width band. Installed with 3 PLC auto winders, the preheating and stretching units on the machine adopts to a gear transmission. The new strapping line accommodates all requirements in the industry, says SD Plastics & Projects’ founder and owner, Samuel Dani Mumalo. The company has

also invested in its own tensile tester, enabling them to test the breaking strain on their products and thus ensuring good quality strapping before leaving the factory. Mumalo has been in the strapping manufacture industry since 1989. Seeking work during 1996, he was hired by Rexel Productions, where at the time, Hennie Meyer recognised his potential and hired him as a quality controller. In 2008 Mumalo left Rexel after making the decision to establish SD Plastics & Projects, along with his son Paul. The plant, in Mainreef Park, Denver, Johannesburg, also offers a range of S-PVC pelletised material.

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Making the sweet switch Darling sweets turn to sustainable packaging SWEET duo, Frits van Ryneveld and Hentie van der Merwe from Darling in the Western Cape, are the entrepreneurs of the tasty toffee confectionary brand, Darling Sweets. From the get-go, these two have been environmentally conscience and when the idea to develop their brand happened about four years ago; it was a no-brainer that their packaging would be recyclable. They were on WKH KXQW IRU D VXSSOLHU RI WZLVW JUDGH ¿ OP WR ZUDS their toffees in and after some investigating they came across a local supplier in Cape Town, called 3UDF 3DN 7KLV ORFDO VXSSOLHU LPSRUW ELR SKDQH ¿ OP which is essentially made from cornstarch and is fully biodegradable. Throughout Frits and Hentie’s 14 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

research and product development phases, they realised that having the right type of packaging would affect their toffees shelf life and to have their treats expire after only a few weeks from being exposed to air and moisture - is simply not an option. Currently, their toffees have a 12-month shelf life and this is achieved through using a special ODPLQDWHG ¿ OP FRPSULVHG RI WZR OD\HUV RI %233 which results in a barrier against the elements and is also recyclable. According to Fritz and Hentie, the RQO\ GUDZEDFN DERXW WKH ELRGHJUDGDEOH ¿ OP DSDUW from cost) is that there are no biodegradable inks available because they’d love to be able to print the GLIIHUHQW WRIIHH À DYRXUV RQ WKH ZUDSSHUV www.darlingsweet.co.za

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PP Equipment Solutions exits machinery sector PP EQUIPMENT Solutions, originally known as Ferrostaal and way back as Printing Products, has exited the equipment supply sector entirely, bringing the curtain down on what was formerly one of South Africa’s most successful equipment supply businesses. As Printing Products, the business was one of the leaders in the extrusion system supply sector in South Africa. Later changing its name to Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions following a merger with MAN Ferrostaal, the company represented a number of top European machine manufacturers. But the fact that the name Ferrostaal cropped up in discussions about South Africa’s complicated and over-charged arms deal did not help, momentum ebbed away. A number of top managers left, including Hannes Kritzinger (started Kamboo Marketing in 2010), Floors Coetzee (started Sabre Equipment in 2017) and others, resulting in the recent decision to exit the equipment supply sector entirely. It is understood that the company will from now operate in WKH DUHD RI SURMHFW ¿ QDQFH

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PET prices hit record highs in August PET prices hit record highs of close to R25,000 a ton in August before, just as rapidly, dropping back again. The price spike was due to unexpectedly high prices for paraxylene, one of the basic raw materials used in the manufacture of terephthalic acid (TPA) which in turn is one of the building blocks for PET/saturated polyester production. A factor which further effected SA prices was the weakening of the rand exchange rate; like the Brazilian, Argentinian and Turkish currencies, the rand was affected by emerging market jitters brought about the USAChina trade dispute. Paraxylene (Px) producers made money during July and August, but PTA and PET export margins collapsed from around $150-200 of a few months ago to now around $50-80/t for PET.

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signs major New nylon materials from Politem in Turkey DH Polymers recently signed a new agency with highly regarded Turkish engineering plastics company, Politem, to distribute its Nylon (PA6 & PA66) materials in South Africa. This is the fourth major principal for which Gauteng-based DH 3RO\PHUV LV WKH RIÂż FLDO distributor in South Africa. Others include BASF (TPU Elastollan TPUs), Elastron (TPE, TPV Elastron SEBS and EPDM/PP) and CGFSE (FSE Fluoroelastomers and

3HUĂ€ XRURHODVWRPHUV 3ROLWHP EDVHG LQ dHUNH]N|\ 7HNLUGDá in Turkey, started the production of engineering plastics in 2006. The company reinforces the principle of sustainable quality with the latest technology laboratory equipment present and a productive R&D team at its factory. Politem’s R&D facility brings alternative solutions to market innovations and carries out custom applications in pilot production lines allocated for R&D.

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agency “DH Polymers is very happy to have landed the agency for Politem. They are a highly respected company internationally and their products are of a very high standard,â€? says Deon Holtzhausen, DH Polymers’ owner. The Politem products which DH Polymers will be distributing in South Africa include all the PA’s 3$ 3$ 3$ XQÂż OOHG DQG Âż OOHG FRPSRXQGV DH Polymers also imports and distributes other specialty plastics and polymers, including chlorinated ethylene CPE, EPDM, Chloroprene, Silicon,

HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, EVA, Polypropylene, ABS, PA, PA66 and EPS. DH Polymers was established by Holtzhausen in April 2009 after he left Ultra Polymers where he had been a director and shareholder for close on 10 years. DH Polymers quickly built an excellent reputation as a steadfast and dependable distributor in the plastics industry, a reputation that remains untarnished to this day.

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Kamboo now represents extrusion fundi Kabra of India

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SA print/packaging supplier has infrastructure to support convertors KAMBOO Marketing, the supplier of machinery and consumables to the print and packaging sectors, has been appointed as the South African agent for Kabra Extrusionstechnik of India, one of the leading Indian extruder manufacturers. Kabra has achieved extensive success in the SA market, supplying a range of extrusion systems, including lines for the EORZQ ¿ OP SLSH DQG VKHHW VHFWRUV Kabra has been manufacturing machinery since the 1970s and has an estimated 14,000 installations worldwide in more than 90 countries. It is part of the well-established Kolsite group in India, established way back in 1962. Kolsite is today a leading manufacturer of masterbatch and secondary packaging, with the latter aspect resulting in extensive virtual on-site trialing of Kabra’s systems and technologies. .DPERR ZLWK RI¿ FHV LQ -RKDQQHVEXUJ DQG &DSH 7RZQ LV ZHOO HVWDEOLVKHG LQ WKH ¿ OPV VHFWRU LQ WKH SDFNDJLQJ PDUNHW LW RIIHUV VKULQN VOHHYH PDWHULDO À H[LEOH DQG OHWWHUSUHVV ZDWHU ZDVK printing plates, web guiding and advanced colour inspection technology. In the printing area, it supplies on-press, post-press and mailroom solutions. Kamboo was established in 2011 by Hannes Kritzinger in &DSH 7RZQ VKRUWO\ WKHUHDIWHU VHWWLQJ XS DQ RI¿ FH LQ /LQEUR 3DUN -RKDQQHVEXUJ “We now have the infrastructure to capably support users in DOO WKH SODVWLF H[WUXVLRQ ¿ HOGV ´ VDLG .ULW]LQJHU

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WAG takes on box cart race! WEST African Group took part in the Red Bull Box Cart Race on 16 September with a box cart made from recyclable and reusable plastics, and aptly named ‘The Reusables’. Red Bull Box Cart Race is a global event

for amateur drivers racing homemade soapbox crafts. Each hand-made machine is fueled by creativity and competitive fun - not WR PHQWLRQ WKH QHHG IRU VSHHG 7KLV XQLTXH non-motorised racing event challenges both experienced racers and amateurs alike to design and build outrageous, humanpowered soapbox dream machines and compete against the clock in a downhill race. Red Bull has held more than 100 box cart UDFHV DURXQG WKH ZRUOG VLQFH WKH ¿ UVW RQH LQ Brussels in the year 2000 – from Australia to 6RXWK $IULFD +HOVLQNL WR 6W /RXLV -DPDLFD to Italy. South Africa’s most innovative and witty teams raced each other down the twists and

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Showcasing local initiatives using the latest technology THE 2018 Innovations in Industry technical conference was held at the beginning of September in Port Elizabeth at the Nelson Mandela 8QLYHUVLW\ 108 )RU WKH ¿ UVW RI LWV kind, the event was incredibly well received with over 90 delegates in attendance and names on a waiting list! And the speakers put to rest the skepticism that these innovations PLJKW MXVW EH D À HHWLQJ WUHQG

NMU in partnership with Altair and SAIMechE organised the technical conference to showcase the latest and newest developments in technology being implemented in our local industry; to demystify new technologies as well as give leaders in local technology the opportunity to share their own stories about how they’ve harnessed these new technologies to improve and enhance their own current outputs. The presenters, all innovative pioneers LQ WKHLU RZQ Âż HOGV detailed their applications, explained their experiences, both good and bad, and helped to broaden delegates’ horizons to what is possible if these exciting technologies are embraced and focused on operational needs. “Partnerships work when each partner involved achieves greater success than they would have been able to individually. This is clearly the case with the NMU-Altair partnership. Altair’s software and academic offering makes a strong positive difference in the quality of the academic outputs that

are generated by NMU, while at the same time NMU is growing in international stature as a training facility where excellence in education is delivered to students�’ says Clive Hands of Nelson Mandela University. ³7KHUH LV QR ¿ HOG LQ HQJLQHHULQJ DQG beyond that can’t take advantage of these new technologies to improve, empower and inform their current way of doing things – be it the PHGLFDO ¿ HOG FRQVWUXFWLRQ manufacturing, architecture or practical training across industry,� he adds. In this day and age, new technologies and technological/ industrial revolutions are being announced daily and companies need to keep up with these rapid and accelerating methodologies to maintain their presence in their own industry. Up until now, there has been an DFFHOHUDWLRQ RI VSHFL¿ F WHFKQRORJLHV DERYH and beyond niche or personal applications. These advancements have been adopted across the board as being new technology trends that are expected to not only take

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root, but drive industry forward through to the next decade and beyond. The conference showcased local initiatives working in these areas and illustrated how they are no longer pie-in-the-sky technologies, but realworld and applicable and are being actively deployed in current operational scenarios by our own local industry. The presenters, shared the details of their applications and expanded the understanding of what the possibilities are when embracing these exciting technologies in local operations: • Testing techniques of metal AM in industry, Dr Anton du Plessis from the CT scanner facility at Stellenbosch University • VR & AR applications in industry, Jaco Heunis and Yanesh Naidoo from Jendamark Automation’s continuous improvement and design departments, respectively • Optimisation & lightweight techniques in composites design, Martin

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Badenhorst the engineering and project manager for Eco-Car and PhD student at NMU iIoT & Industry 4.0 – applied scenario, Yanesh Naidoo Data Analysis & telemetry, Michael Stephan team manager/race engineer, professional race car driver at Terry Moss Racing and All Power Designing for Additive Manufacturing, Bryan Bullock from Rapid 3D Next Generation Manufacturing Simulation Solutions, Nic Minnaar Altair technical specialist

5% of global manufacturing is 3D printing 3D Printing or Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been around for a while now, and there’s hardly an operation that doesn’t have a dinky little plastic 3D-printer sitting in a corner of some RI¿FH +RZHYHU WKH OLPLWDWLRQV RI WKH traditional plastic 3D Printers quickly became obvious to all who have >> OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018 21

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regretted that purchase. No more just a prototyping technology, AM is now increasingly being used for the production of series and bespoke components for the most demanding of applications. Bryan Bullock from Rapid3D said that LQ WKH ODVW WKUHH WR Âż YH \HDUV WKHUH KDV EHHQ DQ LQFUHDVH LQ DGGLWLYH PDQXIDFWXULQJ and because of its popularity, there was D FULWLFDO QHHG IRU D XQLYHUVLW\ WR RIIHU ' printing as a subject. Âł$ERXW RI DXWRPRWLYH SDUWV WKDW are currently being made are not going LQWR WKH YHKLFOH EXW VWLOO QHHG WR EH NHSW LQ VWRFN LQ FDVH WKH\ÂśUH QHHGHG $XWRPRWLYH companies are looking at this and how to RYHUFRPH LW E\ XVLQJ ' SULQWLQJ DV DQG when parts are needed,â€? he explained. “75% of manufacturing operations will EH XVLQJ ' SULQWLQJ WR SURGXFH Âż QLVKHG goods; the current 5% (about $640 billion) of global manufacturing is 3D printing.

The allure of this procedure is that it FDQ VLJQL¿ FDQWO\ UHGXFH WKH ZHLJKW RI D product, as well as reduce the turnaround time of producing a product,� Bullock added. Bullock has a BTech (Mechanical, Technikon Natal), and also did research into composite material manufacturing methods at DUT. Following that, he started a small engineering business ZKLFK VHUYLFHG PDLQO\ WKH IRRG SURFHVVLQJ and packaging industry. After two years, he decided to turn to designing and automating factory equipment, and in 2003 took a position managing the large tool URRP DW 3¿ VWHUHU DQG DOVR ZDV UHVSRQVLEOH for the maintenance department which controlled all new projects within the FRPSDQ\œV VHYHQ IDFWRULHV ,Q %U\DQ OHIW 3¿ VWHUHU WR GR IUHHODQFH PDFKLQH design and manufacture for a number of companies in the KZN region, while also helping with Rapid3D.

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Optimisation techniques in composites design Lightweighting has become an urgent quest for all global industry, particularly LQ WKH DHURVSDFH DQG DXWRPRWLYH VHFWRUV WR FRQWLQXDOO\ LPSURYH IXHO HI¿ FLHQF\ DQG performance goals. This has seen not only the opening of horizons into use of exotic and lighter materials, but has also recently VHHQ D VLJQL¿ FDQW VKLIW LQ WKH DSSURDFK DQG mindset to engineering design. Martin Badenhorst, engineering and project manager for Eco-Car and PhD student at NMU, talked about his experience as leader of the Eco-Car Challenge, for which Nelson Mandela 8QLYHUVLW\ SDUWQHUHG ZLWK $OWDLU ,Q KH EXLOW KLV ¿ UVW (FR FDU DQG UDFHG LW +RZHYHU KH ZDQWHG WR OLJKWZHLJKW WKH ZKHHO +H XVHG FEA strains compared to physical strains WR JDXJH PHDVXUHPHQWV DQG GHYHORSHG different wheel designs. The original wheel ZHLJKHG NJ DQG %DGHQKRUVW PDQDJHG WR GHFUHDVH WKDW WR NJ +H DOVR ¾SOD\HG DURXQGœ WR LQYHVWLJDWH KRZ PDQ\ ZKHHO spokes were needed and how to lightweight WKHVH 2QFH UH¿ QHG KH KDG PDQDJHG WR get it down to 77% lighter. +H FRPPHQWHG RQ KRZ GHVLJQ IXQFWLRQ VWLOO GRPLQDWHV WKH SURGXFWLRQ GHYHORSPHQW SURFHVV ZLWK VLPXODWLRQ DV D YHUL¿ FDWLRQ tool and that successful production GHYHORSPHQW LV WKH FROODERUDWLRQ EHWZHHQ GHVLJQ DQG HQJLQHHULQJ +H IHHOV VWURQJO\ WKDW FRPSDQLHV DQG XQLYHUVLWLHV QHHG WR embrace simulation technologies. Badenhorst graduated at the Nelson 0DQGHOD 8QLYHUVLW\ ZLWK DQ 1'LS LQ 0HFKDQLFDO (QJLQHHULQJ LQ $IWHU LQLWLDO work as a design engineer in the NMU Solar Car Project, he became a founding member of the NMU Eco Car Project and WHDP OHDGHU LQ -DQ :KLOVW RQ WKH project, Badenhorst graduated with a BTech GHJUHH ZRQ DQ DZDUG IRU ¾%HVW %7HFK Design Student’, and guided the NMU Eco Car team to become Champions at the 6KHOO (FR 0DUDWKRQ $IULFD ,Q he worked as a design engineer & lecturer at the NMU, and graduated with a MEng degree which focused on the Sequential use of Structural Topology and Composites Optimisation. Currently, doing his PhD studies, KH LV HPSOR\HG DV &RQVXOWLQJ +HDG of Engineering and Project Manager RYHUVHHLQJ D PXOWLGLVFLSOLQDU\ LQGXVWU\ JRYHUQPHQW 108 FROODERUDWLYH SURMHFW intended for commercialisation. AR in industry will be ubiquitous soon 7KH ODVW WZR \HDUV KDYH VHHQ PDMRU DGYDQFHPHQWV LQ WKLV UHDOP ZLWK PXOWLSOH KDUGZDUH GHYLFHV UHDGLO\ DYDLODEOH 7KH YHU\ QHDU IXWXUH ZLOO VHH $XJPHQWHG 5HDOLW\ (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) applications RI YLUWXDOO\ HYHU\WKLQJ ¹ GHVLJQ VLPXODWLRQ

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maintenance, training, trouble-shooting, marketing, sales and more. AR technologies are used to connect the virtual design to real-world physical equipment for operator training, maintenance and visualisation, and the potential of the technology at the moments knows no bounds. Speaking about VR and AR applications in industry, Yanesh Naidoo from Jendamark Automation’s design departments, spoke about the relevance of Industry 4.0 today and how additive manufacturing, augmented reality, virtual reality, autonomous robots, block chain and cyber security play an integral role in the evolution. The recent convergence of IT and OT has led to the acceptance and adoption of all items considered part of the Industrial Internet of Things (iIoT). This is accelerating

Organisers of the event, Fiona Richardson from Altair and Clive Hands, lecturer in the engineering department at Nelson Mandela University

at a rapid rate across global industry, informing strategic manufacturing decisions that relate directly to operational optimisation and direct cost-savings. By 2019, 15% of manufacturers who manage data-intensive production and supply chain processes will be leveraging cloudbased execution models with edge analytics for real-time visibility and operational À H[LELOLW\ 6LPSOL¿ HG (GJH LQIUDVWUXFWXUHV WKH movement of intelligence and analytics to the edge have become critical for success for fast visibility into the manufacturing process. Naidoo explained that Line Watch, one of Jendamark’s innovations, came about by chance. The system shows the production line in a graphic via an app on a phone or laptop which can be viewed anywhere in the world. You’re able to get information about what is currently happening on the line as

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well as downtime and maintenance reports. Augmented Reality looks at incorporating remote support; if a machine is down in another country, maintenance has virtual reality glasses which they’ll use when skyping with the machine operator to resolve it virtually. These virtual glasses will also be capable of taking photos. Naidoo graduated at University of Cape Town with a BSc(Hons) in Mechatronics (QJLQHHULQJ LQ $IWHU LQLWLDO ZRUN DV a project engineer at Volkswagen South Africa in Uitenhage, he took up the role of sales engineering in 2004 at Jendamark $XWRPDWLRQ LQ 3RUW (OL]DEHWK Naidoo was appointed director of sales and design in 2010. Along with being responsible for the global sales of the group, he is also driving Jendamark’s Industry 4.0 strategy. OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018 23

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World Cleanup News

13 million volunteers mobilised to pick up litter in 155 countries around the world

This year, International Coastal Cleanup Day culminated in the firstever World Cleanup Day – the biggest positive civic action the world has seen

THE planet was swept cleaner by a green wave on 15 September, as 13 million people from 144 countries and territories joined in World Cleanup Day, the largest peacetime civic action in human history. 3ODVWLFV_6$ SDUWQHUHG ZLWK /HW¶V 'R ,W $IULFD LQ WKH ¿ UVW HYHU World Cleanup Day by providing resources towards the biggest, global cleanup event that the world has ever witnessed. :RUOG &OHDQXS 'D\ VWDUWHG LQ )LML DQG ¿ QLVKHG LQ $PHULFDQ

Samoa 24 hours later and was supported by a number of global leaders. South Africa is proud to have been one of the 60 countries from the African continent who participated in this year’s event! World Cleanup Day Headquarters has results, which are still being updated continuously. The largest contributors were Indonesia, Pakistan and USA with 3.3, 3 and 1.5 million people, respectively. Kyrgyzstan had the largest percentage of population participation rate in the cleanup, standing at 7%. It is estimated that each year, 8 million tons of litter end up in the environment – causing a serious threat to people, wildlife, soil, water and air. The World Cleanup Day is a call to action

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Goal to collect and recycle the equivalent of every bottle and can it sells globally by 2030 SOUTH AFRICANS nationwide joined the waste-free movement to clean up beaches and rivers this September. Coca-Cola’s bottling partners led over 14 clean-ups across the country reaching as far as Mamelodi and Soweto to Durban and Muizenberg. This was in partnership with Plastics/SA for Clean-up and Recycle Week which ran from 10-15 September and coincided with International Coastal Cleanup Day on 15 September.

Earlier this year, the Coca-Cola Company announced an ambitious goal to help collect and recycle the equivalent of every bottle and can that it sells globally by 2030 through its ‘World Without Waste’ strategy. This includes making packaging 100% recyclable globally by 2020. In South Africa, the company is working to support healthy, debris-free environments and oceans through organisations such as PETCO

Coca-Cola’s bottling partners led over 14 clean-up crews across the country on World Cleanup Day, reaching as far as Mamelodi and Soweto to Durban and Muizenberg

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to increase collection and recycling of packaging in the most risk-prone areas for marine debris. Coastal Clean-ups took place in Kwa-Zulu Natal in Port Shepstone, Durban and Richard’s Bay as well as in the Eastern Cape in Port Elizabeth and East London. Inland clean-ups included Grabouw, Soweto, Mamelodi, and Soshanguve. Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages coordinated the Muizenberg beach clean-up on 16 September. Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa partnered with a number of NGOs, local municipalities, regional government departments, as well as the South African Police Services in areas to mobilise communities to take part in the clean-up. CCBSA also included schools that are involved in the Schools Recycling Programme to join the initiative.

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Photos from around the world were fortunate to be part of this global for the public, decision makers and on World Cleanup Day movement that hopes to inspire change all citizens alike, to take real action in in human behaviour,” said Douw Steyn, solving the waste problem. Sustainability Director of Plastics|SA. For the past 22 years, Plastics|SA has ³:H KDYH PDQDJHG WR JHW RWKHU been partnering with Ocean Conservancy packaging streams and retailers to by coordinating South Africa’s involvement support our efforts and recycling in the annual International Coastal initiatives, such as our beach clean-ups, Cleanup Day. This annual event takes Operation Clean Sweep, sponsoring litter place on the third Saturday in September booms and the Aqua Amazing schools’ and sees thousands of volunteers each education programme. Last year alone, year collecting and removing litter from we donated 350 000 yellow refuse bags our waterways as part of Cleanup & that were used for clean-ups around the Recycle SA week. This year, International country and assisted coordinators with Coastal Cleanup Day culminated in the audited clean-ups,” he added. ¿ UVW HYHU :RUOG &OHDQXS 'D\ “This was the biggest positive civic action the world has seen, and we www.cleanupandrecycle.co.za www.letsdoitworld.org OCT / NOV 2018

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Hotspot – solution for hot water, fast! An award winning invention providing hot water, cheaply and fxqast AN innovative solution for electricityguzzling geysers has been invented by an Eastern Cape woman, Sandiswa Qayi, and its development to commercialisation facilitated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the CSIR. The geyser sleeve or Hotspot (as it is more commonly known) speaks to the core objective of the Grassroots Innovation Programme, which is to recognise and work with innovators at the grassroots level and help them by incubating their ideas into commercially viable goods and services. In many instances, due to lack of funds, technical and expert support, these ideas never come to life. Once fully commercialised, these ‘The innovations will then, Hot Spot can be contribute to the local retrofitted on any economy. conventional geyser The Hotspot is an innovative solution to ensuring reduced grew up in a rural reducing household energy consumption, setup where we used geysers’ high energy guaranteeing the sun to heat water consumption and to faster hot before we had electricity, make existing geysers I never imagined I could ZRUN PRUH HI¿ FLHQWO\ $ water’ contribute in this space as a product like this comes at a manufacturer,” she says. time when the country is grappling with

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the challenge of rising electricity costs and increased demand. Qayi was working as the General Manager for Abenzi Woodhouse Skills Development Centre & Furniture Manufacturer when she came up with the idea for the Hotspot. “To be a young black female who The price of the Hotspot is R250 including VAT, excluding installation and delivery. Currently selling via their online store: www.aetafrica.co.za

What is it? 4D\L ¿ UVW KDG WKH LGHD IRU WKH +RWVSRW when she decided to design a solution to reduce her electricity bill AND save water – she loathed having to wake up at 4:30am to switch on her geyser to ensure that she had hot water by 6:30am. She developed the idea with her business partner at Amahlathi EcoTech. It’s a simple but effective design – the geyser sleeve is manufactured from PVC using carbon black, calcium-based thermal stabiliser and a food-grade plasticiser used in toy manufacturing. The VOHHYH FDQ EH ¿ WWHG RYHU DQ\ VWDQGDUG geyser element to give hot water within 30 minutes of it being switched on. Qayi explains that the Hotspot can be likened to the workings of a kettle whereby you only heat the amount of water you need. The Hotspot is ideal for residential homes and for anyone who isn’t in a position to buy expensive solar geysers, timers or geyser blankets – enabling the user access to 50 litres of hot water at

Sandiswa Qayi, inventor of the Hotspot geyser sleeve

50C in less than 30 minutes! “What makes this product different from other similar ones on the market is that it allows consumers to heat the portion or volume of hot water as and when they need it, instead of heating the IXOO JH\VHU ,W FDQ EH UHWUR¿ WWHG RQWR DQ\ existing geyser element easily and will increase energy savings by more than 30%. It complements existing energy savers such as timers, geyser blankets and high-pressure solar geysers by giving the end user more control over the volume of hot water to heat when they need it,” says Qayi. Why now? The Hotspot has been in the public eye VLQFH ZKHQ LW ZDV ¿ UVW DZDUGHG WKH “Most Promising Youth-Led-Business” by the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme. The Department of Science and Technology has been associated with the Hotspot since. 7KH RI¿ FLDO ODXQFK RI WKH +RWVSRW will celebrate its graduation from the Grass Roots Innovation Programme to commercialisation after successful multistakeholder seed funding for the R&D of the product through the Technology Innovation Agency, The Innovation Hub, Grass Roots Innovation and later, an IDC loan of R6,84 million to commercialise the product and get it to market. www.aetafrica.co.za

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using colour coded plastic bags – such as blue for glass and plastic, and green for biodegradable waste, for example – which will make it easier for the waste management company responsible for the collections to ensure that all the waste is appropriately recycled or disposed of.

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to organise themselves into small businesses. With this in mind, if given the correct resources, the waste pickers can also become more empowered and hopefully employ other members of the community – thus further contributing to combatting unemployment. Waste management can no longer be approached with a linear view – and we need to be thinking ahead, adopting an all-encompassing view, with innovative and best practice for recycling and waste reform. And, succeeding in this will take VLJQL¿ FDQW EX\ LQ IURP *RYHUQPHQW corporate South Africa and individual citizens – as every sphere of society has a shared interest and therefore an important role to play in adopting positive behaviours to reduce their waste, practice separating and recycling at source and contributing to the overall sustainable waste management aims of the country. OCT / NOV 2018

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SA retail brands make their pledges Other initiatives that shouldn’t go unnoticed or commended is the efforts and commitments already being made by private companies to adjust some of their business practices. For example, and in support of global and local movements against the use of nondegradable and plastic packing etc., several of the major South African retailers have begun introducing recyclable shopping bags. Woolworths has committed to making all its own-brand plastic packaging reusable and recyclable by 2022, while Pick ‘n Pay KDV EHFRPH WKH Âż UVW 6RXWK $IULFDQ UHWDLOHU

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Solution for tyre recycling Strong focus should be placed on driving collective accountability

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A NEW SOLUTION for the recycling of scrap tyres, one of the waste management areas where large volumes of material are collected and which potentially presents substantial opportunities for empowerment and transformation, appears to be remaining HOXVLYH ,Q WKH \HDU VLQFH WKH Âż UVW W\UH UHF\FOLQJ venture, REDISA, was liquidated in late 2017, the build-up to the formulation of a new plan has been characterised by surprising revelations and counter argument, resulting in extremely slow progress. The controversial Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) and its management company .XVDJD 7DND &RQVXOWLQJ ZHUH SODFHG LQ Âż QDO OLTXLGDWLRQ LQ September 2017 and an order granted for their assets to be transferred to the Waste Management Bureau. Serious DOOHJDWLRQV RI Âż QDQFLDO LPSURSULHW\ ZHUH PDGH LQ WKH Âż QGLQJV RI Judge Robert Henney in the Western Cape High Court. In a 101page judgment, Judge Henney said there had been ‘an unlawful misappropriation of public funds’ by the REDISA management. Attorneys for REDISA, then the only approved waste tyre plan for the country, have appealed the entire order. The case comes before the Supreme Court of Appeal on 1 November. At the time when Department of Environmental Affairs minister Edna Molewa lodged the application for REDISA to be liquidated, about R2-billion had been collected by REDISA from the tyre industry. Following that, however, and in public hearings at which rival recycling plans were submitted, the

process appears to have become even more complicated. The current situation Currently about 400 tons of scrap tyres are being generated a day – that is, over 12 000 tons a month. Presently only about 1000 tons is being reprocessed monthly. The problem is PDGH ZRUVH E\ WKH IDFW WKDW PRVW ODQGÂż OO VLWHV GR QRW DFFHSW scrap tyres. Five recycling plans were submitted at the public hearings staged around the country in May. After much deliberation, one was proposed and submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs, namely the SATRUCO (South African Tyre Reuse Co) plan. ,Q )HEUXDU\ WKLV \HDU WKH Âż QDO 6$758&2 GRFXPHQW ZDV revised with changes requested by the DEA and was forwarded to the Minister for sign-off. No one can explain the ‘delay’ as the plan certainly made the rounds which included three government departments agreeing to their support of the plan. It appeared that Minister Molewa was on the verge of approving and signing the SATRUCO plan, but the process stalled and the public hearings for rival plans were presented instead. It appears that, according to pundits in the industry, the manner in which the SATRUCO plan landed on the 0LQLVWHUÂśV GHVN DQG LWV FRQWHQWV PD\ EH Ă€ DZHG Âł<RX PD\ EH DZDUH WKDW WKH FRPSDQ\ WKDW ZURWH WKH Âż UVW critical report about REDISA (that we hotly dispute, and EDVHG RQ MXVW WKUHH GD\V LQ 5(',6$ RIÂż FHV LV L6ROYHLW ,UHQH Moutlana is a director of iSolveit. She’s also an executive member of SATRUCO,â€? said Kusaga Taka chief executive and former REDISA director Chris Crozier. It also appears that the current hold-up may be a result of confusion surrounding the Waste Management Bureau’s involvement. The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs met on 16 August with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to deal with several issues that had been raised over the establishment of the Waste Management Bureau, with particular reference to contradictions in the legal opinion regarding its nature and the role of the director general (DG). Members of the committee said they felt like the DEA had not answered the fundamental question regarding the Waste Bureau – whether it was operational or not. If it was operational, then it had to exist on its own and there was no legal basis for anyone to appoint the staff members, and that the CEO should report to the director general. The problem now lies in the fact that the '* ZDV DOVR WKH DFFRXQWLQJ RIÂż FHU IRU WKH %XUHDX DQG LQ IDFW had to exercise the role of being the Bureau’s CEO too. The Committee requested another follow-up meeting to be scheduled, as there were several questions that had not been answered by the Department, and for the Minister to be present to give clarity on the standing of the legal opinion. Who is SATRUCO and what is their plan? 6$758&2 ZDV IRXQGHG DV D QRQ SURÂż W RUJDQLVDWLRQ LQ 2016 and, according to its submitted plan, focuses on the management of environmental processes (tyres), coordination of multi-disciplinary community projects, legal compliance and international standards. “The ultimate goal of the SATRUCO plan is to create a broad base model and to facilitate sustainable

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remains elusive substance,” said a reliable source. development to assist the South African government to build a “The term ‘circular economy’ is introduced, but nowhere in developmental state, with special focus on youth development the plan is there any substance attached to how the plan will and women economic emancipation,” reads the plan. promote the circular economy. It further states that ‘while the SATRUCO proposes the establishment of the Waste Tyre SATRUCO plan will ensure cradle-to-cradle recycling of all Council (WTC) which should comprise members of the various types of pneumatic tyres, it will give consideration and upper community groupings, all stakeholders in the tyre industry assistance to government to deal with off road tyres’. This and other interested parties, which could include government. sentence is confusing in several respects. 7KLV FRXQFLO ZRXOG EH D QRQ SUR¿ W HQWLW\ WR KHOS HQVXUH WKHUH “Most importantly, cradle-to-cradle recycling means to is general understanding and better working relations return the materials to virgin or near virgin state and between government, industry and the community. use them to re-manufacture the original or similar The establishment of the WTC would allow for Currently about items. This has yet to be achieved anywhere in better transparency between tyre producers and 400 tons of scrap the world and it is not credible that SATRUCO industry and SATRUCO would in turn contract tyres are being generated can guarantee this,” said the source. a management company to deal with the daily a day – that is, over 12 000 “It looks like puffery, thrown in with circular operations and roll out of the SATRUCO plan. “On the face of it, the SATRUCO plan ticks tons a month. Presently only economy, radical economic transformation and fourth industrial revolution at various all the boxes, but that is all it seems to do. If about 1000 tons is being other places in the plan as seasoning without you scratch just below the surface there is no reprocessed any credible substance,” added the source. monthly • The National Waste Management Strategy website provides an opportunity for members of the public, businesses, consumer groups, NGOs and other civil organisations to provide feedback and input into the National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) as it is developed. http://wastepolicy.environment.gov.za/ • More about the current status at http://sawic.environment. gov.za/?menu=348 OCT / NOV 2018

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AS awareness grows about the damage plastic does to the environment, the London Design Fair has named plastic as its Material of the Year for 2018 and staged an exhibition of innovative design centred around recycled plastic. There are few materials as controversial as plastic has become in recent years. Images of beaches littered with waste and sea creatures dying from ingesting plastic have brought the issue dramatically into the public consciousness lately, and we’re all hunting for ways to reduce our use of single-use plastics. The London Design Fair entered the conversation, naming plastic as its Material of the Year for 2018. By giving plastic pride of place, the fair’s organisers aimed to highlight ways to reuse and recycle plastic, making the detritus of modern life into entirely new materials. The Material of the Year exhibition featured designers who are taking an innovative approach to reusing plastic, and ¿ WWLQJO\ GLVSOD\HG ZLWKLQ DQ HQWLUHO\ UHF\FODEOH SRO\SURS\OHQH partition system by Movisi. The designers include Tokyo’s Kodai Iwamoto, who transforms plumbers’ piping into sculptural vases and vessels which resemble ceramics, to Brighton’s Weez & Merl, who make marble-effect tabletops and coasters out of plastic bags. The material designer, Charlotte Kidger, experimented with the the uses of polyurethane foam dust, making it into a new composite which can be used to make pots, vases and even larger items of furniture. Finally, Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij has developed an extruder which can make polycarbonate objects such as CDs and chocolate moulds into ribbons of molten plastic which he then moulds into new objects, from furniture to lighting.

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What is it? A product that gives you hands-free help from the Google Assistant. Ask it questions, tell it to do things and even control smart home devices. With farÂż HOG YRLFH FRQWURO 0D[ FDQ KHDU \RX DFURVV WKH URRP even while your music is playing.

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What is it? The Light L16 camera is the world’s ¿ UVW PXOWL DSHUWXUH FRPSXWDWLRQDO FDPHUD ,W FRPELQHV DQ HUJRQRPLFDOO\ UH¿ QHG case, breakthrough optics and advanced imaging engine to bring DSLR image quality to a pocket size form factor. Based on focal distance, each shutter click captures up to ten images that are fused into an incredibly high-resolution photo that can be re-focused and adjusted in post with the Light editing software.

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GROHE Sense & Sense Guard Material used: Plastics What is it? A smart water sensor that detects water in your home, equipped with a range of intelligent functions to detect sense and respond to the presence of water where it shouldn’t be. The smart water controller can detect burst pipes and automatically shut off the water supply. It also it constantly measures and compares water pressure, WHPSHUDWXUH DQG À RZ ZLWK SUH VHW WKUHVKROGV

Nest Cam IQ Outdoor Material used: Main Shell: PC painted for UV resistance Front Face: PC Film with In-mould lamination. Hard coat applied for UV and scratch resistance. What is it? The Nest Cam IQ outdoor security camera is thoughtful about how and when it alerts you. It uses advanced algorithms to tell a person from an object and then automatically zooms in and follows them in the app. Its 4K sensor, HDR, and 12x digital zoom show everything in crisp 1080p HD. It has a powerful speaker and mic so you can let intruders know you’re paying attention.

Nest Secure Material used: The keypad top and buttons are PC that is PVD plated, painted white and matte clear coat on top. The light ring is translucent PC. Outer housing is white PC with UV clear coat. Rubber foot is made from silicone. Nest Detect: main body surfaces are PC and the lens is HDPE What is it? Nest Secure is a home security product designed to be tough on burglars and easy on you. Designed from the customer’s perspective, there are several innovative features that make Nest Secure easy to live with, while still meeting or exceeding current security guidelines.

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TURF Acoustic Ceiling Tile System Material used: All turf ceiling tiles are made from 5mm PET felt board which is made with recycled polyester plastic, the majority of which comes from recycled water bottles. The magnetic clips are tempered spring steel with rare earth magnets. What is it? 7KUHH GLPHQVLRQDO PDJQHWLF 3(7 UHF\FOHG LQGXVWULDO IHOW acoustic tile system that attaches to ubiquitous drop ceiling tee grids that allow for endless customisation.

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Intel SSD Ruler Material used: Anodized aluminium for the enclosure and latch. Plastic for the internal latch part. What is it? Built for data centres, it gives customers an SSD with high per-drive, per-server, and per-rack capacity. Its new form factor with the intuitive latch provides improved manageability and serviceability in tandem with HI¿ FLHQW WKHUPDO GHVLJQ WR UHGXFH PDLQWHQDQFH FRVWV DQG completely disrupt the total cost of ownership.

Magic Carpet Pro Material used: Structural components are die-cast aluminium. A variety of standard injection moulded polymers (mainly PC/ABS) were used where mechanical properties were not critical. A range of injection moulded engineering polymers including POM, and 3$ ZLWK XS WR JODVV ¿ OO IRU KLJK VWUHQJWK VPDOO FRPSRQHQWV RU components that required sliding movement. Compression moulded silicon was used for expanding joints. What is it? A heavy duty camera slider built to withstand WKH GHPDQGV RI SURIHVVLRQDO ¿ OP PDNLQJ ,W KDV EHHQ GHVLJQHG ZLWK WKH SUR ¿ OP PDNHU LQ PLQG ,W¶V SRUWDEOH LQ¿ QLWHO\ H[WHQGDEOH DQG VLPSOH WR XVH DQG UHDG\ WR JR to work in the most demanding environments. With a FRQFHDOHG PRWLRQ VPRRWKLQJ À \ZKHHO LQWHUFKDQJHDEOH track lengths, and a quick release system, you get studio quality shooting in any location.

RADIUSâ„¢ Temporary Site Light Material used: High impact, high voltage tolerant PC/ABS, with an extruded and machined aluminium heat sink. What is it? A job site luminaire that can instantly light up the work VSDFH ZLWK OXPHQV RI OLJKW ± H[FHHGLQJ WKH SHUIRUPDQFH RI H[LVWLQJ : À XRUHVFHQW OLJKWV ZKLOH FRQVXPLQJ OHVV HQHUJ\ The light requires no maintenance and its high impact construction HQVXUHV LW¶OO VXUYLYH WKH WRXJKHVW MREVLWH FRQGLWLRQV 8VHUV ZLOO KDYH the ability to wire more lights per circuit on any voltage range between 9 9 ZLWK D TXLFN ZLUH XQLYHUVDO SRZHU VXSSO\ 7KH RSWLFDO GHVLJQ delivers a consistent beam and an optimised colour temperature.

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Material used: The enclosure of the system is fabricated from machined aluminium and moulded plastic and rubber. Chemically strengthened glass provides robust touch input surfaces. What is it? Square Register is a fully integrated point-of-sale system designed to work with any business. It combines dedicated hardware, embedded software, and LQWHJUDWHG SD\PHQWV WHFKQRORJ\ DOO ZRUNLQJ WRJHWKHU VHDPOHVVO\ :LWK DQ H[WUD large, bright seller display that helps merchants ring up transactions quickly and DFFXUDWHO\ 7KH FXVWRPHU GLVSOD\ VKRZV FXVWRPHUV ZKDW WKH\¶UH EX\LQJ OHWV WKHP pay with any form of payment (contactless, chip, and magstripe), and can prompt customers to sign up for digital receipts and loyalty programmes. 44 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

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Marc Mahl is new MD of Fanuc SA FANUC South Africa, a leading supplier of CNC, robot and ‘Robomachines’ has announced the appointment of Marc Mahl as its new managing director. Marc, who is already familiar with the many Fanuc systems users across Africa, will have the responsibility for all of Fanuc SA’s African operations. He joined the company in 2004 as a service engineer and later moved into sales where he was directly responsible for equipment sales. “Marc will intensify Fanuc’s direct support to our African customers with close cooperation from Fanuc Corporation in Japan in order to improve the competitiveness of our products and service. Fanuc’s goal in Africa is to further increase customer satisfaction by strengthening its ‘One Fanuc, Service First,’ ‘Genmitsu’ (strict preciseness) and ‘Tomei’ (transparency) value

programmes,â€? a company statement said. Marc takes over from Kroum Petkov, who has been MD of Fanuc SA since 1994. Kroum, who had been with the company since 1991, retired at the end of August. Fanuc Corporation, situated at the foot of Mt Fuji near Tokyo, is one of the ZRUOGÂśV PRVW GLYHUVLÂż HG PDQXIDFWXUHUV RI factory automation equipment, industrial robots and Robomachines, including the ‘Robodrill,’ ‘Robocut’ and ‘Roboshot’ systems. Since its founding in 1956, Fanuc has been a major contributor to the automation of machine tools and a pioneer in the manufacturing revolution. Today it is a leading supplier of factory automation solutions with a global QHWZRUN RI PRUH WKDQ RIÂż FHV LQ more than 46 countries covering every continent.

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Women are leading SA’s drive for recycling and sustainability SOUTH African women continue to ¿ JKW IRU WKH FRXQWU\œV IXWXUH ¹ WKLV time directing their collective efforts at sustainable waste management. This is particularly evident in the PET plastic sector, where industry players from big brand bottling executives to grassroots waste collectors have banded together to unlock the economic opportunities associated with recycling plastic bottles. The result is the national body for PET recycling (PETCO) headed up by chief H[HFXWLYH RI¿ FHU &KHUL 6FKROW] ZKLFK was established in 2004 as a way to selfregulate the industry and fund recycling efforts. 6FKROW] VDLG WKH FKDOOHQJH IRU 3(7&2 CLEANING UP – Masupatsela Cooperative chairperson Salphy Nkoana is one of the women creating employment and contributing to poverty alleviation through PET plastic recycling in the Tembisa community

lay in how to be more effective in linking the formal and informal PET plastic recycling economies through on-going mentorship and enterprise development. “According to a poverty trends report released by Statistics South Africa last year, female-headed households UHPDLQ VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ SRRUHU WKDQ WKHLU male counterparts. We believe PET waste collection and recycling can provide job creation and income-earning opportunities for women trapped in the cycle of poverty.â€? She said many women were already doing exemplary work at grassroots level, citing examples such as the Masupatsela Cooperative, which has been operating in Tembisa, Gauteng, WOMEN ON WASTE – Quinette Goosen of the Uitenhage Recycling Mula Swop Shop sorts plastic bottles for recycling, which children from impoverished local communities exchange for goods and food for their families

since 2011. Started by chairperson Salphy Nkoana and a group of women as a means of alleviating poverty in their community, the cooperative collects recyclables from more than 600 households, schools and shopping complexes and enjoys the support of the Ekurhuleni Municipality. “In the Eastern Cape, the Uitenhage Recycling Mula Swop Shop Project gives children the opportunity to exchange recyclable items for food, toiletries, stationery, clothing or toys RQFH D ZHHN ´ VDLG 6FKROW] Founded in 2015 by Quinette Goosen, Glinise Howard and Olive Grimsel, WKH VZRS VKRS EHQHÂż WV XS WR impoverished households a week and has, to date, removed more than 45 tons of PET plastic from the community. PETCO vice-chairperson Tshidi Ramogase, who is also director of public affairs and communications for Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa, said uniquely African solutions were now needed to grow a collective mindset geared towards sustainability.

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Rian Coetzee is the new ‘Industry Development Champion’ at the IDC responsible for the plastics and composites sectors, reporting to Sonia Keulder

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move IDC to develop partnerships with businesses in plastics sector

Sonia Keulder, the IDC’s Head of the Chemicals Products and Pharmaceuticals Business Unit, stated that the IDC would like to re-engage with the plastics value chain and play a pro-active role in this regard. It has now appointed an Industry Development Champion, Rian Coetzee WR VSHFL¿ FDOO\ IDFLOLWDWH WKLV LQGXVWU\ 5LDQ ZKR LV D TXDOL¿ HG HFRQRPLVW KDV EHHQ DW the IDC for over 20 years. 5DWKHU WKDQ VLPSO\ ORDQLQJ IXQGV to ventures, the IDC’s strategy now is WR EH PRUH FORVHO\ LQYROYHG ZLWK WKH management, including the undertaking RI SURMHFW IHDVLELOLW\ VWXGLHV DQG LQYHVWLQJ LQ HTXLW\ LQ WKH EXVLQHVVHV ZKHUH LW LV required. 2QH RI 5LDQ¶V PDLQ UHVSRQVLELOLWLHV LV to facilitate support to the current plastics converters. It is imperative to improve its competitiveness in light of the challenges IDFHG E\ WKH LQGXVWU\ UHODWLQJ WR international competition and the circular economy. He will also assist in developing the non-packaging sector, which in the SODVWLFV FRQYHUWLQJ VHFWRU UHIHUV FKLHÀ \ WR WHFKQLFDO PRXOGLQJ EORZ DQG LQMHFWLRQ and specialised extrusion ventures. To DFFHVV ,'& VXSSRUW EXVLQHVV YHQWXUHV need to include and involve BEE partnerships and IDC has developed a QXPEHU RI PRGHOV WKDW FRXOG EH RI XVH WR converters. According to Sonia, the IDC is aware WKDW PDQ\ RI WKH EXVLQHVV LQ WKH SODVWLFV and packaging sectors are family-owned and partnering with the IDC will potentially require a transition to a more corporate RULHQWDWLRQ EXW VKH VD\V ZRUNLQJ ZLWK ,'& ZLOO LQ PRVW FDVHV EH D ³ULVN PLWLJDQW´ ZKHUH DOO LQYROYHG LQ WKH EXVLQHVV EHQH¿ W The IDC also wishes to assist South $IULFDQ FRPSDQLHV WR EHFRPH PRUH involved in the SADC (Southern African 'HYHORSPHQW &RPPXQLW\ ]RQH E\ exploring export-import opportunities and/ or setting up manufacturing ventures in WKH QHLJKERXULQJ FRXQWULHV • Rian Coetzee can be contacted at rianc@idc.co.za 50 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

Paul Jordaan has been appointed project manager for both the Polystyrene Association of South Africa and the Southern African Vinyls Association

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At the conclusion of PETCO’s Annual General Meeting, various industry players received awards in the following categories:

Public Campaign of the Year This category recognises a public campaign that has successfully addressed a challenge around waste and reducing reliance on landfill. The winners were:

The Uitenhage Recycling Mula Swop-Shop Project

EcoBrick Exchange CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE The brick exchange is an environmental awareness enterprise that facilitates the construction of preschools in underprivileged communities using unrecyclable plastic waste. They do this by using plastic waste compressed into PET-bottles – a highly insulating building PDWHULDO WKDW LV ZDWHU DQG ¿ UH SURRI

UITENHAGE, EASTERN CAPE The project aims to clean up the environment and alleviate poverty. Children exchange recyclable items for food, toiletries, stationery, clothes or toys once a week and get a light meal before going home. Since the project was started in June 2015, more than 45 tons of PET plastic, 25 tons of cardboard, and eight tons of non-recyclable items have been removed from the communities.

Recycled Product of the Year This category recognises a product that exemplifies the best of sustainability. The Winner was:

Shoprite Checkers BRACKENFELL, WESTERN CAPE Shoprite Checkers uses food-grade PhoenixPET rPET in their Zip Cola bottles, which has replaced 25% of the virgin material and has several EHQHÂż WV ,W KHOSV GLYHUW ZDVWH IURP ODQGÂż OO FUHDWHV MREV LQ ZDVWH collection and lowers the amount of energy used during the polymer manufacturing process. Shoprite Checkers has used 72 tons of rPET in 6.1 million 2L Zip Cola bottles to date, with a goal of increasing this to 198 tonnes (in 16.8 million bottles) within the next Âż QDQFLDO year.

PET-trepreneur

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This category recognises an individual whose entrepreneurial insight, ingenuity and perseverance has created and sustained a successful, growing business venture in the PET collection or recycling industry. Winners were:

Sibonile Mvambo from Abelusi Nabavuni Ngemvelo Cooperative INDWE, EASTERN CAPE The cooperative specialises in recycling plastic and cardboard. Sibonile buys from collectors, providing them with their main source of income, enabling them to provide for their families. The presence of the co-op in the community has drastically UHGXFHG WKH ZDVWH EXUQW LQ WKH ODQGÂż OO DV they collect most of their material there.

Nick Pienaar from Bonke Abantu WITBANK, MPUMALANGA

Established in 2005, Bonke Abantu now has a network of over 350 clients from whom they collect PET, cardboard, paper and glass daily. Nick provides the transport that enables the recycling to take place. This initiative has created 10 permanent jobs in recycling. They collect around 20 tons of PET every month, 180 tons of glass and 80 tons of paper.

Recycling Partnership Gamechanger Local Authority Recycling Innovation This category recognises the importance of partnerships with municipalities and local authorities in addressing waste reduction behaviour in South Africa. This is critical as SA is running out of landfill space. The winner was

Masupatsela Cooperative, in partnership with Ekurhuleni Municipality EKURHULENI, GAUTENG Masupatsela is a community-based recycling project which has been operating in Tembisa since 2011. The cooperative is the brainchild of a few women in the township who had poverty alleviation in mind. They collect recyclables from over 600 households, schools and shopping complexes.

This category recognises partnerships, including government (municipal, provincial or national), regulatory agencies, community organisations and private industries that have successfully implemented gamechanging initiatives. The winner was

Tembisa Self-Help Association of the Disabled (T-SHAD), in partnership with PETCO TEMBISA, GAUTENG T-SHAD started in 1990 and works to uplift disabled SHRSOH LQ WKHLU FRPPXQLW\ 7KHLU HPSOR\HG EHQHÂż FLDULHV are 65 disabled people, comprising 19 male and 18 female youth and 17 male and 11 female adults. They run self-help programmes, including food gardens, and their main source of income is their recycling centre.

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Associations Recycling Innovator of the Year This category recognises the recycling facility that leads all other facilities. The winner was

Chris Els, Kaytech

Top Woman in Recycling This category recognises the importance of women in leadership and aims to grow the number of female role models in the sector for future leaders. The winner was

Frieda Willemse, owner and manager of D+F Sales & Services NIGEL, GAUTENG

ATLANTIS, WESTERN CAPE Kaytech, as the leading geotextile manufacturer in Southern Africa, is known for producing a quality needle-punched QRQ ZRYHQ FRQWLQXRXV Âż ODPHQW JHRWH[WLOH from rPET. This in itself is not new but the recent investment in a second, larger and more sophisticated line has developed the processing of the rPET into an LPSURYHG JHRWH[WLOH $QRWKHU VLJQLÂż FDQW investment has been made at the Atlantis production facility, where the installation of 1947 (315W) PV panels on all the roofs to optimise sunlight hours generates about 614KW during peak exposure time.

Media Spotlight This category recognises a journalist or media personality who has made an outstanding contribution to the awareness and understanding among South African consumers of issues pertaining to waste reduction, reuse and recycling. The winner was

Marli Meyer

Frieda lost her job in 2009 due to retrenchment and started reclaiming and recycling plastic to create an income for herself. Since then, she has bought a second-hand baling machine to receive better prices for her baled goods, bought a second-hand forklift and gained a special license to drive it, and now employs eight people full-time and more on a part-time basis. Marli is a dynamic writer and digital all-rounder. Her entry into the PETCO Media Spotlight awards stood out as the one with the most information and helpful suggestions, while still making FKDOOHQJLQJ VFLHQWLÂż F IDFWV digestible.

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If successful, job creation programme will roll out across SA SOUTH Africa’s largest zoo, the National Zoological Garden of South Africa (NZG), has launched a recycling pilot project aimed at job creation and addressing the massive litter problem which its thousands of annual visitors leave in their wake. Should the programme prove successful, it could also be rolled out at the Mokopane Biodiversity Centre in Limpopo. The pilot project, which was founded in conjunction with PETCO and the City of Tshwane, will be operated by the Umkariso

Women in Water cooperative. The NZG’s acting manager for commercial services and business development, Marcel 6LQJK VDLG Âż YH SUHYLRXVO\ XQHPSOR\HG Tshwane residents had been trained and appointed to collect and sort the high volumes of recyclable materials generated daily by WKH ]RRÂśV UHVWDXUDQWV FXULR VKRSV RIÂż FHV research facilities, animal kitchens and veterinary hospital. “This project forms part of the NZG’s environmental management plan and recycling is just one area in which we are committed to expanding our green footprint,â€? said Singh, adding that this was in compliance with the National Environmental Management: Waste Act. “In implementing the waste hierarchy of

reduce, re-use and recycle, we are also waging a war on littering, which is a huge problem. The NZG is currently in the concept phases of developing environmental campaigns aimed at reducing our plastic waste and educating visitors.� 3(7&2 FKLHI H[HFXWLYH RI¿ FHU &KHUL Scholtz applauded the zoo for taking a proactive stance on waste management, while providing jobs and skills development for future entrepreneurs. She said PETCO had been supporting the NZG’s recycling efforts since 2015, through training workshops as well as the handover RI D FRQYHUWHG VKLSSLQJ FRQWDLQHU IRU RI¿ FH space, trolleys, sorting tables, industrial scales and other equipment needed to get the programme off the ground.

Green zoo - The National Zoological Garden of South Africa’s head of recycling projects, Derek Moodley, speaking at the launch of the zoo’s new waste recycling initiative which will be conducted in partnership with PETCO and the City of Tshwane

CEO Special Awards Recycling & Waste Reduction Warrior PETCO’s vision is that capacitated, empowered consumers know about PET and know that it is recyclable and safe to use. Winners were:

Abram Tlhoriso Tumaeletsi of IkagengDitamating, Vaal Park Recycling Project

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Rapid Granulator Appoints New Distributor for South Africa Effective from December 15th 2016, Rapid Granulator AB, the Swedish-based world leader in plastics granulation technology, has signed up FdB Consulting, Johannesburg, as its sole distributors for the South Africa and SubSahara Market

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Plastics industry encouraged to

strive for zero pellet 3ODVWLFV LQGXVWU\ LV DPRQJVW RWKHUV UHVSRQVLEOH IRU SURSHU FRQWDLQPHQW RI SODVWLF SHOOHWV Ă€ DNHV DQG SRZGHU step towards implementing the core principles of this declaration. “When we re-launched Operation Clean Sweep in South Africa as one of our product stewardship programmes last year, our call went out to every segment of the plastics industry, including plastic producers, transporters, bulk terminal operators, recyclers and plastics processors, to implement good housekeeping practices. Every employee of every factory has a role to play if we are WR DFKLHYH RXU JRDO RI ]HUR SHOOHW Ă€ DNH DQG powder loss. We need the commitment from every person in every company, from WRS PDQDJHPHQW WR VKRS Ă€ RRU HPSOR\HHV to help protect the environment and save valuable resources,â€? Hanekom said.

“All employees in every aspect of the industry must be educated on how to properly handle and dispose of plastic pellets with the goal of zero pellet loss. Every staff member has a role to play in HOLPLQDWLQJ SODVWLF SHOOHWV Ă€ DNH DQG SRZGHU loss. It’s the little things that count – a few SHOOHWV Ă€ DNHV DQG SRZGHU KHUH D KDQGIXO there. They all add up when you consider the thousands of facilities in the plastics industry and the frequency with which SODVWLF SHOOHWV Ă€ DNHV DQG SRZGHU DUH loaded and unloaded,â€? Hanekom stressed. While consumers are responsible for the proper recycling and disposal of used consumer products and packaging, Plastics|SA agrees that the plastics industry is amongst others responsible for

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THE South African plastics industry has reiterated its commitment to keep South Africa’s water sources free of plastic pollution. Plastics|SA’s executive director Anton Hanekom said reducing the amount of plastics that make their way into streams, rivers and the ocean is one of the biggest focus areas for the plastics industry worldwide today. 3ODVWLFV_6$ ZDV RQH RI WKH ¿ UVW signatories of the Declaration of the Global Plastics Associations for Solutions on Marine Litter, a global declaration and public commitment by the international plastics community, signed in March 2011, to address the issue of plastics in the marine environment. Operation Clean Sweep was developed as an important

NORTHERN THE new committee of PISA Northern’s branch are Bob Bond of Rapid Design Technologies, David Rule of PISA, Lowrie

IOM3 Round-Up THE IOM3 has been very busy with regional elections, planning for the annual conference and more. The annual conference document and Call for Abstracts have been distributed and are also available on the IOM3 website. This is also a reminder that the Call for Abstracts closes on Wednesday, 24 October. The prestigious Young Persons’ World Lecture Competition will take place in Port Elizabeth at the Fairview Race Course 56 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

during the afternoon of Thursday, 11 Oct. Northern branch Congratulations to Sivi Govender of Multotec Rubber who was elected as the Northern Branch Chair. Vice Chair is Bright Rwodzi, with Jacques de Lange as Secretary. Thabiso Musendame makes up the 4th committee member. KwaZulu-Natal The newly elected committee comprises of Grant Rosettenstein (Chairman and secretary portfolio), Rudi van Niekerk (Vice

Chairman and publicity portfolio), Prakash Kalipersad (membership portfolio), Des Royappen (events portfolio) and Crighton du Preez (immediate-past chairman and events portfolio). Grant is currently CFO at the West African Group and has been with the company for QLQH \HDUV *UDQW TXDOL¿ HG DV &KDUWHUHG Accountant at the University of KZN in 2005. Rudi currently occupies the position of sales and marketing manager at H&R Africa, tasked with developing H&R’s growing global footprint into Africa. He has been employed at H&R for the past 11 years. Rudi

PtSA launches in Eastern Cape

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The Production Technologies Association of South Africa (PtSA) was launched in the Eastern Cape recently. Everybody who is anybody in the manufacturing industry was there! Malcolm Bailes with Peter de Wit (extreme right) of Federal Mogul with John McEwan and Dita de Andrade of PtSA.

SURSHU FRQWDLQPHQW RI SODVWLF SHOOHWV Ă€ DNHV and powder. The impacts of ingested PDULQH GHEULV FDQ EH VLJQLÂż FDQW DQG warrants efforts to prevent plastic materials from entering the environment. Companies can enhance their reputations as good stewards of the environment — an increasingly important factor for attracting the investment community and high-quality employees. By ensuring that raw materials are not wasted, businesses can improve their bottom line, LQFUHDVH HIÂż FLHQF\ DQG OHDYH D ODVWLQJ legacy for future generations by helping XV WXUQ WKH WLGH RQ PDULQH OLWWHU ´ +DQHNRP concludes. www.plasticsinfo.co.za/opcleansweep

Christie Lennon (graduate of PtSA), Rodney Whitebooi (lecturer) and Glen Zimiza (of Borbet South Africa)

Gill McGregor a social worker at the facility enjoying a laugh with Manfred Kusterer of TK Toolman.

Dirk van Dyk, CEO of the National Tooling Initiative Programme with John McEwan, CEO of the Production Technologies ). Association of South Africa (PtSA

COMMITTEE Sharp of SA Plastics magazine, Vincent Khumalo of CSIR, newly elected &KDLUPDQ $PRV 0NKRQWR RI 3ODVWLFV SA, Jared Khoury of Performance &RORXU 6\VWHPV DQG 3L[OH\ 0DNKXER retired from Sasol.

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Paula and Marco Ferreira of Meco Engineering attending the launch.

Rynette Kydd and Rodney Rudman of DG Capital were the sponsors for the evening. 57

holds a Masters’ degree in Chemistry from PE Tech (NMMU). 3UDNDVK KDV EHHQ D PHPEHU RI the IOM3 for the past 26 years. He is FXUUHQWO\ HPSOR\HG E\ &DUVW DQG :DONHU as product manager for the polymers division. Des Royappen retired at the end of 2017 and is presently consulting. Crighton, factory manager at Anchor Chemicals, has served the IOM3 as KZN Chairman for a number of years and will continue to serve on the KZN committee in a new portfolio.

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freight by rail 12 000km from China to London and other European cities. It TWO thousand years ago a network of makes the journey in 18 days compared trade routes linked the ancient Chinese to almost six weeks by sea. Because of city of Xi’an with the Greek and Roman different rail gauges used in China, the cities on the Mediterranean, the East former Soviet Republics and Europe coast of Africa and South East Asia. containers need to be transferred These trade routes, through central between trains. This is done at massive Asia, modern day Pakistan, Iran and dry ports where containers are moved Iraq and stretching down the Arabian from one train to another train for the next Peninsula, often collectively known as section of the journey. One such dry port, the ‘Silk Road’, facilitated trade in silk, Khorgos, in Kazakhstan on the Chinese spices and other commodities between border, will be able to transfer 500 000 China and the world. containers per year. With 80 containers In 2013 President Xi Jinping on a train it takes less than an hour announced a new ambitious to transfer all the containers plan, the Belt and The BRI, from one train to another. Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes also There is never a single to connect Asia, reason to embark on referred to as ‘The New Europe and Africa such an ambitious Silk Road’ or the ‘One by a network project; all the Belt, One Road Initiative’ of highways, reasons will ultimately is a concept where China railroads, EHQHÂż W &KLQD 7KH harbours, airports will invest in building BRI will open up the and pipelines infrastructure to improve less developed inland to enable trade regions to development, trade between different between these it will improve access for countries. countries – or more China to raw materials and accurately between markets. It will also allow China China and the world. The BRI, to ‘off-shore’ low-value manufacturing sometimes also referred to as ‘The New to low-cost regions, either in China or in Silk Road’ or the ‘One Belt, One Road Asia or Africa. It will also create markets Initiative’ is a concept where China will for Chinese construction companies. invest in building infrastructure to improve Another objective is for China to obtain trade between different countries. When energy and raw material security. For it is completed it will connect 65% of the this the Middle East is a key part of the world’s population and 35% of global GDP BRI, and the large Middle East State by linking 68 countries. It is expected to Oil Companies are improving ties and cost more than $1-trillion dollars! making investments in China. Saudi To understand the scale of the initiative Aramco, who has two large petrochemical it is useful to look at some of the projects. plants producing polymers in Saudi Arabia For example, it is now possible to ship (the PetroRabigh joint venture with BY NIALL MARSHALL

Sumitomo and the Sadara joint venture with Dow) has signed memoranda of understandings with Chinese companies WR GHYHORS D UHÂż QHU\ FKHPLFDO IDFLOLWLHV and manufacture reinforced thermoplastic (RTP) pipe. Saudi Aramco is in the SURFHVV RI DFTXLULQJ D VLJQLÂż FDQW VWDNH in Sabic; Sabic already has polymer production in China. There are also discussions of Chinese investment in Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea coast which is part of the Maritime Sea Road to Europe which may include plastic conversion for the European markets. ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi oil company and owner of Borouge has also announced it is exploring investment opportunities in China. Borouge has also announced it will build a new polypropylene plant, WKH Âż IWK DV SDUW RI WKH %RU FRPSOH[ and a new 6 million ton per year Bor 4 complex with additional polypropylene and polyethylene plants. Much of the capacity will be exported to China and Asia and ZLOO EHQHÂż W IURP WKH %5, LQIUDVWUXFWXUH Any investments which improve the RSSRUWXQLW\ WR H[SRUW SRO\PHU ZLOO EHQHÂż W the Middle East polymer industry and being able to export using the new Silk Road infrastructure to new markets is an opportunity. But, as many have asked, with new polymer capacity being built in China, will the Middle East producers UHDOO\ EH LQ D SRVLWLRQ WR EHQHÂż W" &KLQDÂśV focus on environmental clean-up makes the future of coal-based petrochemical plants questionable and the volumes of polymer that will be needed in such infrastructure investments mean that the Middle East polymer industry is more positive than concerned about the implications of the new Silk Road.

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ZA Machinery represents Polystar of Taiwan PETER Cawcutt has returned to the equipment supply market with the new company, ZA Machinery, which supplies UHF\FOLQJ DQG Âż OP H[WUXVLRQ V\VWHPV IURP 3RO\VWDU 0DFKLQHU\ of Taiwan. Polystar Taiwan specialises in the manufacture of plastic recycling machinery and is recognised as one of the top recycling machine manufacturers in Asia today. Cawcutt, who previously co-owned Maritime Marketing, had to take a back seat in 2014 due to health reasons but recently returned to the industry; he now plans to put his many years

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Involvement at Propak in Nigeria proves an eye-opener GETTING involved in Africa, even when it’s one of the biggest economies on the continent with seemingly large opportunities, is challenging. When it comes to the sale of processing or recycling machinery (and there is a dire need for reprocessing equipment across the continent), that is perhaps even more challenging, as Jeff Cawcutt of Zerma Africa welcomed the challenge at Propak West Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, in September.

The Zerma size-reduction solution has proved successful in South Africa over the past few years with many convertors and UHF\FOHUV ¿ QGLQJ WKH SULFH WR SHUIRUPDQFH ratio attractive. Zerma specialises in plastic, rubber and wood processing and WKH H[SHULHQFH LQ HDFK RI WKHVH VSHFL¿ F sectors has enabled it to enhance its technologies for the others, to the point where the outcome for virtually any plastic recycling challenge to date has been met by Zerma’s systems. 'HVSLWH WKHLU H[LVWLQJ IRRWSULQW LQ Nigeria, Jeff and Zerma international sales GLUHFWRU 0D[ 3DHVODFN ZHUH UHPLQGHG RI the economic realities in Lagos during the 16-18 September show. There is no doubt that there is massive demand for postconsumer recycling systems in Nigeria, where the population demographics are relatively similar to those of South Africa, with the difference that the country’s population is about three times larger – this means that there is at least three times the quantity of plastic scrap around, and a large portion of that is going to ODQG¿ OO RU LV MHWWLVRQHG DV OLWWHU

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down-time between runs is minimized. At the same of course, special care needs to be taken to ensure that change-over operations are carried out very safely. The system involves a new automated procedure for loading and unloading the preform core plates; this incorporates additional sensors to ensure that the mould opening stroke adjusted correctly according to the preform length. Operations for assembling and disassembling the neck ring plate KDYH DOVR EHHQ PRGLÂż HG 6,3$ KDV developed a patent-pending system that now makes it possible for the

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wins German Innovation Award 2018 Specialty polyamide for high gloss in automotive interiors without coating BASF’s specialty polyamide UltramidÂŽ Deep Gloss has been awarded the German Innovation Award 2018 in the category ‘Materials and Surfaces’. The award is presented by the German Design Council to recognize products from GLIIHUHQW LQGXVWULHV WKDW RIIHU DGGLWLRQDO EHQHÂż WV FRPSDUHG WR previous solutions. Introduced on the market at the end of 2017, Ultramid Deep Gloss combines the chemical resistance of semicrystalline polyamides with the high gloss and depth of view of amorphous plastics. It is therefore particularly suitable for automotive interior components which are high-gloss and yet at the same time resistant without coating. Components made of Ultramid Deep Gloss have a SLDQR EODFN KLJK JORVV VXUIDFH WKDW IRU WKH Âż UVW WLPH GRHV not require an additional, elaborate protective coating. The specialty polyamide can be used to make UV, scratch and chemically resistant high-gloss surfaces with an exciting interplay of light and shadow. It allows designers to realize XQXVXDO WH[WXUHV VXFK DV ULSSOHV ZDYHV KDPPHU Âż QLVK OLQHV and diamonds with a piano-black look, or structure surfaces with haptic design elements – into an integrated, functional design for the autonomous driving concepts of the future.

Ultramid Deep Gloss is suitable for components such as air vents and decorative trims, inlays in car doors, central consoles or dashboards. The requirements of the automotive industry regarding emissions and odours were also taken into account during the development. During processing, the new BASF polyamide offers interesting cost saving potentials as it is done without vario-thermal mould technology and there is no need for the components to be coated. 6SHFLDOW\ SRO\DPLGH ZLQV LQ KLJK SURÂż OH HQYLURQPHQW 7KH *HUPDQ ,QQRYDWLRQ $ZDUG ZDV SUHVHQWHG IRU WKH Âż UVW time; there were 650 submissions. “We are proud of the awardâ€?, said Xaver Hopfenspirger, SURMHFW PDQDJHU IRU 8OWUDPLG 'HHS *ORVV DW %$6) Âł,W FRQÂż UPV that we hit the mark with this material: In automotive interiors the demand for piano-black surfaces is increasing. And it is to be expected that the amount of resistant, but high-quality and functionalized surfaces will rise. This trend will even intensify as a result of new operating designs in the transition to autonomous driving. So we are now also offering other colours apart from deep black to allow for different customer wishes regarding individualized car interiors.â€? ZZZ EDVI FRP

Introduction of 3D printer bushings Stock items from Vesconite Bearings THE team at Vesconite; makers of ORZ FR HI¿ FLHQW RI IULFWLRQ SRO\PHUV Vesconite, Vesconite Hilube and Superlube, has introduced 3D printer bushings as stock items. Printer users can now replace bronze sleeve bushings or linear ball bearings with polymer sleeve bushings produced by Vesconite Bearings. These are supplied in Vesconite Hilube (a low-friction polymer) or in Superlube (an ultra-low-friction polymer). Initially three of the most common 3D bushing sizes will be available: • LM8UU – 15mm (OD) x 8mm (ID) x 24mm (length); Vesconite Hilube and 6XSHUOXEH ' EXVKLQJV DUH VKDIW IULHQGO\ DQG ZLOO QRW cause wear, unlike their metal counterparts

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This makes the extruder head lighter and the movement of this easier. Bronze bushings are sometimes impregnated with oil or require external lubrication. Vesconite Hilube and Superlube are self-lubricating, so gritcontaining lubrication that wears away at the shaft is a thing of the past, as is the jamming of balls in the linear ball bearings, since the polymer sleeve bushings contain no balls. Slip stick will happen when dynamic DQG VWDWLF FR HIÂż FLHQW RI IULFWLRQ DUH VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ GLIIHUHQW DQG WKLV UHVXOWV in the bushing having a jerky motion on the shaft. Since Vesconite Hilube and Superlube have low and fairly close coHIÂż FLHQWV RI G\QDPLF DQG VWDWLF IULFWLRQ slip stick is reduced. Vesconite Hilube and Superlube bushings are compounded from an advanced engineering thermoplastic. The lack of metal-on-metal contact results in less noise. In an industry where printing can last many hours or days, this is a VLJQLÂż FDQW EHQHÂż W IRU XVHUV ZZZ YHVFRQLWH FRP

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WorldStar Sustainability Award goes to Starlinger! Bag weighs only 117g, but holds 50kg of fertilizer AUSTRIAN company Starlinger has won the WorldStar Sustainability Award for its pinch bottom bag made from XVHG 3(7 ERWWOH À DNHV The rPET PP*STAR wins the Sustainability Award in Gold

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Covestro intends to expand its global production capacities for VSHFLDO ¿ OPV WR PHHW WKH JURZLQJ GHPDQG LQ DOO regions

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View of the WITTMANN Group’s new French headquarters in Moirans. Completion of the new building is expected in spring 2019

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Wittmann Battenfeld expands in France FOR Wittmann Battenfeld France SAS, the French subsidiary of the Wittmann Group, 2017 was the most successful year so far in its entire corporate history. The sales increased by 14% compared to the previous year, and the growth in order volume was even more dramatic. The increases occurred across all product segments, with substantial growth being realized especially in the sectors of granulators, robots and automation systems, with a corresponding increase in market shares in France. As an appropriate response to this positive trend, a piece of land situated in the immediate vicinity of the existing company site has been acquired in Moirans, which will now serve as the basis for an extension of the existing production Ă€ RRU VSDFH 3ODQQLQJ IRU WKH QHZ IDFLOLWLHV to be constructed there is in full swing. The SODQQHG QHZ IDFWRU\ DQG RIÂż FH EXLOGLQJ ZLOO KDYH PRUH WKDQ PĂ° RI XVDEOH Ă€ RRU space. The total amount of investment for this project will be more than â‚Ź5 million. Completion of and relocation to the new building are planned for March 2019. Following completion of the new RIÂż FH DQG SURGXFWLRQ IDFLOLW\ WKH )UHQFK subsidiary will be able to present to its customers the group’s range of injection moulding machines, robots and peripherals in a 400-m² showroom, combined with appropriate training facilities. www.repi.com

Amcor seeks on plastics High stakes in years ahead as debate continues on merits of plastic JIM JOHNSON, www.plasticnews.com

ATTRIBUTES that make plastics so useful also can cause problems in the H\HV RI PDQ\ $QG WKDW FUHDWHV FRQĂ€ LFW But David Clark, vice-president of sustainability for Amcor, sees a pathway where plastics can prosper and the environment does not have to lose. “The answer is not getting rid of plastics. The answer is let’s manage them properly, get them out of the environment,â€? Clark said at the recent PETnology Americas 2018 conference in Atlanta. “The industry has been riding on the externalities of not having to deal with waste. I think what we need to do is solve it and have that solution be acceptable to us,â€? he said. “When it gets into the environment, it’s a disaster and the disasters are real. They are not made up by environmentalists.â€? Amcor, the global packaging company, makes most of its money from the sale of ERWK ULJLG DQG Ă€ H[LEOH SODVWLF SDFNDJLQJ 6R the Melbourne, Australia-based company

sees high stakes in the years ahead as debate continues on the merits of plastic. “There are a couple of things, I think, that we can do to start changing the conversation here. Our products, in many cases, are being referred to as singleuse plastics,� he told the conference crowd. “It’s not single use. Consumers just don’t use our packaging for 15 minutes and then they throw it away. “It’s been working for months up until that point to make sure they got what they wanted, at the time they wanted, and it’s safe and fresh. We have to help people start understanding that,� he said. “This is not a drinking straw or a coffee cup lid. This is a package that’s protecting food or protecting medicine or protecting something else.� Clark said the problem of plastics leaking into the environment has a farreaching impact. “I can tell you that none of the customers buy our products, and none of our customers buy any packaging

‘We’re going to end up paying the price for what’s happening in other parts of the world’

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)][\ZQIV -KWXTI[\ 3]V[\[\WĐ„ GmbH recycling company bought out ECOPLAST Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, an Austrian plastics recycler was recently bought out by Borealis, subject to regulatory approvals. Ecoplast processes around 35 000 tons of postconsumer plastic waste from households and industrial consumers every year, turning them into high-quality LDPE and HDPE recyclates, primarily but not solely IRU WKH SODVWLF Âż OP PDUNHW www.borealisgroup.com 76 OCT / NOV 2018

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attitude shift packaging David Clark, vice-president of sustainability for Amcor, sees a pathway where plastics can prosper and the environment does not have to lose

from anyone, because they like creating branded waste. They buy our packaging EHFDXVH LWÂśV WKH EHVW WKLQJ WKH\ FDQ Âż QG ´ he said. Adding complexity to the issue is the differing levels of recycling that take place – or not – around the world. While plastic ocean pollution is gaining plenty of publicity in developed countries, the bulk of the material going into the environment actually comes from emerging economies that do not have the infrastructure to deal with their own waste and recycling issues. “We’re not going to solve the ocean problem by banning straws and banning plastic bags. We’re not also going to solve this problem by badgering people in the United States or in Europe who use plastic. We need to go to the source DQG Âż [ WKH SUREOHP WKHUH %XW ZH QHHG WR do it as an industry because in the United

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States or in Europe, we’re going to end up paying the price for what’s happening in other parts RI WKH ZRUOG ´ &ODUN VDLG The packaging industry, during the past two decades, has created new products that reduce cost, improve convenience and provide better protection. %XW WKRVH SURGXFWV VRPHWLPHV FDXVH more complex problems when it comes to UHF\FOLQJ 7KDW LQFOXGHV PXOWLOD\HU Ă€ H[LEOH packaging that involves different resins and even aluminum to provide protection. “These are just monstrous if not impossible to recycle. That’s why we don’t KDYH UHF\FOLQJ IRU Ă€ H[LEOH SDFNDJLQJ LQ PRVW SODFHV LQ WKH ZRUOG ´ KH VDLG Amcor wants to have all company packaging to either be recyclable or reusable by 2025. For the PET container business, that’s pretty straight forward, &ODUN VDLG )RU WKH Ă€ H[LEOHV EXVLQHVV WKHUHÂśV PRUH GLIÂż FXOW\ 7KH FRPSDQ\ DOVR ZDQWV WR VLJQLÂż FDQWO\ increase the amount of recycled materials used to make new packaging products, but did not put a number on that goal. A third goal is to drive consistently greater collection of used packaging around the world, he said.

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is a four-letter word in the view of many manufacturers. That’s because the concept places the burden of end-of-life collection and disposal or recycling on WKHLU VKRXOGHUV %XW &ODUN VDLG VRFLHW\ PXVW Âż JXUH RXW ZD\V Âą SRWHQWLDOO\ including EPR, bottle bills and taxes – to help pay for recycling. “Somebody is going to end up paying LI ZH DUH JRLQJ WR VROYH WKLV SUREOHP ´ KH said. “Recycling doesn’t pay for itself if you look at only the value of the material that you collect and the cost to collect and what you sell it for. Âł%XW ZKDWÂśV OHIW RXW RI WKDW HTXDWLRQ is the impact you are having on the environment if you are letting all of this VWXII JR RXW WKHUH ´ KH VDLG Simply put, plastics do not belong in WKH HQYLURQPHQW &ODUN VDLG “The message is, we get to choose RXU IXWXUH ,WÂśV QRW JRLQJ WR EH VLPSOH %XW everything I’ve talked about here exists some place in the world already. We don’t have to invent new technologies. We are not curing cancer, and we can solve this SUREOHP ´ KH VDLG www.amcor.com

‘Art in colour dosing’

MORETTO, the Italian ancillaries systems manufacturer, has introduced a new ‘Art in colour dosing’ campaign for its DPK gravimetric loss-in-weight doser, recently launched on the market. DPK completes the full range of Moretto’s dosers and solves the overdosing problem with an extremely precise control system. DPK is a compact, loss-in weight precision feeder, suitable for intermittent or continuous dosing of small quantities RI FRORXU RU DGGLWLYHV LQWR D Ă€ RZ EDVH UHVLQ The advertising campaign focuses on the ‘precision in colour dosing’ and refers, with nice allusions, to the importance of David Clark, vice-president of sustainability for Amcor, sees a pathway where plastics can prosper and the environment does not have to lose

colour in works of art. The new advertising is clearly inspired by Pop Art and DPK is its ‘icon,’ with its characteristic compact design and transparent hopper. The campaign is promoted on the press, as well as web and company’s social networks. Thanks to the exclusive vibration immunity system, the machine control algorithm and the hopper being removable from the dosing unit, DPK achieves a dosing accuracy up to Âą0,03%, allowing processors to avoid unnecessary wastes of expensive additives. The integrated feeding system automatically manages the loading of the material, according to the needs of the processing machine.

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A really big deal in plastics packaging AMCOR Ltd (Melbourne, Australia) and Bemis Company Inc (Neenah, WI) have unanimously approved an agreement under which Amcor will acquire Bemis in an all-stock combination. The combined global company aging will have the footprint, scale and capabilities to drive VLJQLÂż FDQW YDOXH IRU VKDUHKROGHUV ZKLOH RIIHULQJ customers and employees the most compelling value proposition in the packaging industry and deliver the most sustainable innovations for the environment. 7KH WUDQVDFWLRQ ZLOO EH HIIHFWHG DW D Âż [HG H[FKDQJH UDWLR RI $PFRU VKDUHV IRU HDFK Bemis share, resulting in Amcor and Bemis VKDUHKROGHUV RZQLQJ DSSUR[LPDWHO\ DQG RI WKH FRPELQHG FRPSDQ\ UHVSHFWLYHO\ This is equivalent to a transaction price of 86 SHU %HPLV VKDUH EDVHG RQ $PFRUÂśV FORVLQJ VKDUH SULFH RI $ RQ $XJXVW DQG UHSUHVHQWV D SUHPLXP RI WR %HPLVÂś FORVLQJ SULFH RI 86 SHU VKDUH DV RI 2 August. The combination will be effected through a merger of Amcor and Bemis into a newly created holding company, ‘New Amcor, incorporated in Jersey, United Kingdom. It is LQWHQGHG WKDW 1HZ $PFRU ZLOO EH WD[ UHVLGHQW in the UK after closing. New Amcor will have a primary listing on the NYSE and a listing on the ASX. Amcor and Bemis shareholders ZLOO UHFHLYH VKDUHV LQ 1HZ $PFRU LQ D WD[ IUHH H[FKDQJH www.amcor.com

LyondellBasell wraps up $2.25 billion Schulman deal GLOBAL materials giant LyondellBasell has FRPSOHWHG LWV ELOOLRQ DFTXLVLWLRQ RI $ 6FKXOPDQ ,QF FUHDWLQJ ZKDW RIÂż FLDOV VDLG LV WKH ZRUOGÂśV ODUJHVW FRPSRXQGLQJ EXVLQHVV 2IÂż FLDOV ZLWK /\RQGHOO%DVHOO EDVHG in Houston and London, added that the DFTXLVLWLRQ PRUH WKDQ GRXEOHV WKH Âż UPÂśV H[LVWLQJ FRPSRXQGLQJ EXVLQHVV DQG EURDGHQV its reach into growing, high-margin end markets such as automotive, construction materials, electronic goods and packaging. www.lyondellbasell.com

France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic FRANCE has stepped up its environmental game with a pledge to use only recycled SODVWLFV IRU SDFNDJLQJ QDWLRQZLGH E\ As part of the plan, Brune Poirson, French secretary of state for ecological transition, said the country plans to introduce a penalty system that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of nonrecycled plastic. According to Poirson, products with recycled SODVWLF SDFNDJLQJ FRXOG FRVW XS WR OHVV under the new plan.

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Yizumi system in USA YIZUMI-HPM Corp, a unit of the Yizumi group and a leading manufacturer of high-quality hybrid injection moulding machinery from WRQV KDV VROG D ton, dual-platen machine to Otto Environmental Systems, a leading manufacturer of waste containers for residential, commercial, and retail markets in the USA. 7KH VDOH ZDV Âż QDOL]HG DIWHU PHHWLQJV DW WKH 13( VKRZ LQ Orlando in May. The large-tonnage system will be used to manufacture DQG OLWUH ZDVWH FRQWDLQHUV Âł:HÂśUH YHU\ SOHDVHG WR EH SURYLGLQJ a high-productivity moulding system to one of the leading manufacturers of waste containers in the US,â€? said Bill Duff, GM of Yizumi-HPM. “We offered the greatest value in terms of technology, quality and

engineering – at the right price.� Otto Environmental Systems North America Inc based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a manufacturer of waste containers for residential, commercial, and retail markets. It also has a container service division that provides residential waste container logistics, distribution, servicing and repairing as well as a custom moulding division that offers product design and manufacturing for automotive, consumer goods and material handling sectors. Otto containers are the most widely used brand of residential carts in the world. The original Otto *URXS ZDV IRXQGHG LQ DQG QRZ KDV PRUH WKDQ PLOOLRQ carts in service around the globe. www.otto-usa.com

Shampoo brand launches Âť_WZTLÂź[ Ă… Z[\Âź fully recyclable bottle Partnering with Tesco, Head & Shoulders haircare brand has released a shampoo bottle made using plastic recovered from each shores. As part of its “Clean Hair, Clean Beachesâ€? initiative, up to 25% of its new packaging is made using beach plastic. While plastic retrieved from the ocean is hard to reuse due to degradation issues, Head & Shoulders has managed to integrate this large percentage into its bottles. What’s more is that everything bar the lid is 100% recyclable. The bottles have been collected tirelessly by thousands of volunteers, coordinated by recycling experts, Terracycle, and the Europe’s largest waste management company, Suez. The project began in France in 2017 with 170,000 bottles and the company received an award from the UN for their dedication to recycling.

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BIR leader expects global recycling turmoil to continue THE global plastics recycling market could take another two years to normalize in the wake of China’s ban on waste plastic imports, the head of the Bureau of International Recycling’s plastics committee said. Surendra Patawari, chairman of the BIR’s plastics committee and founder of $QWZHUS %HOJLXP EDVHG UHF\FODEOHV Âż UP Gemini Corp NV, told an industry gathering in India that there are signs orders for recycling machinery are picking up in other markets as reprocessing of recyclables shifts closer to the source of the materials. According to PlasticNews.com, Patawari noted that prices for scrap plastic have dropped 30% since China’s ban took effect 1 January and “may go down further by 10% over a period of timeâ€?. On the positive side, he noted more interest in processing of recyclables closer to home. “There is an upsurge in orders with recycling machinery producers [and] substantial investment in recycling, particularly in the US, India and South America,â€? he said. “Whatever the international trade scenario, there is a tremendous push and pressure to use and produce recycled plastics. Governments across the world are pushing the industry to promote recycling.â€?

Just add sun! Sustainable sunglasses with a story

ExxonMobil expansion boosts butyl capacity in Singapore EXXONMOBIL Corp has begun production at a newly constructed halobutyl rubber plant at its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore, adding butyl capacity of 140 000 metric tons per year. The move supports the manufacturing of IXHO HI¿ FLHQW W\UHV DQG VWUHQJWKHQV WKH ¿ UPœV SRVLWLRQ WKURXJKRXW WKH $VLDQ PDUNHW The butyl produced at the newly expanded facility, Exxon said, can be used to create premium halobutyl rubber, which DOORZV W\UHV WR PDLQWDLQ LQÀ DWLRQ XOWLPDWHO\ improving their fuel economy. ³.HHSLQJ W\UHV SURSHUO\ LQÀ DWHG FDQ KHOS save about a billion gallons of fuel and result in an estimated emissions reduction of 8 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, equivalent to the emissions of about 2.5 million cars worldwide,� Exxon said in a statement. In addition to the butyl plant, Exxon has added 90,000 tons of annual capacity for the production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin, making the facility the largest of its kind in the world, according WR ([[RQ ,W ZLOO KHOS WKH ¿ UP PHHW WKH demand for hot-melt adhesives, which are used in packaging and diapers. The investment in the expansions was not disclosed, but Exxon in a news release dubbed it a multi-billion project. www.corporate.exxonmobil.com 80 OCT / NOV 2018

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3D printed sunglasses A Belgium based startup trying to make the world a bit sunnier WR YUMA, a Belgian company launched in September after a successful Kickstarter campaign, LV WKH Âż UVW FRPSDQ\ LQ WKH ZRUOG WR 3D print sunglasses from recycled SODVWLFV XVLQJ Âż ODPHQW PDGH IURP car dashboards, fridges and plastic bottles. The frames are not only made from plastic waste but, thanks to 3D printing technology, they are also designed to disassemble for easy recycling. And this is exactly what the company will do. Soon customers will be able to swap their sunglasses for a new model (at a discount) while the old frames are recycled in their micro factory in Antwerp. 3D printing was the key to recycling plastic waste for the brains behind the idea, Sebastiaan de Neubourg, long before he settled on the idea of turning it into sunglasses.

'H 1HXERXUJ ZRUNHG IRU Âż YH \HDUV as a consultant for small businesses in the circular economy and he believes 3D printing has massive potential in reusing waste. He is in touch with VWDUWXSV WKDW PDNH ' Âż ODPHQW IURP beer and coffee waste and recycled bamboo as well as plastic waste. :5 <XPD KDV ODXQFKHG ZLWK Âż YH styles which are printed to order. 7KH\ÂśUH PDGH DQG Âż QLVKHG RII E\ KDQG in Antwerp, even the ink on the frames comes from recycled fridges. The sunglasses retail for â‚Ź95 a pair. While 3D printed sunglasses might not make a dent in the million plastic bottles we go through a minute (or the truckload of plastic that ends up in the ocean in that same minute), they are conversation starters, raising awareness around the fact that plastic lives longer than we do.

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World News Growth in machinery imports suggests Italian convertors are recovering ACCORDING to the Italian trade association Amaplast, which brings together about 170 of the country’s plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturers, equipment and moulds, there was a growth of 26% in machinery imports and a contraction of approximately one percentage point in exports during the ¿ UVW TXDUWHU RI WKH \HDU 7KHUH ZDV D VLPLODU trend in the quarter to end-2017, according WR ,67$7 IRUHLJQ WUDGH GDWD 7KLV VLJQL¿ FDQW and constant growth in purchases abroad actually suggest a sustained recovery in the Italian domestic converting market is XQGHUZD\ VDLG $PDSODVW ZZZ DPDSODVW RUJ HQ

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could help the world’s plastic problem Nesting material from Banksia bees produce ‘natural’ plastic 7+(5(¶6 D EX]] DPRQJ UHVHDUFKHUV DFURVV WKH 7DVPDQ DV WKH\ UHFUXLW QDWLYH $XVWUDOLDQ EHHV WR ¿ JKW WKH ZDU RQ ZDVWH E\ KHOSLQJ FUHDWH D QHZ ELRSODVWLF According to Australia’s ABC Radio Brisbane, the biotech start-up Humble Bee aims to take the nesting material from Banksia bees to produce a ZDWHU UHSHOOHQW DQG À DPH UHVLVWDQW IRUP RI QDWXUDO SODVWLF 7KH 1HZ =HDODQG EDVHG FRPSDQ\ is attempting to reverse engineer the material to create a biodegradable DOWHUQDWLYH RQ DQ LQGXVWULDO VFDOH Founder and chief executive Veronica Harwood-Stevenson has been collecting Banksia bees (Hylius nubilosus) in south-east Queensland with the help of Chris Fuller from Kin .LQ 1DWLYH %HHV +HU ZRUN LQYROYHV trying to understand the cellophane-like ELRSODVWLF WKDW OLQHV WKH EHHV¶ QHVW Harwood-Stevenson said the idea came about when she was doing UHVHDUFK RQ GLIIHUHQW VFLHQFH GLVFLSOLQHV “I have a strong interest in biology and I read an article on native bees and this bee lines its nests with material WKDW ORRNHG SURPLVLQJ ´ VKH VDLG ³7KH author of the article made a throwaway comment that it behaved liked a plastic, and I knew that packaging was a leading cause of plastic pollution so I thought this FRXOG EH SDUW RI WKH VROXWLRQ ´ Creating a new type of ‘natural plastic’ Along with a team of scientists, Harwood-Stevenson said the aim was WR PDNH WKH SURGXFW ELRORJLFDOO\ 3KLO

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for future trends Sustainable plastics solutions for various industries AT THE FAKUMA 2018 trade show for plastics processing from 16-20 October in Friedrichshafen, Covestro will be presenting a whole spectrum of innovative and sustainable plastics solutions for various industries. The products and technologies provide answers to trends such as future mobility, progressive digitalization, 3D printing and HQHUJ\ HI¿ FLHQW OLJKWLQJ One important topic at the company’s stand will be robust, lightweight and DHVWKHWLF ¿ EUH FRPSRVLWHV IRU HQHUJ\ and resource-saving applications. 2WKHU NH\ DUHDV DUH À DPH UHWDUGDQW battery housings for electric mobility or transparent and/or light-diffusing SRO\FDUERQDWHV IRU HQHUJ\ HI¿ FLHQW /(' lighting technology. The worldwide demand for particularly robust and lightweight materials

is increasing. Covestro meets these UHTXLUHPHQWV ZLWK FRQWLQXRXV ¿ EUH UHLQIRUFHG thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) from the new brand Maezio™ and also provides a cost-effective and scalable manufacturing solution for bulk products. A current development focus at Covestro is focused on new drive technologies such as electric mobility. Materials used to encapsulate lithium-ion batteries must be highly dimensionally stable in order to be able to position a large number of battery cells precisely and closely. Depending on the design principle of the batteries, the material PXVW DOVR EH À DPH UHWDUGDQW 9DULRXV polycarbonate blends are very well suited for this purpose. At Fakuma, the company will showcase such a battery module for home storage. Another special exhibit will be a complexshaped shock absorber. It was manufactured

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WasteCon at Emperors in October THE premier showcase of best practice in African waste management solutions, WasteCon 2018, is taking place from 15-19 October at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg. This will be the 24th edition of the WasteCon conference/exhibition. In support of the objective of reducing ZDVWH WR ODQGÂż OO DV VHW RXW LQ WKH :DVWH Act (Section 2), the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) ZLOO KRVW LWV Ă€ DJVKLS ELHQQLDO FRQIHUHQFH under the theme ‘Implementing the Waste Hierarchy’. The aim of the waste management hierarchy is to extract the PD[LPXP SUDFWLFDO EHQHÂż WV IURP SURGXFWV and to generate the minimum amount of waste. Plenary sessions, presentations and parallel sessions (including three workshops) will be conducted by leaders in their respective specialisations over the three days. A keynote address titled, ‘Challenging Changes Connecting Waste hierarchy and Circular economy’ by Ad Lansink is just one of the many fascinating presentations attendees can look forward to. The conference will also be attended 84 OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018

by students in the environmental and ZDVWH PDQDJHPHQW Âż HOGV SURYLGLQJ WKHP with insights into the future of the industry and the opportunity to network with key stakeholders. www.wastecon.co.za

Int’l Composites Congress in Stuttgart THE composites industry currently has numerous innovations in its process technologies, especially for hybrid structures and integrated manufacturing, such as for high-performance SMC PDQXIDFWXULQJ ZLWK FDUERQ ¿ EUH reinforcement, for thermoplastic components and for quality assurance. This momentum will be the main focus at the fourth International Composites Congress (ICC) will take place on 5-6 November in Stuttgart. One of the two series of talks will therefore address precisely these topics. The transport and construction sectors, among others, have also seen quite a few new developments and indeed materials recently. An increasing number of marketable ideas for recycling and sustainability solutions will also be presented. More than 30 experts provide

information to the congress participants. The partner country this year is Austria. The ICC will be held in advance of the Composites Europe (6-8 November) trade fair. All ICC participants receive a free ticket for the trade fair. www.composites-germany.org

Identifying metal replacement opportunities at Conductive Plastics THE third edition of the Conductive Plastics conference is to take place at the Austria Trend Hotel Savoyen in Vienna, Austria, on 6-7 November, where the focus will be on technologies for electrically and thermally conductive polymeric materials for newly emerging application areas such as autonomous vehicles, smart devices and LED lighting. Presentations from DSM Engineering Plastics, Eurotec Engineering Plastics (Turkey), Nanocyl (Belgium), Ocsial (Luxembourg), Fraunhofer Institute, Cabot, Celanese, Arlanxeo and Total Research & Technology amongst several others are expected.

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From raw material production through to recycling systems Extrusion-related products from a single source MAAG, a global leader in the manufacture RI JHDU SXPSV SHOOHWL]LQJ DQG Âż OWUDWLRQ systems as well as pulverizers for high-end applications, will be exhibiting examples of its broad-ranging portfolio of extrusion-related systems at Fakuma 2018 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from 16-20 October. )RU WKH Âż UVW WLPH DW )DNXPD 0DDJ ZLOO EH VKDULQJ D VWDQG ZLWK Âż OWHU PDQXIDFWXUHU Ettlinger, which joined the group in January this year. As a result, Maag will be offering products for applications from raw material production, through compounding, to recycling, all from a single source. The range of products shown will extend from a gear pump for high pressures, through a dry-cut strand pelletizer and an underwater pelletizing system for the

production of spherical pellets ending with a KLJK SHUIRUPDQFH PHOW Âż OWHU ZLWK DQ H[WUD Âż QH Âż OWUDWLRQ JUDGH IRU ERWWOH WR ERWWOH 3(7 recycling. Maag gear pumps, now available in an X6 class version, are designed for particularly high melt pressures, and suitable for a wide range of viscosities. While the focus LQ GHYHORSLQJ WKH (3 DQG (9 W\SHV ZDV RQ maximizing pressures and volumes, the model being presented at Fakuma forms part of the more in demand GU line of products. As generally for the x6 versions, Maag has completely revised all its components, from the gears and shafts to the bearings and seals, and has optimized the functional interaction of the components in order to HQKDQFH SURGXFW TXDOLW\ YROXPHWULF HIÂż FLHQF\ and the consistency and safety of the

production process even further. At Fakuma, Maag will also be presenting D 35,02 ( PRGHO SHOOHWL]HU IURP LWV WSG dry-cut strand pelletizing systems range for the reliable production of highquality cylindrical pellets or micro-pellets ideally suited to further processing. Like DOO WKH PRGHOV LQ WKH 35,02 ( IDPLO\ LW IHDWXUHV D YDULDEOH V\VWHP FRQ¿ JXUDWLRQ for the processing of soft, brittle or abrasive polymers. Quick tool and roller exchange HQDEOHV À H[LEOH DGDSWDWLRQ WR VSHFL¿ F production demands, delivering optimum À H[LELOLW\ IRU SURGXFW FKDQJHV 7KH SHOOHWV FUHDWHG E\ WKLV V\VWHP FDQ EH LQ¿ QLWHO\ adjusted in terms of weight and length to WKH VSHFL¿ F WDVN DW KDQG :LWK D PP draw-in width, it is designed for draw-in speeds up to 120 m/min and a maximum

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Virtual dimensioning of challenging LSR-processes AT FAKUMA 2018, SIGMA Engineering will present in a joint project the real and virtual production of a complex silicone part with EMDE and Momentive. The focus is the early design and optimisation of mould and processes. SIGMA accompanied the whole development process of the pot cloth and assisted to determine the ideal FRQ¿ JXUDWLRQ IRU SURGXFWLRQ As a consistent further development of the SIGMASOFT® Virtual Moulding technology, Autonomous Optimisation not only offers users the opportunity to perform virtual design of experiments (DoE) but the software also determines automatically the RSWLPXP SURFHVV FRQ¿ JXUDWLRQV WR DFKLHYH the given target: e.g. short cycle time or EDODQFHG SDUW ¿ OOLQJ ZLWK ORZ SUHVVXUH requirement, with the help of a fully automatic optimisation. The capability of the technology was

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COMPLAST South Africa will take place from 13-15 November at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The international exhibition is fast becoming a notable event on the South African plastics events diary, providing the largest platform catering to the plastics processing industry in countries like, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Myanmar, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. South Africa, the jewel of Africa boasts of a good amount of polymer consumption besides the presence of polymer majors and masterbatch manufacturers. Plastics processors in South Africa and neighbouring countries Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho are expected to attend.

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Reducing environmental impact, retaining product quality and safety is key FLEXIBLE packaging is a dynamic and constantly evolving market and, worldwide, the way in which consumers view and interact with packaged products is changing. With a growing focus on convenience, value and sustainability, traditional packs continue to be substituted for innovative and À H[LEOH RSWLRQV GHVLJQHG WR PHHW emerging consumer needs. Vienna will play host to the 11th edition of from 19-21 November at the Austria Trend Savoyen hotel. The conference will explore technical and commercial challenges and RSSRUWXQLWLHV UHODWLQJ WR À H[LEOH SDFNDJLQJ ¿ OPV UDZ PDWHULDOV production techniques and applications over a busy two-day programme. The conference will open with AMI Consulting sharing the latest market WUHQGV LQ À H[LEOH SDFNDJLQJ DQG ZLOO be followed by Amcor explaining how to navigate through an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. Reducing environmental impact whilst retaining product quality and safety

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