packsys.sr.Zum Inhalt packsys.sr.Zum Inhaltsverzeichnis packsys.sr.Zur Hautpnavigation
PackSys Global AG
Menu
Home
  • Premium Cosmetics
    Back Premium Cosmetics
    • Cosmetic Tubes
      Back
      Cosmetic Tubes
      • Side Seamer
      • Heading Machines
      • Capping machines
      • Heading and Capping Machines
      • Box Making Machines
      • Tube Packing Machines
    • Cosmetic Decoration
      Back
      Cosmetic Decoration
      • Hot Stamping on Tubes
      • Hot Stamping on Aerosols
      • Hot Stamping on Closures and Jars
      • Hot Stamping on Mascara Liners Pencils Lipsticks
      • Hot Stamping on Perfume Glass Bottles
      • Hot Stamping on Plastic Bottles
  • Health & Pharma
    Back Health & Pharma
    • Tubes
      Back
      Tubes
      • Side Seamers
      • Complete Lines
      • Box Making Machines
      • Tube Packing Machines
  • Beverage & Specialties
    Back Beverage & Specialties
    • Beverage Closures
      Back
      Beverage Closures
      • Slitting and Folding Machines for Plastic Closures
      • Folding Machines for Plastic Closures
      • Inspection of Plastic Closures
      • Slitting Machines for Plastic Closures
    • Beverage Decoration
      Back
      Beverage Decoration
      • Hot Stamping on Closures
      • Hot Stamping on Glass Bottles
    • Automotive
      Back
      Automotive
      • Hot Stamping on Exterior of Automotive
      • Hot Stamping in Interior of Automotive
    • Metal and Plastic Packing
      Back
      Metal and Plastic Packing
      • Bundling and Box Packing Machines for Cans
      • Aluminum Tubes, Closure and Cartridges
      • Plastic Cartridges
      • Can Palletizing
      • Box unpacking machine
    • Plastic Decoration
      Back
      Plastic Decoration
      • Hot Stamping on Containers
      • Hot Stamping on Household Appliances
      • Hot Stamping on Counter Rollers
  • Customer Service
    Back Customer Service
    • Digital Services
      Back
      Digital Services
      • Smart Production
      • Smart Service
      • Smart Machine
    • Service Offerings
      Back
      Service Offerings
      • THT-CCM Upgrade Overhaul
      • HPX Cassette Lifting System
      • B&R X20 system upgrades
      • Conversion of HMI screen to Panel PC
      • Tube Inspection System
      • Mini 120 Upgrade and Overhaul
      • MSM Upgrades
      • AMS Upgrade Overhaul
      • Conversion to Power Panel T30 Series
    • Service Agreements
    • Discontinued Machines
  • Technology Innovation
    Back Technology Innovation
    • NEOSeam
    • DURASEAM
    • Fast PBL
    • Customized packing solutions
    • Fuji
  • Sustainability
    Back Sustainability
    • Our sustainable headquarters
    • KREA LAB Center
    • Initiative "Yes, we care"
    • Campaigns
  • About us
  • Locations
  • Contact
  • News & Events
  • Compliance
  • Career
PackSys Global AG
Spitalstrasse 38
8630 Rüti
Switzerland
+41 55 253 37 00
info@packsysglobal.com
  • Members of Brückner Group
    Close
    Brückner Group SE
    LEADING
    TO
    SUCCESS
    Find out
    Brückner Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    STRETCHING
    THE
    LIMITS
    Find out
    Brückner Servtec GmbH
    SERVING
    YOUR
    SUCCESS
    Find out
    KIEFEL GmbH
    DRIVING
    YOUR
    PERFORMANCE
    Find out
    Further information
  • Career
  • EN
    Deutsch
  • Close

    Search

    What are you searching for?

Table Of Content
    Technology Innovation
    Fuji - ONE SIZE fits all
    Read more
    2023/04/17 - 2023/04/20
    Chinaplas 2023, hall 10 - booth 10Q21
    Learn more
    2023/05/02 - 2023/05/06
    Metpack 2023, Hall 3, booth 3D23
    Learn more
    PackSys Global
    Creating Packaging Technology
    Play Video
    2023/04/17 - 2023/04/20
    Chinaplas 2023, hall 10 - booth 10Q21
    Learn more
    2023/05/02 - 2023/05/06
    Metpack 2023, Hall 3, booth 3D23
    Learn more
    massana facial cream put on hands
    Premium Tube Machines
    Your cosmetic tube production
    Read more
    2023/04/17 - 2023/04/20
    Chinaplas 2023, hall 10 - booth 10Q21
    Learn more
    2023/05/02 - 2023/05/06
    Metpack 2023, Hall 3, booth 3D23
    Learn more
    Service
    Improve your machine's potential
    Read more Play video packsys.video.pause
    2023/04/17 - 2023/04/20
    Chinaplas 2023, hall 10 - booth 10Q21
    Learn more
    2023/05/02 - 2023/05/06
    Metpack 2023, Hall 3, booth 3D23
    Learn more
    1. PackSys Global
    2. PrintCYC - Innovative solutions for a circular economy
    Follow us:

    PrintCYC - Innovative solutions for a circular economy

    02 Dec 2020

    The project group PrintCYC, of which PackSys Global is a member, has achieved remarkable results regarding the recycling of printed plastic films and processing of recyclate.

     

    PrintCYC is a value chain initiative for the recyling of printed films. Current members are the machine suppliers Brückner Maschinenbau, Kiefel and PackSys Global, the CPP film specialist Profol, the ink manufacturer hubergroup, the converter Constantia Flexibles as well as the recycling technology specialist Erema. The initiative is coordinated by Annett Kaeding-Koppers as independent packaging and sustainability consultant.

    The project group has achieved remarkable results regarding the recycling of printed plastic films and processing of recyclate. The need for circular economy solutions for plastic packaging requires the packaging industry to take an active role in ensuring circularity starting from design, following the entire life cycle. Project members joined forces to research and test new ways for creating circular economy solutions based on post-industrial waste from printed plastic films in the most cost-effective manner. Deinking technology was not considered within this project.
     

    Market standard inks for plastic packaging

    In phase 1 of the project, PP film and packaging samples containing > 50 % of PP recyclate could successfully be produced. The base material was printed biaxially oriented PP (BOPP) films on nitrocellulose (NC) based ink formulations. Nevertheless, the recyclate quality was not completely satisfying regarding material properties like colour, smell and processabilit
     

    PU based ink system makes the difference

    Based on these first promising results from phase 1, PrintCYC members strived for further improvement by testing alternative ink formulations for printing on BOPP and Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) films. Switching to a polyurethane (PU) based ink system in flexoprinting in phase 2 resulted in significant improvements of the mechanical recycling process on a production line which is typically used for reprocessing printed film waste materials in practice. Due to high temperature resistance of the inks (Temperature > 240°C), neither volatile by-products, nor odour or gels were observed, leading to a new class of premium quality recyclates, showing colour stable properties. A first environmental impact assessment showed decreased greenhouse gas emissions due to lower energy consumption of mechanical recycling of LDPE films compared to virgin material production.
     

    High quality recyclates comparable to virgin material

    The new premium recyclates showed excellent processability for the production of blown films, cast films and even biaxially oriented films which was 100 % comparable to virgin material. Up to 100% recyclate in the inner layer of an three layered ABA film structure could be implemented successfully.
     

    Feasibility demonstration for different packaging formats

    The EU Plastics Strategy strives to increase the amount of recyclates in plastic products and packaging. Within the PrintCYC project, the impact of recyclate reuse in different packaging formats was also evaluated. In phase 2 of PrintCYC, packaging formats such as flow packs, trays, yoghurt cups and tubes have been produced, proving usage of rPP and rPE recyclates in processes such as sealing, thermoforming and compression moulding.
     

    PrintCYC initiative

    Currently, PrintCYC members are presenting the results to further value chain stakeholders for an exchange of expertise and eventually to win new project partners. Another objective is to use the results for further development of Design for Recycling Guidelines. Next steps on PrintCYC’s sustainability journey towards a circular economy will be defined in the next weeks.

    PrintCYC was founded in March 2019. The initiative was launched by a group of companies within the value chain of printed films. The acronym PrintCYC stands for printed polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) films for mechanical recycling.

    Successful recycling of printed plastic films and processing of recyclate

    • Cost-effective solutions for a circular economy based on postindustrial waste from printed plastic films
    • High quality recyclates comparable to virgin material
    • Recyclate reuse up to 100% in divers packaging applications
    • Significant improvement of recycling by PU based ink system

    More News

    This might be interesting for you as well

    06 Mar 2023

    Contact Talks Technology & Informatics

    Are you ready for your new career?
    Read more
    06 Mar 2023

    Fuji - Our new technological innovation

    This new concept, developed at our KREA LAB technology center, not only saves time and costs, but also reduces the amount of material used by replacing multiple closures with a single closure.
    Read more
    First sustainability report PackSys Global
    17 Oct 2022

    First sustainability report of the Brückner Group

    Strategy increasingly aligned with principles of sustainability
    Read more
    10 Oct 2022

    New key visuals for the companies of the Brückner Group

    Premiere at the world's largest plastics trade fair K 2022: Spaces and shapes in 3D
    Read more
    23 Sep 2022

    Innovation is just around the green corner

    PackSys Global AG presents a preview of its K-SHOW 2022 highlights
    Read more
    Tethered Closure_PackSys Global
    02 Mar 2022

    Bottle and cap forever together

    In the EU, PET bottles will no longer go to the PET recycling point without a cap. From the summer of 2024, the tethered cap for PET bottles will be mandatory according to the EU regulation. Unscrew the bottle, till the lid backwards, let it...
    Read more
    Bruno Reggiani, Managing Director of the Brueckner Group India planting a tree
    01 Nov 2021

    PackSys Global & EPL: Putting down roots for more than 4 decades

    Part of our sustainability plan is to have and maintain long-standing partnerships with quality partners who share our values in every sense of the word. This is the case of EPL, with whom we have been working together for more than 40 years and...
    Read more
    03 Aug 2021

    Merger of MADAG Printing Systems AG with PackSys Global AG: Combining strengths

    MADAG AG was founded in 1965 for the manufacture of knitting, hot stamping and pad printing machines. MADAG AG has been known under the name MADAG Printing Systems AG since 2003 and has created a legacy as the leading global supplier of automatic...
    Read more
    PackSys Global employee and beverage bottle with tethered closure in assembly hall
    31 May 2021

    “Tethered” Beverage Container Closures

    New legislation in the European Union requires that by July 2024, all plastic closures must remain “tethered” (attached) to single-use beverage containers after the container is opened. This will bring a big change for the beverage packaging...
    Read more
    PackSys Global building in Mumbai, India
    13 May 2021

    New identity, same commitment ¦ Name change of PackSys Global (India) Pvt. Ltd.

    PackSys Global AG, based in Rüti, Switzerland, today announced the name change of its India office. Effective 7th May 2021 PackSys Global (India) Pvt. Ltd., has become Brueckner Group India Private Limited.
    Read more
    DISCOVER THE Members of Brückner Group
    Segments and Solutions
    • Premium Cosmetics
    • Health & Pharma
    • Beverage & Specialties
    Quick Links
    • Career at PackSys Global
    • News
    • Events
    Services & Contact
    • smartcube
    • Customer Service
    • Contact
    • Locations
    Find us here
    PackSys Global AG
    • Imprint
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy statement
    • GDPR-Information
    • File Transfer Service
    © Copyright 2023 PackSys Global AG