2023 Silver Sponsors
ACERETECH MACHINERY CO.
Zhangjiagang, China
aceretech.com
ACERETECH is a creative company, focusing on the technological R&D of plastics recycling and providing the equipment and solutions for plastics recycling, washing and re-granulation. Typical productions ACERETECH can provide include: high-capacity performance plastics agglomeration and re-granulating lines for film recycling and pelletizing processes, single-screw extrusion and pelletizing lines with enforcing feeders for regular capacity with energy-saving demands; single-screw extrusion and pelletizing lines for rigid waste plastics recycling, and lines for crushing and the elimination of waste and impurities prior to processing. ACERETECH offers a specialized R&D team with more than 20 years of plastics recycling experience; the ability to provide customized plastics recycling solutions; a complete sales system covering pre-sales, sales and post-sales; and a professional sales team with local language abilities for English, Spanish, Turkish and Russian markets.
ADG Solutions
Tucker, Georgia
adgs.net
ADG Solutions engineers systems for plastics recycling for both post-consumer and industrial plastics. ADG offers Davis-Standard recycling extruders, continuous filters (continuous self-cleaning filters for heavily contaminated materials), wash systems for rigids or films, shredder and grinder systems, material handling systems, Lorandi silos and mixing silos. ADG also provides a line of densifiers and waste-to-energy solutions for plastics.
AGS Technology
Batavia, Illinois
Agstechnology.com
AGS Technology is the leader in recycled plastics injection molding. AGS produces high-performance virgin and recycled custom injection-molded products. We specialize in sourcing, certifying and molding regrind directly into reliable, lower-cost structural plastic parts.
ALPEK Polyester
Altamira, Mexico
alpek.com/product-solutions/polyester
As part of the Polyester value chain, we manufacture purified terephthalic acid (PTA) by oxidizing paraxylene (Px). From there we make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by combining PTA with monoethylene glycol (MEG). Finally, we transform recovered PET bales into recycled PET (RPET) flake and pellet.
Amut
Novara, Italy
amut.it
Amut is a global leader in custom-engineered plants and equipment. The company operates through Amut Ecotech and Amut Extrusion divisions. Amut Ecotech specializes in the design and construction of plastic recycling plants for PET/HDPE/PP bottles, containers and PE film. We are situated in a unique position in the plastic waste recycling field, offering the front-end integrated sorting section and high-tech washing turnkey plants, with optimized design and engineering, as well as extrusion lines to process flakes into pellets. The division’s portfolio extends to facilities for the waste recycling industry, including materials recovery from post-consumer waste, plastic recovery from post-consumer plastics and industrial and household waste sorting and recovery. Amut Extrusion provides extruders, related ancillary downstream equipment and turnkey lines for the production of foils, sheets, stretch films, waterproofing membranes, pipes and profiles.
Automatic Handling
Erie, Michigan
automatichandling.com
Automatic Handling has the experience, values, culture and team to solve your toughest manufacturing challenges. As companies look to bring manufacturing back to the United States, we understand that automation plays a big role in reducing risks, reducing long-term costs and increasing safety. If you are ready to automate, we’re ready to talk.
Avian Recycling System
West Chicago, Illinois
avianusa.com
Avian USA Machinery, a part of the Avian Recycling System Group, is a world class manufacturer of size reduction machinery for the plastics, rubber and recycling industries. Avian offers a wide variety of machines, including low-, medium-, and high-speed granulators, shredders, pulverizers, agglomerators and washline systems. Avian granulators and shredders are ideal for block, film, sheet, plastic and other specialized material, including rubber. Currently, Avian recycling systems are in use all across the globe in the automotive, electronic, chemical, medical, food, plastic recycling and packaging industries. Avian Machinery is an international supplier to the plastics industry.
Avient Corporation
Avon Lake, Ohio
avient.com
Avient provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. This includes unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, advancing a more circular economy.
Bekaert
Zwevegem, Belgium
bekaert.com
Bekaert offers a complete portfolio for all filter types in the polymer filtration industry, with fiber diameters from 1.5 µm to 100 µm. Bekipor® ST is the most reliable stainless steel sintered fiber filtration media available. The multiple different compositions available guarantee you the best media fit for your application. Its high porosity gives you the longest on-stream life as well as the best results in terms of product quality and cleanability of your filter elements. Its robustness allows the Bekipor® ST media to be used in different shapes, pleated or not, without affecting the filtration characteristics.
Birch Plastics
Houston, Texas
birchplastics.com
Birch Plastics is a Houston-based plastic compounding company. Our speciality is recycled content PE and PP compounds to meet customer specifications. With an in-house lab, we are able to meet a variety of sustainable mandates where we use both virgin and recycled materials. We have a wide variety of types of processing equipment, including shredders, grinders, blenders, five compounding lines and other material handling equipment. Birch also offers closed-loop recycling programs and testing services.
BoMET Polymer Solutions
Brantford, Connecticut
bometpolymersolutions.com
BoMET Polymer Solutions is a dedicated e-scrap plastics processor with operations in Brantford Ontario and Albion, New York. We aim to be the leading e-plastics recycler in North America, providing domestic plastics solutions to the electronic recycling industry. We process a nearly full range of e-plastics using our comprehensive sorting system and our grinding and pelletizing capacity. We also handle other mixed rigid plastics. We pride ourselves on being a premier supplier of PCR ABS in North America, and we also generate HIPS, PC/ABS. We look forward to working with all parties within and beyond the supply chain to contribute to the circular economy by collaborating and innovating with full passion.
Break Machinery
Grantorto, Italy
breakmachinery.com/en/
Innovation, a passion for plastics processing and a desire for a more sustainable future are the founding values of Break Machinery. We want to become the point of reference for the sector’s regenerators and compounders, driven by the desire to continue investing in research and development to achieve ever-higher levels of excellence. Our knowledge of polymers and our expertise in the mechanical field put us in the best position to develop plants and machinery with superior performance, capable of adding value to the processing of plastic materials, not only for the final quality of the regenerated material, but also for the efficiency of the recycling process.
Bühler
Plymouth, Minnesota
buhlergroup.com/plastic-sorting/
As society’s awareness of climate change and its impact on the planet is increasing, plastic recycling is becoming all the more important. Sort different types of plastics such as PET, HDPE, uPVC and pellets and remove subtle color variations and any unwanted materials like wires and rubber with Bühler’s optical sorting technology. Optical sorting is essential in any plastic processing operation because it helps you to achieve a purer product. Bühler’s sorting equipment uses a range of technologies, including cameras, lighting and machine learning software. It can sort and remove product defects and foreign materials by color, shape and texture.
cieTrade
Norwalk, Connecticut
cietrade.com
cieTrade is a global provider of business and financial software for recycling companies as well as scrap and commodity traders. The company offers desktop and cloud-based solutions that help clientele increase competitiveness by successfully integrating best practices and industry-specific knowledge with innovative technologies and methods. cieTrade’s worldwide customer base ranges from small recycling plants and scrap brokers to large multinational trading houses and top exporters.
Circular Polymers by Ascend
Wilmette, Illinois
circularpolymers.com
Circular Polymers by Ascend is a market leader in converting post-consumer carpet into fiber and pellet. Products include PET, PP, Nylon 66, Nylon 6 and Calcium Carbonate. Circular Polymers received the Plastic Industry Sustainability Innovation award, Innovation Showcase award from the Association of Plastic Recyclers, Arrow award from the California Product Stewardship Council and Processor of the Year award from the Carpet America Recovery Effort.
Commercial Plastics Recycling
Tampa, Florida
cprinc.net
Commercial Plastics Recycling (CPR) specializes in the recycling of post-industrial and post-consumer plastics, with 27 years’ experience in the industry. Through our expertise in plastics and material sourcing (domestic and internationally) and our superior customer service, we help companies evaluate their present recycling opportunities. CPR has committed professionals, equipment, and facilities to process plastic material for resale. We maintain modern, clean plant facilities which are open to inspection by our customers. Materials we purchase and process include, PET, PE, PVC, PP, PS, HMWHDPE, Nylon, PC and much more. Our goal is to help you examine present and future recycling opportunities.
Common Sense Solutions
Montclair, New Jersey
c-sense-solutions.com
Common Sense Solutions is an engineering consulting company focusing solely on the plastics recycling industry. With over 32 years of experience designing, building and improving plastics recycling plants and processes, the vast majority of U.S. post-consumer plastics plants have benefitted from our service. We also provide design for recyclability consulting for packaging producers and technical due diligence services to the financial industry involved with plastics recycling.
Coperion & Herbold
North Smithfield, Rhode Island
Herboldusa.com
Herbold USA is a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of size reduction equipment for the plastics and recycling industries. The company’s products are used in both traditional and innovative applications. It offers granulators, shredders, pulverizers, plastcompactors, wash lines, thermal dryers and fully integrated systems.
Cross Wrap
Siilinjärvi, Finland
crosswrap.com
Cross Wrap is the world leader in manufacturing automatic bale wrapping, bale opening and bale dewiring machines for the waste and recycling industry. The company’s latest innovation is the CW Dewiring machine, which is an automatic, safe and reliable way to handle and dewire plastic bales. It efficiently cuts, removes and spools the wires from all material bales, including various types of plastics. Cross Wrap also specializes in manufacturing board packaging lines for board manufacturers. Cross Wrap has over 600 machines delivered to customers in over 65 countries worldwide.
Cumberland / AEC
New Berlin, Wisconsin
cumberlandplastics.com
Cumberland is the worldwide brand leader in size reduction equipment. Since 1939, Cumberland granulators and shredders have proven to be rugged, reliable and dependable. As a pioneer in granulators, Cumberland still leads the way with the broadest line of granulators and shredders available to meet the growing needs of the recycling industry. Customers rely on Cumberland to satisfy their throughput requirements and produce the highest quality regrind available in the industry. For over 60 years, AEC has been the market leader in auxiliary equipment for the plastics industry, providing leading solutions in material handling, process cooling and size reduction.
Davis-Standard
Tucker, Georgia
davis-standard.com
Davis-Standard, headquartered in Pawcatuck, Conn., is a global leader in the design, development and distribution of extrusion and converting technology. Davis-Standard systems encompass over 14 product lines to support manufacturing applications and customers within every major industry. This includes the agriculture, automotive, construction, healthcare, energy, electronics, food and beverage packaging, and retail industries, among others. With more than 1,400 employees worldwide and a network of independent sales agents and suppliers in nearly every country, Davis-Standard is committed to engineering systems that are reliable, environmentally friendly and which offer a high return on investment. All equipment is backed by robust aftermarket support, parts availability and customer service. The company has manufacturing and technical facilities in the U.S., Canada, China, Germany, Finland, Switzerland and the U.K.
DMS Recycling
Mount Vernon, Ohio
dmsrecycling.com
DMS Recycling specializes in post-industrial plastic brokering, re-processing and recycling. Our processing and warehouse facility is located in Mount Vernon, Ohio. There we offer a wide variety of value-added services for industrial plastics including shredding, grinding, labor-intensive separations and material baling. We also provide storage service on request. We are able to analyze your plastic waste material stream or locate a quality ongoing recycled content stream for your product needs. Our main products include plastic regrind ABS, PP, HDPE, NYLON, PET, PC, PS and LDPE film, as well as aluminum, brass, etc. Our brokering and direct sales contacts include both domestic and overseas opportunities. Our employees have over 25 years of experience, marketing more than 3,200 different grades of plastic materials. At DMS Recycling, we pride ourselves on creating value for our customers by delivering the highest quality service and products in the plastic recycling industry.
Dock 7 Materials Group
Red Bank, New Jersey
dock7.com
Dock 7 Materials Group is a global recycling business dealing in plastic scraps, pellets, e-scrap and commodities. Our primary materials include agricultural, post-consumer and post-industrial plastic such as LDPE, HDPE, PP, EPS, PET and more.
Dorstener Wire Tech
Spring, Texas
dwt-inc.com
Dorstener Wire Tech (DWT) specializes in high-performance polymer filtration components and extruder screens for many applications. DWT helps design and engineer filtration products that enhance throughput and reduce process cost without sacrificing quality. DWT has a vast manufacturing profile and a full range of production capabilities in Houston as well as in Europe and Asia. DWT produces all types of polymer filters, including but not limited to: continuous melt filtration products, simple extruder screens, spot weld packs, frame packs, cylindrical elements, pleated candle elements and auto-screen belts.
Eastman
Kingsport, Tennessee
eastman.eco
Eastman is a global advanced materials and specialty additives company dedicated to building a circular economy that creates value from material waste. Our molecular recycling technologies break down waste into its molecular building blocks and rebuild it into new materials for durable products, packaging and other consumer goods – without compromising performance.
Ecowise
Santa Fe Springs, California
ecowisepcr.com
Ecowise is a manufacturer of PCR-certified LDPE, LLDPE, PP and HDPE based in the greater Los Angeles, California area. We supply the most consistent quality PCR resin for domestic manufacturers. Our leading team has more than 30 years of experience in the post-consumer recycled plastic industry.
EFS-plastics
Listowel, Ontario
efs-plastics.ca
Founded in 2007, EFS-plastics has more than 25 years of experience in post-consumer plastic recycling between Germany and Canada. Located in Listowel, Ontario in a 75,000 square foot facility on 10.6 acres of land, and a 90,000 square foot facility in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, we divert 60,000,000 lbs/year from landfills. With over 100 employees at our Listowel, Ontario and Hazleton, Pennsylvania locations, we operate our fully automated processing lines 24 hours a day, six days a week.
EKATO Corporation
Oakland, New Jersey
ekato.com
EKATO manufactures industrial agitators, reactors, mechanical seals, vacuum process mixers and dryers.
Ensign Equipment
Holland, Michigan
ensignequipment.com
Ensign is an industry-leading manufacturer of bulk material handling systems. The company provides a wide selection of solutions for filling, unloading, weighing, conveying and storing a variety of materials. We offer cost-effective standard and custom-designed material handling solutions that are engineered to meet specific process requirements. From a standalone piece of equipment to fully automated systems, the Ensign engineering team is prepared to provide smart solutions to keep you moving.
ENTEK Manufacturing
Lebanon, Oregon
entek.com
ENTEK is a U.S.-based manufacturer of turnkey production systems, twin-screw extruders and replacement components, wear parts from 25mm to 250mm, and material handling systems. We are a leading supplier of extrusion technology and material handling systems for pelletizing; custom, commodity, and masterbatch compounding; specialty sheet lines; natural fiber-plastic composites; food; and medical applications. ENTEK’s highly trained engineering department helps companies optimize production, and our turnkey expertise helps customers establish complete plant-wide operations, often from the ground up. We enable our customers to efficiently produce their products.
Falcon Papers and Plastics
South Holland, Illinois
falconpapers.com
Established in 2007, Falcon Papers and Plastics began operations in Avenel, New Jersey. A decade later, Falcon has grown to become one of the leading distribution and trading firms for all grades of packaging paper, board and plastics. We have the ability and flexibility to move high volumes of materials continuously and in any market at any time.
Felplast Inc.
Dalton, Georgia
felplastusa.com
Felplast is a post-industrial plastics recycling business that has been operating in Dalton, Georgia since 2006 and in Italy since 1970. It specializes in the recycling of polypropylene, polyester, polyethylene and nylon.
Fimic
Carmignano di Brenta, Italy
fimic.it
FIMIC has been known for 25 years as the specialists in automatic self-cleaning melt filters. This Italian company is the only one in the market with a range of five different models of automatic melt filters, capable of targeting highly contaminated plastic materials, especially post-industrial and post-consumer plastics.
Fukutomi Recycling
Walnut, California
fukutomi.com
Founded in 1984, Fukutomi is a prominent player in the recycling industry, with solid footholds in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. With sourcing networks encompassing the five continents, plastic scraps trading and recycling are its core business operations, and waste metals have become a new dimension in 2021.
Gneuss, Inc.
Matthews, North Carolina
gneuss.com
With 40 years of experience and over 100 patents, Gneuss is a supplier of innovative solutions for the recycling industry. The patented MRS extrusion technology offers new possibilities regarding the efficient devolatilization of PET, PS, nylon or polyolefins. In combination with Gneuss’ process of constant and fully automatic screen changers and high-quality pressure and temperature sensors, efficient processing of highly contaminated materials becomes possible. The fully automatic Rotary Filtration Systems and screen changers operate continuously and provide constant pressure with or without back-flushing. The new series of turnkey OMNI recycling machines is customizable for handling demanding applications and achieving the highest quality requirements.
Greenovative Solutions
Montreal, Quebec
greenovativesolutions.com
Greenovative Solutions is a third-generation recycler and trader. Founded in Montreal in 2014, we now have processing facilities in the U.S. and Canada for post-industrial and post-consumer plastic waste. We deal with all types of plastics, including engineering grades. Our dynamic logistics and sales team is well versed in finding waste solutions, with our wide network of customers and suppliers around the world. We are strong advocates for the environment and believe recycling is a key factor rather than a singular solution to climate change.
Greenpath Enterprises
Colton, California
greenpathrecovery.com
Greenpath is a U.S. commercial recycler, plastics processor and manufacturer focused on helping you hit your sustainability and strategic goals with effective business recycling programs, recycled plastic processing, product destruction, training and consulting services. We buy most grades of plastics and produce a high-quality PCR. We specialize in LDPE, MDPE, HDPE, and PP PCR and PIR with the capability to customize specs and colors to match your specific application.
Greystone Alloys
Houston, Texas
Greystone provides solutions for all your plastic recycling needs. With sustainable solutions for all types of industries, while reducing the amount of plastic material sent to our landfills. Your scrap is reprocessed into new products, in turn saving you money, such as by reducing trash service fees.
Gulfstream Recycling
Boca Raton, Florida
gulfstreamrecycling.com
Specializing in plastics, Gulfstream is a full-service recycling and environmental company with over 40 years of industry experience. The company designs and implements recycling programs for a number of national retail and distribution chains as well as countless national, regional and local municipal systems. It also works with paper, metal and plastics recyclers around the country. Beyond handling all grades and forms of plastics, Gulfstream also sells recycling equipment.
ICE Recycling
Lake City, South Carolina
icerecycling.com
Since 2008, ICE has applied industrial conservation engineering to help manufacturing companies become better environmental stewards. ICE specializes in wide-spec and recycled engineered polymers, tailor-made industrial recycling programs, and polymer distribution and sourcing services. Beginning in the southeastern US, ICE has since grown to serve companies across the globe in their search for custom raw materials and industrial waste solutions.
Innovative Recycling Solutions LLC
Greer, South Carolina
irecyclingsolutions.com
Innovative Recycling Solutions is an exclusive sales agency located in North America and serving select manufacturers of plastics recycling extrusion systems, filtration systems, washing systems, as well as drying and size reduction equipment. Impeccable quality and customized solutions are our strengths. The brands represented are: Gamma Meccanica, Bruno Folcieri, Plasmaq and BD Plast. IRS is the “brick and mortar” office for marketing, sales, service and spare parts in the US and Canadian markets.
BD Plast
bdplast.com
Born in 1986, BD Plast is a passionate family company dedicated to the production and sale of screen changers for polymer extrusion lines. During the early years, BD Plast consolidated its position in Italy in downstream extrusion technology, competing in the market thanks to two simple but essential characteristics: flexibility and customizability. In-house engineering and production allow us to provide the market with unique pieces and fulfill even the most demanding requests. This is the direction that led BD Plast to exponential growth from a small Italian company to a strategic supplier of leading manufacturers in Germany and, since 2000, Europe, Canada, the U.S. and Asia. Going through challenges and changes, the company is led today by the second generation, keeping intact the right mix of tradition and innovation, experience and technology, and skills and computerization.
Gamma Meccanica
Gamma-meccanica.it
Gamma Meccanica specializes in manufacturing technological lines for the recycling of plastic materials. The company's equipment features a high level of automation and results in maximum-quality recycled plastic granules, as well as improved energy savings. With Gamma Meccanica’s recycling lines, it's possible to recycle heavily printed, high-humidity and contaminated materials, to improve characteristics during the upcycling process and to produce compounds from recycled materials for special applications. Among the main materials that Gamma Meccanica lines can recycle are: LLDPE, HDPE, LDPE, HMWPE, EVA, PP, BOPP, OPP, PS, EPS, XPS, ABS, PC, PET, PA, TPU, TPE, BIO-POLYMERS and much more.
Bruno Folcieri
folcieri.com
Bruno Folcieri, established in 1947, develops and builds granulators for shredding various types of plastic materials. Robustness and reliability are the core qualities of the company’s entire range of products. Folcieri offers a variety of configurations and sizes in their Easy Power and Top Line dry and wet series of high-end, high-capacity and high-wear granulation systems.
Gaudenzi
gaudenzi.it/en/
Gaudenzi has over 130 years of experience in the field of perforated metal sheet and wire meshes. Now represented in the U.S. and Canada by Innovative Recycling Solutions, Gaudenzi will be offering its high-quality filter screen products for OEM high-contamination filters to the North American market.
Jamplast
Ellisville, Missouri
jamplast.com
Jamplast has the flexibility to be creative in meeting precise customer requirements. We are focused on delivering quality products and developing lasting partnerships. We are a plastic distributor that provides tolling services to repurpose your plastic waste. We are capable of blending, grinding, shredding and separating metal at our facility.
Kamilo
Oakland, California
kamilo.com
Kamilo leads in digital third-party verification of plastics circularity, tracking from recovered waste plastic to new products in real time. Stand out from your competition with a digital passport certificate linked to the flow of tracked recyclate and your recycled-content products. These certificates can include information such as the origin of materials, processors, manufacturers and net environmental benefits, such as greenhouse gasses avoided by using recyclate in products. Streamlined reporting capability for EPR, state agencies and other partners saves you time and money. Serving originators, MRFs, recyclers, manufacturers, processors and brands.
Kaneka North America
Pasadena, Texas
kaneka.co.jp/en/corporate/network/usa
Kaneka is a research and development-driven chemical company that supplies additives to the plastics industry. As a solutions provider, Kaneka identifies current and future needs in the plastics market for innovation and development.
KBM Extrusions Machines
Mumbai, India
kbmextrusions.com
Globally recognized, KBM is India’s number one manufacturer and developer of plastic recycling machines and components. We manufacture turnkey plants for post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics, including washing and recycling systems for all types of plastics.
Kice Industries
Wichita, Kansas
kice.com
Kice Industries manufactures a complete line of bulk handling equipment, including Kice Multi-Aspirators® for separating dust, fines, labels, angel hair and snake skins from virgin and regrind plastics, including PVC, PET bottle flake, ABS, HIPS and PE. The Kice Multi-Aspirator® will de-dust all types of plastic regrind and/or pellets. Other Kice equipment includes granulator evacuation systems, dust control equipment, vacuum and/or positive pressure conveying systems, and railcar loading/unloading systems.
Krones
Franklin, Wisconsin
kronesusa.com
Krones is a turnkey partner for complete recycling factories, including factory planning and complete project management. From a material-saving packaging design to low-energy container production and the recycling of used plastic materials, we give plastics the chance to have a sustainable and environmentally friendly life – not only once, but multiple times. Our MetaPure technology can clean and even decontaminate plastics to produce new food-grade recyclates.
Lyrba USA
Conroe, Texas
lyrbausa.com
We are a motivated team of experts with over 10 years of experience creating solutions in the recycling industry. We are your one-stop shop. We produce the materials and bring them to your front door.
Meridian Polycorp
Mississauga, Canada
meridianpolycorp.com
Meridian Polycorp [previously Ni-Met Polymers] has a long and rich history. We are a key global trade partner collaborating with some of the best-known brands and collection companies worldwide. With our in-depth technical expertise and offices and representation spanning four continents, we have built strong relationships over the last 20 years. We have successfully navigated the logistics and regulatory hurdles brought by recent years and are able to offer extensive sourcing, logistics and warehousing options to serve your needs. We are your industrial trading partner in PET, RPET, HDPE, LDPE, PVC, Nylon, ABS and other materials.
Metaspectral
Vancouver, Canada
metaspectral.com
Metaspectral uses ultra-high-definition infrared sensors and artificial intelligence to perform pixel-by-pixel level identification of material. This allows for the sortation of previously indistinguishable materials at unprecedented resolutions.
Mettle Filtration Products
Houston, Texas
mettlefiltration.com
Mettle Filtration Products specializes in custom manufacturing wire mesh extruder screens. The family-owned company maintains a large inventory of wire cloth to provide clients with precision filters that meet their specific needs. Mettle Filtration can also help customers engineer an economic filtration solution. Most importantly, the company will make and hold stock for immediate delivery.
Milliken & Company
Spartanburg, South Carolina
milliken.com/en-us
Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, specialty chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations.
National Association for PET Container Resources
Charlotte, North Carolina
napcor.com
Founded in 1987, the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) is the trade association for the PET plastic packaging industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With more than 65 member companies representing the PET industry, NAPCOR is dedicated to promoting the PET package, to overcoming hurdles to the successful recycling of PET and to communicating the attributes of the PET container as a sustainable package. More at www.napcor.com and www.positivelypet.org.
National Institute for Materials Advancement
Pittsburg, Kansas
kansaspolymer.com
Formerly known as the Kansas Polymer Research Center, NIMA is a leader in the development of new bio-based polymer materials. With well-developed expertise in polymers and a history of performing applied research for several industries, we assist our partners in developing, processing and testing new materials for licensing and commercial applications.
NOVA Chemicals
Moon Township, Pennsylvania
novachem.com
High-performance plastics and sustainability go hand in hand. NOVA Chemicals is driving plastics circularity with performance polyethylene resins, technical expertise and post-consumer resin (PCR). We collaborate across the value chain to help speed the development of sustainable packaging that brand owners, retailers and consumers are demanding through design for recyclability and PCR incorporation.
Pelletron Corporation
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
pelletroncorp.com/en
Pelletron is the world leader in dedusting technology and specializes in gentle conveying of dry bulk materials. Pelletron provides pneumatic conveying and dedusting solutions for the plastics manufacturing and processing industry as well as for the plastics recycling and non-plastics industry. Whether it is de-bottlenecking existing systems or designing complete turnkey plants from the ground up, Pelletron’s extensive know-how and experience ensures that solutions are efficient and cost-effective and that they meet the industry’s highest standards of quality.
PetroChem Wire By OPIS
Rockville, Maryland
opisnet.com
OPIS PetroChem Wire reports provide 400+ daily prices for NGLs, monomers and polymers, covering the entire U.S. petrochemical market, including NGLs, ethylene, propylene, olefins, polymers and both prime-grade and recycled plastics. OPIS PetroChem Wire, a Dow Jones company, has been covering recycled plastic markets since 2010 and has a rich price history for dozens of grades of material from scrap to pellets.
Plastics Forming Enterprises
Merrimack, New Hampshire
plasticsforming.com
Plastics Forming Enterprises was founded in 1984 and has played an instrumental role in advancing the recycling industry in North America and beyond. PFE has worked with hundreds of clients across the value chain, ranging from resin manufacturers, material converters, recyclers, brand owners and trade groups to ensure products create value in the recycling system. In addition to driving innovation in PET recycling, PFE offers similar expertise for all commodity resins in both rigid and flexible packaging. From supporting the development of testing protocol to demonstrating recyclability and consulting on design for recycling, PFE has had a hand in furthering the recyclability of a significant number of products utilizing the PFE plastics recycling pilot process facility and supporting testing laboratory.
Plastics Machinery Group
Bedford Heights, Ohio
plasticsmg.com
Plastics Machinery Group specializes in new, used and refurbished machinery sales as well as mergers, acquisitions, plant liquidations and appraisals. PMG is the trusted source for quality plastic injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding, extrusion and recycling equipment. Why choose us to buy or sell plastics machinery? Our team of certified machinery and equipment appraisers know the value of plastics equipment and utilize over 80,000 contacts worldwide for fast turnaround. As an industry leader, you can count on PMG to find the equipment you need or the perfect buyer. If you are upgrading, replacing or selling your primary or auxiliary equipment, contact PMG at 440-498-4000 or visit our website to learn more.
PlastiWin
Twinsburg, Ohio
plastiwin.com
We are a global buyer and seller of all types of used plastic processing equipment. PlastiWin is a one-stop shop that offers extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, rotational molding and recycling machinery. Our recycling division offers consultation, size reduction machinery and plastic recycling equipment at competitive prices to meet your budget. Our recycling equipment includes granulators, shredders, ribbon blenders, mixers, balers, densifiers, guillotines, hammer mills, pulverizers, wash lines, extruders and complete plastic extrusion pelletizing lines. We ensure that you are completely satisfied with each step of the process, whether you are purchasing or selling equipment. We work with thousands of manufacturers around the globe and are the leading resource for all of your new and used machinery needs.
Polyfit
Chino Hills, California
polyfit.us
Polyfit is a manufacturer of PCR certified repro such as LDPE, HDPE, PP, PS and many more. We also buy all kinds of plastic scraps as feedstock to make recycled resin.
POLYSTAR Machinery Co., Ltd.
Tainan, Taiwan
polystarco.com
With 34 years of experience and 4,950 machines in 110 countries, POLYSTAR is globally recognized as the top-selling plastic recycling machine manufacturer in Taiwan. We specialize in post-industrial/post-consumer recycling of PE/PP packaging film and PP raffia/woven, providing the simplest, easiest-to-operate recycling systems on the market today.
PolyVisions
Manchester, Pennsylvania
polyvisions.com
PolyVisions is a premier specialized custom compounder. We utilize reactive compounding technology to solve customer material issues. We are pleased to present PolyVisions DuraPET PCR PET Materials. DuraPET PCR is a graft-modified high-impact PET material. It is produced using up to 91% post-consumer bottle-grade PET. Our grafting technique makes DuraPET PCR a true recycled-content engineering-grade material. DuraPET PCR can help you meet your sustainability goals while giving you the durability and mechanical properties you need.
PT. Grand Everest International
Tangerang, Indonesia
everest-id.com
Our products include PE/PP recycled pellets and PET recycled flakes. To ensure the maximum original performance of PE/PP and PET, every bale of recovered materials is manually sorted and selected per plastic category in the first round of production. No chemicals are used and we have transparent traceability. Every product specification is available. We are ready to offer our best service to every partner in the recycling chain.
Processing Technologies International
Aurora, Illinois
ptiextruders.com
Processing Technologies International (PTi) is a global leader in the supply of complex high-performance sheet extrusion machinery, offering a unique array of advanced design features that result in superior equipment performance. PTi provides both single- and twin-screw extruder-based systems for the production of mono, multi-layer, high barrier, foam and others, both for applications and pelletizing systems. Complete turnkey solutions are uniquely configured to customer’s specific requirements. Systems feature state-of-the-art technologies and are engineered to precise quality protocols.
PureCycle Technologies
Orlando, Florida
purecycle.com
PureCycle offers the only ground-breaking, patented process for recycling polypropylene that separates color, odor and other contaminants from plastic waste to transform it into ultra-pure recycled resin. This process helps close the loop on plastic waste while making recycled plastics more accessible at scale.
Quincy Recycle
Quincy, Illinois
quincyrecycle.com
As a leading industrial recycling company, Quincy Recycle has been solving waste stream problems for manufacturers and other industrial suppliers for nearly 50 years. With in-house logistics, equipment distribution and food waste processing, we are a one-stop shop in helping our partners maximize their financial and sustainability goals.
REPI
Dallas, North Carolina
repi.com/en
REPI manufactures liquid colors and performance additives for plastics and recycled plastics.
Revolution
Little Rock, Arkansas
revolutioncompany.com
It’s time to redefine possible. With an increasing global focus on preserving our environment, incorporating sustainable solutions can seem complex and difficult. It doesn’t have to be, though. At Revolution, we empower businesses and consumers to contribute to a more sustainable future through plastics solutions. Our unique, circular approach to manufacturing and recycling results in sustainable products and services that effectively meet the needs of your business today, while helping prepare you for tomorrow, as the demand for sustainability rapidly accelerates. And we’re just getting started.
Reynolds Consumer Products
Lake Forest, Illinois
hefty.com/products/hefty-energybag
The Hefty ReNew Program aims to bag and divert hard-to-recycle plastics to new and innovative products. The program is designed to work with current recycling infrastructure as well as to provide drop-off alternatives for locations that lack curbside recycling.
Satake
Stafford, Texas
satake-usa.com
Satake has been involved in the plastic sorting and processing industry for decades. As one of the most well-known and trusted brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia, Satake has helped bring awareness to industrial plastic sorting by providing end-line product inspection technology for virgin material producers, compounding companies and recycling/reclaiming operations.
Sebright Products
Hopkins, Michigan
sebrightproducts.com
Leading manufacturer of waste and wet waste recycling equipment, including compactors, balers, densifiers, extruders, XTractors and XCyclers for plastic, foam and many types of recycling materials.
Sigma Recycling
Norcross, Georgia
srinc.us.com
Sigma Recycling deals in resin and scrap with high standards of quality inspection. We arrange for the most efficient end-to-end logistics and deliver the material for recycling/reuse, thereby keeping our Earth clean, green and a better place to live for ourselves and our children.
Sirmax North America
Anderson, Indiana
sirmax.com
Sirmax Group, with headquarters in Cittadella (Padua, Italy), is the leading independent European manufacturer - and sits among the top global manufacturers - of polypropylene compounds, post-consumer compounds and bio-compounds used across all sectors: automotive, household appliances, power tools, electrical and electronics, construction and furniture. Active since the 1960s, today Sirmax boasts 13 production plants: six in Italy (Cittadella, Tombolo, Isola Vicentina, San Vito Al Tagliamento, Salsomaggiore Terme and Mellaredo di Pianiga), two in Poland, one in Brazil, two in the USA and two in India. In 2021, the Sirmax Group had a turnover of 480 million euros and employed 800 people worldwide.
SK Chemicals
Irvine, California
eng.sk.com/companies/sk-chemicals
Founded in 1969, SK Chemicals is a leading global company with a focus on sustainable copolyester products. In addition to offering a transparent food-contact copolyester compatible with the RIC#1 PET recycling stream, SK Chemicals was one of the first companies to commercialize chemical/molecular recycling grades with post-consumer recycled content. These solutions will provide the mechanical performance needed while maintaining aesthetic properties. More information can be found on our website.
SMC Group
Spresiano, Italy
smcsrl.net
SMC Technology has developed and patented innovative drying equipment using microwaves. This path-breaking microwave drying technology allows for the drying of PET resin in about one hour down from 10000 to 50 ppm. Other advantages are: low energy consumption (-70% vs. traditional systems); crystallization and drying in a single step; reduction of thermal, oxidative and hydrolytic degradation of PET; reduced footprint; allowing for a wide range of polymer types and shapes to be processed (amorphous, chips, flakes, powder).
SonicAire
Winston Salem, North Carolina
sonicaire.com
Keeping your facility clean and safe from combustible dust shouldn't hurt your bottom line. Having worked in some of the most intense manufacturing and production facilities in the world, we've seen how frustrating it can be to pay someone else to come in and clean. Or to shut down production just to make sure overhead dust accumulation doesn't become a problem. That's why we designed the SonicAire fans. These durable, energy-efficient fans are specifically designed to keep fugitive dust from collecting and becoming a problem. Our BarrierAire technology keeps dust from ever reaching your overhead spaces, eliminating costly, time-consuming cleanings.
Sostenplas SL
Valverde del Majano, Spain
sostenplas.es
Sostenplas is a leading e-scrap plastics recycler. Based in Segovia, Spain, Sostenplas works with industry leaders collecting, sorting and recycling mixed plastics from electronics (e-plastics or WEEE), producing pure ABS, PS and PP post-consumer recycled materials. Sostenplas is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and WEEELABEX certified.
Starlinger & Co.
Vienna, Austria
starlinger.com/en/
The product portfolio of Starlinger’s recycling technology and viscotec divisions comprises machinery solutions for the recycling and refinement of plastics such as PE, PP, PA, PS, BOPP and (food-grade) PET. The viscotec PET sheet lines produce food-grade PET sheet made of up to 100% recycled PET.
Star Plastics
Millwood, West Virginia
starplastics.com
Star Plastics is a dependable supplier of specialty compounded engineering-grade thermoplastics headquartered in Ravenswood, West Virginia, but with facilities around the world. We are a full-service plastics company known for high quality, custom color accuracy, UL-recognized products, and the ability to produce batches of any size.
STF America/Zimmer America
Spartanburg, South Carolina
stf-group.de/en/home-english
With more than 130 turnkey plants delivered worldwide, STF is a leading manufacturer of plastic recycling and washing machinery, especially for PET, PE, PP and PS post-consumer plastics. STF offers complete lines and single machines – RPET-bottle-to-bottle installations, wet and dry granulators, label removal, ballistic separation, star screens, hot wash, friction cleaner, sink/float separation, vertical screw conveyor systems and zero liquid discharge wastewater recycling systems. STF America is the exclusive sales and service representative in North America, located in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Stina
Sonoma, California
stinainc.com
Stina, Inc., previously d.b.a. More Recycling, is a mission-based research and technology company that has conducted the annual plastic recycling study for the United States and Canada for over 10 years. Confidentiality and neutrality are the cornerstones of this research, analysis and reporting. Stina also supports the recycling industry with online tools such as www.PlasticsMarkets.org and the Buy Recycled Products Directory, which can be found on www.CircularityinAction.com.
Struktol Company of America LLC
Stow, Ohio
struktol.com
Struktol is a leading manufacturer of lubricants and processing additives for all major polymers, including PE, PP, PVC, ABS, PC, nylon and other polymer systems. These additives are particularly useful in highly filled systems where good flow, good surface and good properties are difficult to obtain. Unique process additives for reclaimed/recycled plastics and for polymer compounds that contain recycled content are also available. Useful in a variety of different resin systems from polyolefins to engineered plastics, these products offer greater processing efficiency and enhanced performance. They are targeted for compounds containing 100% recycled material or materials with varying levels of post-consumer or post-industrial recycled content.
Sustainable Resins
Troy, Michigan
sustainableresins.com
Sustainable Resins offers a variety of low-cost recycled alternatives to virgin resin to large brand owners and OEMs. We help reduce the uncertainty associated with using recycled resin by matching our customers with materials that achieve similar performance, consistency and reliability to prime resin, with a focus on long-term program viability. Our consultative and R&D-based approach to introducing recycled material to complex markets and applications has been proven for decades.
Talco Plastics
Corona, California
talcoplastics.com
Talco Plastics is your sustainability partner in the plastics industry. Over the past 50 years, our customers have purchased over two billion pounds of high-quality recycled plastics. We specialize in PE, PP, PS and ABS pellets, and well as toll grinding and compounding.
Tradepro
North Miami, Florida
tradepro.com
Tradepro offers over 30 years of experience in sourcing and supplying high-quality recycled plastic raw materials.
Ultra-Poly
Portland, Pennsylvania
ultra-poly.com
Ultra-Poly is an asset-based recycling compounder and toll reprocessor. With production capacities of over 1,000,000 pounds per day across five locations, we are one of the largest recycling companies in North America. We offer a full range of PP and PE compounds, based on both PIR and PCR feed streams. We also provide traditional and embedded tolling services.
Unifi Manufacturing
Greensboro, North Carolina
unifi.com
Made by Unifi, REPREVE® is a global leader in both branded recycled performance fibers and post-consumer recycled PET flake and resin, having diverted more than 35 billion bottles from oceans and landfills. Unifi has a letter of no objection from the Food and Drug Administration and our U-Trust verification provides traceability and transparency and is certified for content claims. Our vertically integrated process allows us to directly purchase baled bottles from the market and convert them into high quality recycled fiber, chip and flake.
UNISENSOR USA, Inc.
Adrian, Michigan
unisensor.de
With more than 30 years of experience in sensor system technology, UNISENSOR provides cutting-edge sorting solutions to the recycling industry. The company’s unique and patented POWERSORT technology, based on high-speed laser spectroscopy, separates different types of plastic regardless of color. The revolutionary machine design of UNISENSOR’s POWERSORT 360 allows for the processing of black and mixed plastic shredder fractions with an exceptionally high throughput of up to 10 tons per hour.
UNTHA America
Hampton, New Hampshire
untha-america.com
Known as “the reliable brand,” UNTHA shredding technology is one of the world’s leading providers in the recycling industry. UNTHA develops and produces innovative, customized shredding solutions for a wide range of applications.
Waste Processing Equipment
Rainesville, Alabama
maxpakbalers.com
Waste Processing Equipment manufactures Max-Pak balers and conveyors. At Max-Pak, we place a major emphasis on the quality, performance, safety and efficiency of our waste and recycling equipment. Only the highest-quality components are used to construct our products, which meet or exceed ANSI and OSHA standards for safe operation. A standard product line is available along with custom engineered equipment for unique or specific applications. Max-Pak has been in operation since 1976.
WEIMA America, Inc.
Fort Mill, South Carolina
weima.com/us/shredding/plastic
WEIMA offers a comprehensive range of plastic shredders and granulators that can handle such plastics as PE, PP, PVC, PS, PU and PET, among others. Our machines can process blow-molded pieces, pipes and profiles, purge or other production waste such as bottles, fibers, and carpet. With the range of equipment and a variety of rotor types, rotor geometries and cutting tools, WEIMA machinery can increase your operation's ROI while decreasing your environmental footprint.
WIPA Werkzeug- und Maschinenbau
Stadtlohn, Germany
wipa-germany.de
Quality and reliability are at the forefront of our products. This philosophy of our company also finds international recognition. In the conception, development and production of our machines and plants, it is often the unconventional ways that lead to innovative solutions.
Yuan Wei Plastic
Meru, Malaysia
cyplasticrecycling.com
The CY Plastic Recycling Group is one of the biggest plastic recycling manufacturers located in Selangor, Malaysia. Since 2004, we have exported certified post-consumer recycled and post-industrial recycled LDPE and LLDPE granules, as well as recycled stretch film to the USA, Europe and Asia. Our production capacities are able to produce more than 60,000 tons per annum. Our main business operation is collecting traceable post-consumer and post-industrial plastic materials, preparing them for end use by grinding, washing and pelletizing them into r-granules, then supplying them to end products manufacturers. We also mechanically upgrade materials to be sold in an end-use market.
ZERMA America
Northbrook, Illinois
zerma-america.com
ZERMA America is a leading supplier of industrial plastic recycling equipment. Our extensive range of machines covers the entire spectrum of size reduction technology. Our heavy-duty shredders are suitable for a multitude of shredding tasks. With a single shaft, they can be used for the most unique and challenging materials. Our range of granulators covers everything from slow-speed granulators to beside-the-press to compact granulators to high-performance granulators for heavy-duty applications. Our shredder-granulator combination units are space-saving and compact with low noise emissions. They are matched to work together ideally and in conjunction with an advanced control system, ensuring smooth, reliable operation. As a result, ZERMA is able to offer solutions for the recycling of most recyclable materials!