PVC recycler meeting at profine in Pirmasens
The second annual meeting of our successful event series „PVC recyclers meet PVC processors“ took place last week at profine GmbH. Around 30 experts from the entire PVC value chain came to our member company in Pirmasens to learn about the latest developments in PVC recycling and recyclability - and to network with other experts on site.
PVC recycler meeting at PreZero in Westeregeln
Last week, the first meeting of our successful „PVC recyclers meet PVC processors“ event series took place this year. A total of 25 recycling experts from the entire PVC value chain came to our member company PreZero Kunststoffrecycling GmbH & Co. KG in Westeregeln to continue the discussions on the further development of PVC recycling and to exchange experiences and [...]
New member: Nissen Plast GmbH
VinylPlus Germany welcomes its fourth new member this year: Nissen Plast. Nissen Plast GmbH was founded in 2015 as a subsidiary of Adolf Nissen Elektrobau GmbH & Co. KG based in Tönning. The company is an inclusive business, with around 70 employees including many people with disabilities, who are thus firmly integrated into [...]
Working together to achieve higher sustainability goals in Europe and worldwide
The twelfth VinylPlus® Sustainability Forum (VSF2024), which took place on 23 May 2024, reconfirmed that policy and industry can achieve faster results and positive change in the EU and globally through shared goals in the areas of innovation, industry transformation, competitiveness and sustainability. Participants discussed important key topics such as life cycle analyses, carbon emissions from the [...]
New member: WEMAS Absperrtechnik GmbH
WEMAS Absperrtechnik GmbH from Gütersloh is the third new member to join VinylPlus Germany this year. WEMAS is the market leader in Germany for integrated, certified road barrier technology solutions. The broad product range essentially comprises barrier beacons, fall protection systems, lights, base plates and traffic cones. The core business is supplemented by other plastic products such as safety devices for the [...]
Recycling Day: PVC on the right track for recycling
Global Recycling Day is on 18 March. The worldwide day of action of the Brussels-based Global Recycling Foundation has been calling for a more conscious approach to waste and more recycling since 2018. The European PVC industry has been focusing on recycling as a central component of a functioning circular economy for many years. The long-term sustainability framework [...]
Recycling solutions for PVC building products at the Demolition Conference in Berlin
Another record number of visitors and great interest in recycling solutions for PVC building products characterised Europe's largest industry meeting for demolition and dismantling at the end of last week. Andreas Pocha, Managing Director of the German Demolition Association, welcomed around 1,200 trade participants to the international event in Berlin after a two-year break due to corona. The joint stand of "Aktion PVC-Recycling" was also, [...]
PVC Recyclers Meeting: Start of the year at Forbo-Novilon
Last week, the first regional meeting of the year of our successful series of events "PVC recyclers meet PVC processors" took place at Forbo-Novilon B.V. in Coevorden, the Netherlands. Arthur Evers, Director Operations at Forbo-Novilon B.V., hosted the event and welcomed around 30 participants. Among them were also companies in the PVC value chain that have not yet been [...]
Material flow diagram PVC in Germany 2021: industry uses significantly more recyclates
Despite the adverse economic conditions, the German PVC industry has made further significant progress towards a functioning circular economy. This is shown by the current material flow diagram for PVC in Germany 2021, jointly commissioned by VinylPlus Deutschland and PlasticsEurope Deutschland. According to this, 340,000 tonnes of PVC recyclates plus 1.57 million tonnes of virgin PVC were processed into semi-finished products in Germany [...]
20 years of Rewindo
Rewindo GmbH turns 20 this summer. The nationwide recycling system was initiated in 2002 by leading German PVC window profile manufacturers at the Fensterbau Frontale trade fair in Nuremberg and then officially founded in Bonn in July of the same year. Within these two decades, it has succeeded in increasing the annual recycling quantities from PVC old windows from 4,500 at the time to [...]