The project partners were recognized for the jointly developed solution as winners of the 2022 Materialica Design + Technology Awards in the category Material in Berlin on October 5, 2022. From left to right: Georg Stalter (Witte Automotive), Oliver Geiger (BASF), Eleni Kougioumtzi (Mercedes-Benz) und Simon Hoebel (Mercedes-Benz) (Source: BASF)
Closing the material cycle

Pyrolysis oil and biomethane enable production of mass-balanced plastics

As part of a development partnership, BASF, Mercedes-Benz, Pyrum Innovations and Witte Automotive can successfully close the cycle of recyclable materials by replacing fossil raw materials according to mass balance processes. By using pyrolysis oil from used tyres and biomethane from organic waste, fossil raw materials can now be replaced in the production of plastics with virgin properties.

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Holding mutual trust and collaboration in high esteem (from left to right): Andreas Schlegel (Head of Operations at Georg Utz, Member of the Management Board), Bruno Schleiß (Managing Director at Krauss Maffei Switzerland), Marcel Meier (Head of Production Technology Georg Utz) and Markus Eggimann (Head of Production, Georg Utz) (Source: Krauss Maffei)
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The largest injection moulding machine in Switzerland

Containers for today's logistics have to be stackable, feature IML barcodes, integrated RFIDs and, of course, the logo of the company that owns them. Switzerland's Georg Utz company has specialised in this application, and for this reason it has commissioned the country's largest injection moulding machine, a Krauss Maffei MX 4000-75000.

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