Plastics recycling systems specialist Erema (Ansfelden / Austria; www.erema.at) has opened its EUR 2m “UpCentre” in Gunskirchen / Austria, allowing its customers to process their recycling compounds using the company’s “Corema” technology.

The technology was originally introduced in 2012 – see Plasteurope.com of 22.10.2012 – and developed jointly by Erema and German machinery maker Coperion (Stuttgart; www.coperion.com). Customers can now use the “UpCentre” to produce sample amounts in tonnes quickly and flexibly, matching exactly specified customised property profiles, using the “Corema” 1108 T at the centre, which offers a maximum monthly production of 500 t.

“Corema” product manager Robert Obermayr said: “On the way from recyclates to made-to-measure recycling compounds you need a lot of fine tuning in practice: processors demand varying quantities of samples – as often and as long as necessary until the recycling compound meets the exact requirements of their concrete application, such as film or injection moulding parts.”