Starlinger inaugurates new headquarters

Starlinger inaugurates new headquarters
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Weissenbach, Austria-based equipment company Starlinger & Co. GmbH held the 2017 version of its “Dynamic Days” event in late October and inaugurated the new headquarters of its recycling technology division at the event. The building is located near the existing Starlinger factory.

Starlinger offers machinery and process technology for woven plastic bags and has a recycling technology division that has been establishing itself in the market for the past 30 years. That division had been operating from the head office in Vienna and from the Starlinger factory in Weissenbach. The construction of a separate new building started in early 2016, and by the summer of 2017, sales, engineering and other recycling-related employees moved into the new recycling headquarters in Weissenbach.

The October opening ceremony drew about 200 visitors. Andreas Pechhacker, the head of Starlinger’s recycling technology division, commented on parallels between machine setup and building design. He said the building’s lighting, fire protection, temperature control and the alarm system are integrated into a PLC (programmable logic controller) unit, and that the building is heated with 100 percent renewable energy.

Michael Otter, the CEO of international trade office Advantage Austria, praised Starlinger as an innovative family business, “hidden champion,” and global player. Starlinger Managing Partner Angelika Huemer said recycling technology is an integral part of the company. “We are committed to the future of recycling at Starlinger. Recycling is here to stay,” she commented.

Some 150 participants from 34 countries attended the customer Dynamic Days event. Starlinger technology related to odor reduction on polyolefins and polyester recycling took center stage on the first day of the event. Polypropylene (PP) regrind was processed on the recycling line recoSTAR dynamic and a sold machine with a smell extraction unit was shown in operation in one of the assembly halls.

The second day of the event was dedicated to polyester recycling. For fiber production (bottle-to-fiber recycling), Starlinger demonstrated its newly developed filter, the Rapid Sleeve Changer (RSC). The filter allows for extremely fine filtration (a necessity in fiber production, says the firm) and enables a rapid change of the filter elements without having to stop production, according to Starlinger. The event concluded with a visit to Starlinger’s PET (polyethylene terephthalate) Competence Center, where recycled flakes were used as input material to produce tapes for woven fabric.

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Source: Recycling Today
Starlinger inaugurates new headquarters
<![CDATA[Weissenbach, Austria-based equipment company Starlinger & Co. GmbH held the 2017 version of its “Dynamic Days” event in late October and inaugurated the new headquarters of its recycling technology division at the event. The building is located near the existing Starlinger factory. Starlinger offers machinery and process technology for woven plastic bags and has a recycling technology division that has been establishing itself in the market for the past 30 years. That division had been operating from the head office in Vienna and from the Starlinger factory in Weissenbach. The construction of a separate new building started in early 2016, and by the summer of 2017, sales, engineering and other recycling-related employees moved into the new recycling headquarters in Weissenbach. The October opening ceremony drew about 200 visitors. Andreas Pechhacker, the head of Starlinger’s recycling technology division, commented on parallels between machine setup and building design. He said the building’s lighting, fire protection, temperature control and the alarm system are integrated into a PLC (programmable logic controller) unit, and that the building is heated with 100 percent renewable energy. Michael Otter, the CEO of international trade office Advantage Austria, praised Starlinger as an innovative family business, “hidden champion,” and global player.…