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American Chemistry CouncilArlington, Virginia |
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| The American Chemistry Council (ACC) Plastics Division represents the leading plastics resin manufacturers in the U.S. ACC conducts research on recycling studies for plastics packaging and plastic bags and film, LCI's on the major virgin and recycled resins, and provides technical, educational and marketing assistance to state and local officials, businesses and customer groups. The Plastics Division spnosors programs that increase plastics recycling through implementation of sustainable and efficient recycling programs. The association's plastics websites include www.americanchemistry.com/plastics, www.plasticbagrecycling.org and www.allplasticbottles.org. | |
Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR)Washington, D.C. |
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| The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers represents companies who acquire, reprocess and sell the byproduct of more than 94 percent of the postconsumer plastic processing capacity in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. APR's membership includes numerous recycling companies, consumer product companies, equipment manufacturers and organizations committed to plastics recycling. APR advocates the recycling of all postconsumer plastic. | |
ISRIWashington, D.C. |
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| The Institute of Scrap REcycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) is the "Voice of the Recycling Industry." ISRI represents over 1,500 companies in 21 chapters nationwide that process, broker and consume scrap commodities, including electronics, metals, paper, plastics, glass, rubber and textiles. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ISRI provides education, advocacy and compliance training, and promotes public awareness of the vital role recycling plays in the U.S. economy, global trade and environment. | |
Resource Recycling, Inc.Portland, Oregon |
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| Resource Recycling, Inc. is the publisher of Resource Recycling, E-Scrap News and Plastics Recycling Update, and is the primary sponsor of the Resource Recycling Conference, the E-Scrap Conference and the Plastics Recycling Conference. | |
SDS LogisticsNationwide! |
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| SDS Logistics manages your Trucking from Coast-to-Coast. Services include Truckload shipments, Drop-trailers, Bi-modal (rail), LTL and Drayage to/from all U.S. Ports. Email dispatch@sdslogistics.com for rates and service information. | |
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Avangard InnovativeHouston, Texas |
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| Avangard is a premier sustainable solutions provider, with branch offices and operating plants located around the world. Avangard Innovative works closely with clients to provide solutions and services that help achieve their social and environmental goals. In addition to being one of the largest recyclers in North America, Avangard Innovative’s core services include: recycling solutions, processing/recycling facilities, equipment solutions, environmental and industrial services, resin distribution and sustainable products. | |
China Scrap Plastics MagazineBeijing, China |
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| China Scrap Plastics Magazine is the unique professional plastics scrap magazine in China. It makes services to all Chinese enterprises in the plastics recycling industry. The magazine has E-News in Chinese/English version to provide the information of plastics recycling industry for both Chinese and foreign enterprises. The magazine also provides Mobile News in Chinese for local recyclers of the industry.China Scrap Plastics Magazine is published by Beijing Guojiajiye Information Co., Ltd, which is the most professional information service company in China plastics recycling field. | |
The Coca-Cola Co.Atlanta, Georgia |
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| The Coca-Cola Co. is the world's largest beverage company, offering over 2,800 products in more than 200 countries, with consumers guzzling an average of 1.5 billion servings a day. The company possesses a global portfolio that comprises dozens of $1 billion brands, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta and Sprite, and is the No. 1 international provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks, and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Known for it's enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, Coca-Cola is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources, and enhance the economic development of the communities they operate in. | |
Husky Injection Molding Ltd.Bolton, Ontario |
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| Husky Injection Molding Ltd. is a global supplier of injection-molding equipment and services. Customers use Husky equipment to manufacture a wide range of products in the packaging, technical and automotive industries. | |
JET RecyclingDix Hills, New York |
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| JET transforms comingled grades 1-7 plastic waste into a wide variety of environmentally friendly commercial products, putting profits back into your pocket. JET created the youth-friendly, primary-colored Plastics Recycling 2012 Emblem found on the back of each conference badge, to salute game changing work by JET-affiliate IEYC (International Environmental Youth Campaign), empowering youth to shape their recycled world, rather than be passive recipients of a waste-laden one. Watch JET soar as our qualified team moves into position across the globe where we can make the biggest difference for and with our clients in the wise, and lucrative use of plastic waste. Social Envioronmental Economic Change. | |
KW Plastics Recycling DivisionTroy, Alabama |
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| KW Plastics is the world's largest plastics recycler. KW Plastics Recycling, a division of KW Plastics, buys quality HDPE (blow-mold and injection-grade) and PP scrap for washing and reprocessing. KWPR supplies premium, post-consumer resins for the packaging, agriculture and automotive industries. Since 1992, KWPR has continually expanded extruder and silo storage capacity ot meet growing market demand. Today, KW is highly regarded for its extensive capacity, commitment to quality, consistent growth and exceptional customer service. | |
MRC PolymersChicago, Illinois |
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| Since 1980, MRC Polymers has annually transformed millions of pounds of landfill-bound plastic scrap into high-quality engineering-grade resin pellets for manufacturing applications. | |
PepsiCoNew York, New York |
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| PepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Their main businesses - Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorate, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola - make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. PepsiCo's people are united by Performance with Purpose, their unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and the planet, which they believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. | |
Perpetual Recycling SolutionsRichmond, Indiana |
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| Perpetual Recycling Solutions is a high-quality manufacturer of post-consumer recycled PET resin, which currently serves the plastic packaging industry from its New York location. The company will open a landmark, state-of-the-art facility in Richmond, Indiana in December 2012, and has capacity to produce 110 million pounds annually of FDA-approved rPET flake. Perpetual Recycling Solutions possesses multiple "Letters of Non-Objection" (LNO) from regulatory agencies in the U.S. and Canada. As a result, the company partners with industry to create sustainable packaging that is suitable for direct-contact plastic food packaging. Perpetual Recycling Solutions is committed to being a good community neighbor. Its facility in Richmond features an innovative education center, open to area students and industry to learn about plastics recycling. Perpetual Recycling Solutions offers high-quality, innovative, sustainable products and is committed to impacting the community and environment for the long-term. | |
Trex Company, Inc.Winchester, Virginia |
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| Trex Company turns millions of pounds of recycled and reclaimed plastic and waste wood each year into Trex products. Most of these raw materials come from recovered plastic grocery bags, plastic film and waste wood fiber. Trex Company purchases approximately 300 million pounds of used polyethylene and an equal amount of hardwood sawdust each year, materials that would normally end up in a landfill. The company recycles over 1.3 billion grocery retail bags annually. | |
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ADG Solutions LLCFairfield, Connecticut |
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| ADG Solutions is dedicated to systems for plastics reclaim and recycling. Available equipment includes: 1) reclaim extruders and systems (ADG Solutions is exclusive North American distributor for the Davis-Standard range of reclaim and compounding equipment); 2) self-cleaning screen changers for reprocessing scrap that is heavily contaminated with paper, fiber, or other materials; 3) washers that clean difficult to handle scrap such as regrind or films; 4) size reduction systems for polystyrene foam that achieve a 90:1 reduction in volume, then melt and prepare the material in a form that can be ground for reuse. | |
America Chung Nam, Inc.City of Industry, California |
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| Over the past six consecutive years, America Chung Nam has been ranked the number one, and largest, exporter according to the U.S. Journal of Commerce. Aside from fibers, ACN handles a wide range of post-consumer and post-industrial plastic materials. As the leading exporter, ACN offers our suppliers, vendors and customers fair and competitive pricins, responsive service and solid financial resources. | |
AMUT S.p.A.Novara, Italy |
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| AMUT is one of the world's leading machinery manufacturing companies, focusing on thermoplastic recycling technologies and sustainable packaging for the extrusion & thermoforming industries. Founded in 1958, AMUT's patented recycling technology received the global Plastic Environmental - Enabling Technology award in 2006 from the SPE. With its new AMUT ECOTECH division, AMUT can now supply complete handling and sorting plants for Municipal Recycling Facilities (MFR’s) and Plastics Recovery Facilities (PRF’s). In 2011, AMUT constructed its newest North American PET recycling plant for post-consumer plastics: a bottle-to-bottle plant producing 4,000 kilograms per hour from the dirtiest reclaimed curb side PET from MFR’s. For more details on this exciting development, contact Anthony Georges at (416) 939-4732 or a.georges@amutnorthamerica.com | |
B+B America LLC, a subsidary of B+B Anlagenbau GmbH GermanyMoore, South Carolina |
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| B+B Anlagenbau GmbH, Germany has started it's North American operation under the name of B+B America LLC. B+B is a leading manufacturers of waste management, sorting and recycling equipment and can supply quality equipment and solutions for plastic fine sorting plants, shredding into flakes and high-efficiency washing and finishing systems. In addition, B+B has many years of experience in coordinating and being a system provider for FDA food-grade material production plants. | |
Blue Ridge Plastics, an ITW CompanyEden, North Carolina |
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| Blue Ridge Plastics, an ITW Company located in Eden, NC is dedicated to the tough jobs in plastic recycling, and is ready to serve your recycling needs. We shred, grind, and wash plastic scrap to produce clean, dry “extruder ready” regrind. We provide recycled materials for pipe, plastic lumber, sheet and profile extrusion, compounding, rotational molding, and injection molding applications. Our toll services include grinding, washing, sorting, packaging, baling and warehousing. We take pride in providing quality material for your plastic processing needs. | |
Clear Path Recycling, LLCFayetteville, North Carolina |
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| Clear Path Recycling, LLC, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the second-largest domestic processor of post-consumer PET baled containers in North America. This new joint venture company between Shaw Industries and DAK Americas will convert recycled post-consumer PET bales into clean rPET flake. Each parent will utilize a portion of rPET flake in their respective product offerings: carpet and virgin resin. | |
Coll Materials Group LLCZanesville, Ohio |
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| Coll Materials is a post-industrial and post-consumer plastic recycling company. It recycles many grades of plastic including HDPE, PP, ABS, TPO, PET, and other engineered resins. The process is simple: Coll takes plastic scrap and manufactures it into post industrial regrind flake and post consumer pellet for plastic manufacturers to reuse in new products | |
Cumberland Recycling / ColortronicNew Berlin, Wisconsin |
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| Since its founding over 68 years ago, Cumberland has adhered to a design philosophy that requires mass, durability and logevity. The ocmpany has earned the trust of valued clients, and has taken all meastures needed to set itself apart from others in the industry. Over the years, Cmberland has become widely recognized as industry and design leaders in the size-reduction industry, providing quality products, engineered solutions and unparalleled aftermarket support. | |
Custom Polymers, Inc.Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Custom Polymers, Inc. is one of the largest recyclers and reprocessors of all types and forms of post-industrial and post-consumer plastic scrap in North America. Our team of experienced professionals, solid financial base, and dedication to customer service have helped Custom Polymers develop and maintain long-term partnerships with both buyers and suppliers worldwide. Contact us at 704.332.6070 or visit us online at www.CustomPolymers.com to experience the difference. | |
Custom Polymers PET, Inc.Athens, Alabama |
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| Custom Polymers PET, LLC is a premier recycler of post-consumer and post-industrial PET. Working directly with material recovery facilities and manufacturers, we add value to scrap while diverting millions of pounds of plastic from landfills. We process more than 180 million pounds of PET annually, including sorting, grinding, washing and pelletizing in-house, we package our flake and pellet in supersacks, gaylords, bulk trucks, and bulk rail. Visit us atwww.CustomPolymersPET.com, or call us at 256.232.3543. | |
Dadu Group Co.,LTDTokyo, Japan |
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| Dadu Group Co. Ltd., the largest recycler and reproducer of all types and forms of plastic imports and exports in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in offering complete systems from scrap to pellet and provides customers all over the world. With nearly 20 years of experience, the company has nine facilities in Japan as well as seven facilities in China, Singapore and Malaysia. The new office in California, USA was established in November, 2011.Our company is capable of completing the entire recycling process from the gathering of the plastic to end products. | |
Envision PlasticsRedisville, North Carolina / Chino, California |
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| Envision Plastics is a national supplier and producer of recycled high-quality HDPE resins. Envision Plastics is proud to offer EcoPrime, the first FDA-approved HDPE resin meeting the standards for packaging all manner of food grade items to include milk, juice, vitamins, personal care products, etc. Envision Plastics' PRISMA technology provides color-speciic resins made to the customers' specifications. Envision Plastics is located on both coasts, with nationwide shipping capabilities. | |
EREMA North America, Inc.Ipswich, Massachusetts |
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| EREMA is the world's market leader in the development and production of plastic recycling systems and components. Over 3,500 EREMA systems around the globe now produce more than 12 million tons of plastic pellets annually. Since 1991, customers throughout United States and Canada have relied on EREMA North America, Inc. for sales support, spare parts & technical expertise. | |
Evergreen PlasticsClyde, Ohio |
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| Founded in July 1998, Evergreen Plastics, a division of Polychem, was strategically created to insure Polychem has a low cost quality supply of polyester resin. Evergreen, already one of the nation's largest plastic (PET) bottle recyclers, takes curbside bales of plastic soft drink bottles and recycles them into re-useable crystallized pellets for the production of polyester strapping. This operation not only provides Polychem with a low raw material cost, but also guarantees Polychem a continuous supply in times when polyester resin is scarce or unavailable. With Evergreen Plastics, Polychem can successfully compete long term on a worldwide basis. Polychem is vertically integrated. | |
Gala Industries, Inc.Eagle Rock, Virginia |
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| Gala is the global leader for application technology of underwater pelletizers and centrifugal dryers for the plastics industry. Gala’s underwater pelletizing systems can be used for post-industrial recycling applications, and their centrifugal dryers are often used in large post-consumer scrap conversion lines downstream of size reduction and wash/dry processes. More than an equipment manufacturer, Gala brings its customers the experience and process technology needed to remain competitive in today’s business environment, and unprecedented commitment to customer service before, during and after the sale. | |
Green Line Polymers, a recycling Subsidiary of ADS, Inc.Findlay, Ohio |
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| Green Line Polymers TM is a dependable resource for the disposal of your High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) plastic scrap material. Green Line Polymers purchases a variety of HDPE plastic scrap to be used in the manufacturing of N-12® MEGA GREEN® products which are produced by our parent company, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. From high-molecular weight to injection grade polyethylene, we want to be your recycling partner. | |
Gulfstream RecyclingBoca Raton, Florida |
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| Gulfstream has over 30 years of experience purchasing, recycling, baling and grinding loads of post-consumer and post-industrial PET, HDPE, LDPE, PVC, polypropylene, polystyrene and cardboard. Gulfstream can accept these materials as: soda bottles, milk jugs, films, grocery bags, plastic pallets, strapping, slip sheets, blister packaging, purging, regrinds, trim scrap, used packaging, etc. They specialize in the design and implementation of full service recycling programs for industries, such as national grocery and retail chains, distribution centers, manufacturers, municipalities, airports and logistics providers. Gulfstream also sells Gaylord boxes, recycling equipment and recycling bins for use in any recycling program. | |
Herbold USASmithfield, Rhode Island |
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| Herbold Meckesheim USA is a provider of size-reduction, densification equipment and wash-line systems for the plastics and post-consumer industries. The company specializes in the recycling of manufacturing scrap, and mixed post-consumer and post-industrial plastics. Herbold's size-reduction products include shredders, granulators, fine grinders and pulverizers. Wash-line systems include debailing, screening, washing, dewatering and drying components to meet a variety of bottle and film applications. | |
Hyperplastics, S.A. de C.V.Cuajimalpa de Morelos, D.F., Mexico |
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| As a top recycler and trader of almost any polymer (PP, LDPE, HDPE, PET, PS, PC, PA, ABS), Hyperplastics has several grinding/baling facilities strategically located throughout Mexican territory and two recycling plants in which it recycles PE, PP and PS. Hyperplastics’ material is being shipped all over the world. | |
Kice IndustriesWichita, Kansas |
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| Kice Industries, Inc. manufactures a complete line of bulk handling equipment, including Kice Multi-Aspirators for separating dust, fines, labels, angel hair, and snakeskins from virgin and regrind plastics, such as 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. | |
Marglen IndustriesRome, Georgia |
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| Marglen Industries is a Georgia manufacturer that produces a PET pellet and polyester textile fiber, both of which are made from 100-percent post-consumer recycled PET. Marglen offers a 100-percent post-consumer rPET pellet that can be used in both food grade and non-food grade applications. Marglen has a Letter of Non-Objection from the FDA that approves its process for manufacturing a food grade resin. Marglen also manufactures a 100-percent post-consumer staple fiber used in carpet, fiber fill, needle punch non-wovens, and other textile products. | |
Mohawk Industries, Inc.Summerville, Georgia |
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| Mohawk Industries, Inc., the world's largest floor covering company, is also the largest domestic PET recycler in the U.S. Mohawk purchases over 200 million pounds of recycled PET containers per year from curbside programs, and turns them into EverStrand carpet fiber. | |
Next Generation Recycling Machines, Inc.Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Next Generation Recycling Machines produces automated machines for the recycling of plastic scrap. NGR's "One-Step" technology is the most versatile and easiest to use in the industry. The S:GRAN and larger X:GRAN machines use an integrated shredder-feeder-extruder combination that allows the direct recycling of scrap in nearly any form. The company is based in Atlanta and the parent company NGR, GmbH is located in Austria. With consistently-innovative products and excellent support, NGR has established its reputation as a major force in the recycling industry. | |
Omya Inc.Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Omya is a leading global producer of industrial minerals, mainly fillers and pigments derived from calcium carbonate and dolomite, and a worldwide distributor of chemical products. The company‘s major markets include the paper, plastics, paint/coatings/adhesives industries as well as construction, environment, agriculture, food and pharma. Founded in 1884 in Switzerland, Omya now has a global presence extending to more than 100 locations in over 50 countries and 7,000 employees. | |
Pelletron CorporationLancaster, Pennsylvania |
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| Pelletron provides DeDusting and Pneumatic Conveying solutions for the plastics industry. The DeDuster® removes dust and contaminants from regrind. The cleaned product can be mixed with virgin product for further processing. DeDusters can be used with a grinder, an IMM, a dryer or under a silo. DeDusters are available in various sizes and for capacities from 10 to 200,000 lbs/hr. Our Pneumatic Conveying Systems use the pellcon3® conveying philosophy (STRANDPHASE® conveying with Pellbow® pipe bends and DeDuster® Systems) and uses Pelletron Rotary Valves and Diverter Valves for high- and low-pressure applications. | |
PETCAN Recycling LLCRoswell, Georgia |
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| PETCAN Recycling, LLC is a full service brokerage firm specializing in the marketing of recycled #1-7 plastic materials. Our unique industry insights and proven track record provide our clients with sustainable supply solutions focused on value added results both domestically and internationally. PETCAN Recycling, LLC also provides consulting support for a wide array of recycling or processing requirements plus innovative approaches to "Closed Loop: End to End" programs which support Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability initiatives. | |
Petoskey PlasticsPetoskey, Michigan |
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| Since 1970, Petoskey Plastics has been an innovator in manufacturing blown plastic film and bags that are engineered for performance. Petoskey is an industry leader supplying the automotive, recycling, food, retail, packaging and construction industries with engineered solutions that meet specific needs. The company first began recycling in 1978, and has never stopped thinking green. The company's Greencore Solutions closed-loop recycling program takes post-use plastic out of the waste stream and puts it back into customer products. Thanks to its exclusive, multi-layer manufacturing process, Petoskey is supplying its customers with high-performance polyethylene products that are good for them and good for the environment. | |
Phoenix Technologies International LLCBowling Green, Ohio |
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| Phoenix Technologies, Inc. is a global leader in manufacturing clean, consistent and high-grade rPET resin pellets from post-consumer recycled plastic flake. The company’s LNO™ c technology produces rPET with superior color and yield. Its lower acetaldehyde levels positively impact taste properties and its consistently higher IV more closely matches that found in virgin resins. As the world’s foremost manufacturer of rPET, Phoenix sets standards for quality, technology, service and value. | |
Plastic Advanced Recycling Corp.Willowbrook, Illinois |
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| Plastic Advanced Recycling Corp. (PARC) is a recycling technology R&D company, located in Illinois. The company developed a patent protected plastic-to-fuel conversion technology, as well as equipment for continuous high-volume fuel production. PARC's zero-pollution conversion technology provides practical solutions to the increasing environmental issues caused by waste plastic. | |
Plastic Technologies, Inc.Holland, Ohio |
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| Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) is a global technology leader for preform and package design, package development, rapid prototyping, pre-production prototyping, and material evaluation engineering for plastic packaging. PTI also offers recycling stream testing to help companies understand the effect their material or container might have on rPET stream quality. PTI is one of only two U.S. companies approved by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers to provide testing services in conjunction with the organization’s critical guidance documents. | |
Plastics Forming Enterprise LLCAmherst, New Hampsire |
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| PFE is an independent full service testing lab as well as a research and engineering company which serves the plastics, packaging, recycling, bioplastics, and consumer products industries worldwide with a range of services. PFE was founded in 1984 and has been providing experience in these diverse but connected industries. We clarify the confusion for clients concerning the technical and often political issues surrounding recycling. PFE maintains an analytical laboratory and pilot facility to reproduce the plant floor industrial environment for clients to confidentially test existing products or materials. PFE then scales-up test results to a full commercial implementation. PFE plays a key role in numerous technology upgrades of existing manufacturing and recycling facilities. PFE delivers practical answers and provides clients with the knowledge, tools and technologies they need to make sound business-focused decisions. | |
Plastrec, Inc.Joliette, Quebec |
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| Plastrec was founded in 1992 and is located in Joliette, Quebec (approximately 1hr East of Montreal). The company is ranked amongst the largest PET reclaimers in North America, recycling over 80 million pounds a year of PET bottles. In addition to making a food grade recycled resin (post-consumer), a result of a recent expansion in January 2011, Plastrec continues to provide washed PET flake. Plastrec mainly purchases post-consumer bottles from municipal curbside programs in Québec, Ontario and the United States. By staying up to speed with today’s markets and new consumer products, we insure that their components do not interfere with quality. The company’s high precision, personalized technology permits to make a recycled resin that meets the toughest applications. | |
Rapid Granulator, Inc.Cranberry Twp., Pennsylvania |
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| Rapid Granulator, Inc. is celebrating in 2012 our 70th year in providing size reduction equipment for plastics recycling! Rapid is a global supplier of granulators, shredders and bio-waste systems for all types of size reduction with primary emphasis in plastics. For the past 70 years Rapid Granulator has been the leader in size reduction technologies and was the first to utilize machine designs that are now industry standards. Model sizes for every plastics recycling application including large shredders and granulators for high output of post-industrial and post-consumer plastics. Complete systems include feed and evacuation systems with emphasis on custom engineered designs to meet all customer demands. Rapid’s US manufacturing plant located in the Pittsburgh area includes a showroom and testing facility for material evaluation and testing. High throughput, large granulators available in many sizes include Rapid’s “Open Hearted” cutting chamber which is unmatched in the industry. This design allows users to access the “heart” of the granulator, the cutting chamber, for the most accessible, maintenance friendly machine in the world. Easy and uninhibited accessibility for cleaning and blade changes reduces downtime and increases profits! Please come visit our booth at the 2012 Plastics Recycling Conference to learn more on how Rapid Granulator can improve your plastics recycling! | |
Republic MachineLouisville, Kentucky |
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| Republic Machine’s success is based on 100 years of innovation and sound engineering. Keeping productivity, reliability, and maintainability in the forefront, we’ve rapidly introduced cutting, product feed, power train, and control system innovations to the industrial shredder market. We manufacture it all in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. | |
S+S Inspection, Inc.Bartlett, Illinois |
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| S+S is one of the world's leading manufacturers and devlopers of inspection, separation and sorting systems. S+S systems are used in process, packaging, and producction lines throughout industry and in the specialized preparation of materials for recycling. The company's customers operate in a wide variety of industries, from food, pharmaceuticals and plastics to wood, glass and recycling. | |
Satake USA IncHouston, Texas |
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| Satake USA offers a comprehensive range of advanced color sorting systems that incorporate CCD, UV, RGB and IR vision technologies. The Satake Corporation is involved in the development, manufacturing and marketing of sophisticated processing equipment for shipment to customers around the world. The Vision Systems Operation is considered a leader in optical inspection systems incorporating CCD, UV, RGB and IR vision technologies capable of removing defective product from the product stream. | |
SBC RecyclingCenterburg, Ohio |
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| SBC Recycling provides a variety of services and solutions to help businesses with their recycling and environmental goals. With two full service processing facilities located in central Ohioand Atlanta, GA, SBC Recycling is strategically located to build effective partnerships and manage every paper and plastic recycling need. Whether you have a short term project or are building a long term sustainable program, SBC Recycling has the expertise to help. | |
Sigma Recycling, Inc. / Gemini CorporationNorcross, Georgia / Antwerp, Belgium |
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| Sigma Recycling, Inc. and associated company Gemini Corp. NV have more than 100 professionals around the world to add value to their worldwide trading operations. Sigma’s main divisions are recyclable plastics, shredded steel and wood. The company operates worldwide including China, India, Vietnam, UAD, UK, U.S. and Europe. Sigma re-invented trading and is committed to meet customer requirements and enhancing customer satisfaction through continual improvement of our services and quality management. | |
Sorema Division of PrevieroAnzano del Parco, Italy |
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| Widely recognized as a worldwide leader in plastics washing systems, Sorema systems have been integral to many of the "firsts" in plastics recycling. Sorema has built over 700 systems since 1976 and holds over 10 U.S. patents. Sorema systems are known to produce the best quality product at the highest, most consistent throughputs and the lowest operating costs. For additional information, please email sales@previero.it or ccozart@c-sense-solutions.com. | |
Starlinger & Co. GmbHVienna, Austria |
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| Starlinger, a global leader in bottle to bottle PET recycling, manufactures "RecoStar" PET iV+ extrusion line and Viscotec's ViscoStar Solid State Polycondensation (SSP) reactor that produces FDA LNO RPET (approved for pellets of flake). Brand owners agree, the RecoStar/ViscoStar solution provides versatility, iV control, contaminant control, and high-quality FDA LNO RPET. The recycling of HDPE bottles for food contact is one of Starlinger’s turnkey applications, well known for its excellent decontamination values. Starlinger also manufactures lines for recycling of polyolefin and nylons. Demonstration lines are available in the U.S. and Austria. | |
UNISENSOR GmbHKarlsruhe, Germany |
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| UNISENSOR specializes in sensor system technology for the recylcing and bottling industries and industrial gas suppliers. For sorting applications, such as in the field of PET bottle-to-bottle recycling, UNISENSOR provides a unique, patented technology based on ultra-high-speed laser spectroscopy, thus overcoming the limitations of conventional sorting methods. UNISENSOR's new technology is capable of addressing sorting issues that were once considered impossible to resolve. These issues include the detection of silicone, PVC, blents, PLA nad even black plastics in the process stream. | |
Waste Management Recycle AmericaMelville, New York |
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| Waste Management currently handles eight million tons of commodities annually through a nationwide network of recycling facilities. Waste Management purchases virtually any type of recyclable commmodity: office paper, newspaper, carboard, electronics, metals, plastics (post-consumer and post-industrial), and even the most challenging materials. | |
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Engineered Recycling CompanyCharlotte, North Carolina |
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| Engineered Recycling Company is a premier, full-service recycler of HDPE. The company produces pellets from both fractional melt as well as high-molecular weight HDPE. ERC’s capacity is over 70.0MM lbs of pellets annually. The company is the largest recycler of HMW HDPE in the world and rapidly expanding in fractional melt HDPE. ERC prides itself on exceptionally high quality materials and hands-on partnering with various plastic molders in the US and abroad. | |
Evermore RecyclingNashville, Tennessee |
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| Evermore Recycling LLC is a new, independent company formed by Novelis and Alcoa for the procurement of used aluminum beverage cans (UBCs). Evermore is designed to create value by increasing efficiency, building stronger supply relationships and increasing recycling. | |
GP Harmon RecyclingJericho, New York |
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| GP Harmon Recycling LLC, a Georgia-Pacific company, provides recycling solutions for recovered paper, plastic and metal. About 100,000 tons of scrap plastic were recovered and marketed for reuse by GP Harmon last year and that number continues to climb. GP Harmon designs customized recycling programs and diverts millions of tons of wastepaper, metal and plastic from the waste stream so they can be converted into the new products that we use every day. | |
Indiana PolymersValparaiso, Indiana |
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| Indiana Polymers, Inc. is a commodity plastics broker with roots in the Midwest. The company continually strives to find resources of resins, compounds and regrind for plastic processors with emphasis on procuring consistent, quality material. Their personal approach is also evident by the level of customer support that they offer. Over the last 20 years the company has evolved and flourished by combining exceptional customer service and consistent, reliable materials. Indiana Polymers continues to refine and improve their standards to meet the expectations of their growing customer base. | |
Keller and Heckman LLPWashington, D.C. |
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| Keller and Heckman has a broad practice in the areas of regulatory law, litigation and business transactions, serving both domestic and international clients. With offices in Washington, DC, Brussels, San Francisco, and Shanghai, the firm helps the world's most vital businesses achieve their objectives. A pioneer in the use of interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving, Keller and Heckman has an in-house scientific staff that works closely with the firm's attorneys on matters of technical complexity. | |
Merlin PlasticsDelta, British Colombia / Calgary, Alberta. |
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| Merlin Plastics' goal is to provide environmental services for the plastics packaging industry in an environmentally sound, economically efficient and socially responsible fashion. Our growth rate is an indication of our dedication and commitment. Today, Merlin Plastics processes PE film scrap - printed & non-printed, injection moulding plastics pails, blow-moulding HDPE, PET & HDPE (beverage) bottles as well as various scrap from commodity resin to engineering grade. | |
Parallel ProductsNew Bedford, Massachusetts |
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| For over 20 years, Parallel Products has been a pioneer in the development of innovative technologies for the recycling of deposit beverage containers. Our processes have implemented the best available technologies for the processing (de-bale, grinding, optical sorting, flake purification) of these materials. Parallel Products now offers these services to the Plastic Industry on Tolling basis. Materials processed include both Deposit and MRF containers. | |
Polar BeveragesWorcester, Massachusetts |
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| Polar Beverages, the country's largest independent soft-drink bottler, is a fourth-generation, family-owned business that traces its roots back to 1882. Polar Beverages is the largest privately held, independent-bottling company in the country today. Though it has changed in size, Polar is proud that it still holds on to the same values as its previous generations, including the tradition of providing the highest quality beverages available at affordable prices. | |
Prime Plastic Products, Inc.Vista, California |
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| Prime Plastic Products, Inc. is a quality supplier of thermoplastic resins and regrinds. With manufacturing facilities and additional distribution points throughout the United States. Prime Plastics is strategically located to serve you quickly and efficiently. With a team of in-house customer service professionals and direct sales people throughout the country, Prime Plastics is prepared to provide you with exemplary service. | |
Schupan RecyclingKalamazoo, Michigan |
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| Schupan Recycling, a division of Schupan & Sons, Inc., has over two decades experience as Michigan's premier beverage container processor and materials marketer. Schupan's state-of-teh-art Michigan facilities process hundreds of millions of pounds of PET, aluminum cans and glass bottles per year. When it comes to PET recycling, Schupan Recycling is proud of its track record of providing the industry's highest quality of processed PET. | |
STADLERAltshausen, Germany |
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| Sorting plants from STADLER keep things moving. At STADLER, innovation is the driving force for success. We are a high-tech supplier of complete sorting and treatment plants for the waste management industry with established installations, individual components and an excellent cost-benefit ratio. Don’t leave your planned projects to chance! We offer you technological know-how and maximum quality. Place your trust in our experience and expertise. We support you right up to turn-key delivery and far beyond. | |
Talco Plastics, Inc.Corona, California |
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| A leading supplier of custom compounded commodity, engineering and post-consumer resin, Talco Plastic's recycling services maintain the largest and most versatile inventory of quality recycled plastics in the Western U.S. | |
TOMRAShelton, Connecticut |
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| TOMRA creates sensor-based solutions for optimal resource productivity. Our products and services fall within two main business areas: Collection Solutions (for the reverse vending, compaction and material recovery industries) and Sorting Solutions (for the recycling, mining, and food processing industries). | |
UltrePET, LLCAlbany, New York |
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| UltrePET recycles post-consumer PET bottles into high-end flake and melt-filtered pellet for both food and non-food grade applications, such as bottles, sheet, engineering resins, strapping and fine denier fiber. | |
UNM International, Ltd.Hong Kong |
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| UNM, headquartered in Hong Kong, has almost 20 years of expertise in recycling. We recycle post-consumer, post-industrial and engineering grade plastics, as well as off grade/spec pellets, electronic and metal scraps from the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia and the Middle East. We have established a lasting partnership with scrap consumers in China and developed trusted relationship with suppliers around the globe. | |
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