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BKG® Equipmnet plays roll in circular economy by pelletizing high-quality polyamide made from multi-layer packaging waste in NEWCYCLING® Process

11. December 2019 All articles

Nordson’s BKG® Melt Delivery and Pelletizing Components Transform Purified Polyamide from APK AG Process into Resins Comparable to Virgin Technical Polymers MERSEBURG, GERMANY, December 4th, 2019: APK AG has deployed a complete downstream melt processing system from Nordson Corporation for use with its innovative Newcycling® …

APK AG expands its Management Board with Dr. Jürgen Flesch, previously Evonik Industries

15. October 2019 All articles, News from APK, Press releases

We would like to inform you today about a change in the management board of APK AG. Dr. Jürgen Flesch, 48, is about to join the management board of APK AG, an innovative recycling technology provider based in Merseburg/Germany. He will take over responsibility for …

Clariant and APK Cooperate in Circular Solutions for Packaging Plastics

15. October 2019 All articles, News from APK, Press releases

The current public discussion on plastic waste as a key problem of our time calls for a quick rethinking in order to establish a sustainable plastic circular economy in the near future. As early as 2025, the EU Commission intends to use 10 million tonnes …

Siegwerk and APK work together to improve the recyclability of plastic packaging

02. October 2019 All articles, News from APK, Press releases

In the fight against plastic waste, Siegwerk and APK have joined forces to make plastic packaging more recyclable and to perfect irecycling processes as part of a circular economy. Siegburg, 02. October 2019. – Siegwerk, one of the world’s leading providers of printing inks for …

APK presents together with Erema and Baerlocher new standard recycling solution at K2019

26. September 2019 All articles, News from APK, Press releases

At K 2019 in Hall 8B / Stand C43, APK, a leading recycling technology provider, will present not only new recycling technologies such as solvent-based Newcycling® but also innovations to improve the mechanical recycling of packaging plastic waste. In this segment APK, in cooperation with …

APK Signs Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration

23. September 2019 All articles, News from APK, Press releases

On 20th September 2019 in Brussels, the Circular Plastics Alliance presented and adopted its declaration. The declaration describes the alliance’s vision for more recycled plastics in Europe, as well as their commitments for action to reach the EU target to incorporate 10 million tonnes of …

New Supervisory Board Members in APK: Dr. Carsten Heldmann and Dr. Udo Jung

01. July 2019 All articles

Dr. Carsten Heldmann and Dr. Udo Jung join the Supervisory Board with immediate effect „Due to their extensive industry experience, Dr. Heldmann and Dr. Jung are ideal additions to our Board. In particular, their knowledge of markets, technologies and strategy will accelerate APK as we …

Katrin Budde, member of the German Bundestag, and Dr. Verena Späthe, member of the Sachsen-Anhalt Landtag at the APK AG

23. January 2019 All articles, News from APK

Wednesday 23rd January, 2019, Katrin Budde, member of the German Bundestag, and Dr. Verena Späthe, member of the Sachsen-Anhalt Landtag, visited the APK AG production site in Merseburg in order to get first-hand information on our innovative solutions made in Merseburg for the fast-growing problem …

Sven Schulze, MdEP, at the APK AG

13. November 2018 All articles, News from APK

On Friday 9th November, 2018 APK AG welcomed Mr Sven Schulze, Secretary General of the Saxony-Anhalt CDU since 2016 and member of the European Parliament, who visited the company in Merseburg that is about to launch its in-house developed Newcycling® technology on a new production …

MOL Group and APK form Strategic Partnership for Plastic Recycling

02. August 2018 All articles, Press releases

Merseburg, Germany, 2nd August, 2018 – MOL Group and APK AG signed a strategic cooperation agreement yesterday in Merseburg. As a first step in the cooperation MOL will support the completion of APK’s Merseburg plant. The plant will serve as a pilot for the innovative …