Extrusion International 6-2022

12 Extrusion International 6/2022 INDUSTRY NEWS Acquisition Completed  The acquisition of the engineering company Her- bold Meckesheim, has formally been completed. Herbold Meckesheim will be integrated with Coperion’s recycling product lines into its new Recycling Business Unit that plans to offer complete solutions for plastics recycling processing. Coperion will combine its strengths as an international in- dustrial and technological leaderwithHerboldMeckesheim, a specialist in mechanical recycling of plastics and plastic waste, and together they will form a united business approach. Her- bold Meckesheimwill continue to operate at its existing loca- tion and retain its name. Both companies will combine their capabilities in the field of recycling and integrate to build modular systems and plant solutions that cover a broad sector of the circular economy, as well as large sections of the globe with their combined sales and service network. The Recycling Business Unit plans to offer complete, in- novative solutions leveraging both Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim’s complementary technologies. From me- chanical processing — shredding, washing, separating, drying, and agglomerating of plastics — to bulk material handling, feeding and extrusion, as well as compounding and pelletizing, this Business Unit encompasses the com- plete process chain. With their combined global service network that sup- ports installations and startups, competent and rapid ser- vice is also available on site. Additionally, state-of-the-art test centers for product development as well as customer trials are available to customers. Before interested parties make significant investments, they can undertake in-depth testing of every process step in the test labs. The Recycling Business Unit plans to offer complete plants and systems for recycling PET, polyolefins, film, or rigid plastic. From mechanical processing to solvent-based and chemical recycling to complete solutions for highly automated to modular recycling lines, offering complete systems helps us deliver additional value to our customers. Engineering and service during the equipment’s entire op- erating life is also available. 
Coperion GmbH www.coperion.com Herbold Meckesheim GmbH www.herbold.com Werner Herbold, CEO, Herbold Meckesheim GmbH (left) and Markus Parzer, President, Polymer Division, Coperion (Photo: Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart) First Sustainability Report  The companies of the Brückner Group in Siegsdorf are increasingly aligning their strategy, products and processes with the principles of sus- tainability. To this end, explicit sus- tainability management has been established in all companies over the past two years. All this is the basis of the Brückner Group's Sustainabil- ity Report, which has now been pub- lished for the first time. The report covers the holding com- pany with headquarters in Siegsdorf, as well as its four member companies Brückner Maschinenbau, Brückner Servtec, Kiefel and PackSys Global with their respective subsidiar- ies and all foreign locations. It consists of a performance section, which is based on the "Sustainability Reporting Stan- dards" of the Global Reporting Ini- tiative (GRI), and an accompanying magazine, which refers to highlights in the sustainability area in an enter- taining way. Dr Axel von Wiedersperg, CEO of the Brückner Group: "In many areas, the topic of sustainability is nothing new for us. As a family-owned com- pany, we have always been commit- ted not only to doing the right thing in the short term, but also to putting our actions into a wider context. We are convinced that lasting success is based on excellent, sustainable products, fair treatment of employees and business partners, and environmentally friendly actions. For this very reason, we are very pleased to present our first sus - tainability report to the public." The reporting period of the cur- rent sustainability report is primarily the year 2020. In addition, data from the 2021 financial year and current developments from the first half of 2022 have been presented where pos- sible. The next sustainability report is planned for 2024. Brückner Group GmbH www.brueckner.com