BB Engineering shortlisted for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022

“We are still a recycling newcomer and are therefore particularly proud that our technology has already convinced so far that we are now among the finalists. Our origin lies in extrusion, filtration and spinning technology. We have incorporated our decades of know-how in these fields into the development of our VacuFil Visco process. We have succeeded in developing a fibre-to-fibre recycling process that produces high-quality rPET yarn. Being named a finalist is already a great achievement for us,” said Matthias Schmitz, head of engineering recycling technology.

The company employs more than 160 members of staff at its location in Remscheid, Germany. BBE is the exclusive supplier of its mother companies for extrusion systems, melt filtration technology, recycling technology (VacuFil Visco), compact spinning technology (VarioFil) and air-texturised yarn (ATY) technology. Beyond that, the entire portfolio is offered to third parties within the plastics and textile industry.

The process presented as part of the award is the combined VacuFil Visco with VarioFil. This machinery enables the textile industry to perform closed-loop inline recycling of post-consumer polyester (PET) textile waste. The given recycling technology is a thermo-mechanical recycling process optimised for the textile industry. Key component here is the liquid state polycondensation reactor, known as Visco, to adjust the intrinsic viscosity. Compared to existing fibre recycling processes, which address rather less demanding textile applications and don’t include subsequent spinning, BBE’s solution is a whole-in-one process that enables the textile industry to perform closed-loop inline recycling of post-consumer PET fibre waste even into high-tech textile yarns with low dpf-values, the company said in a press release.

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 winners will be announced on June 23, during the second day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe taking place at the RAI Amsterdam.