Technologies for plastics processing and recycling ensure greatest efficiency

Stuttgart, March 2026 – At Chinaplas 2026 (21-24 April 2026, Shanghai, China) Coperion will exhibit its comprehensive technological and engineering expertise in plastics processing and recycling at Booth 2.1F98 in Hall 2.1. With its brands Herbold Meckesheim, Coperion K-Tron and Colormax, Coperion provides both individual system components as well as complete line solutions from a single source for both application areas.

Technologies for Greater Efficiency in Compounding, Recycling and Polyolefin Manufacturing

Indroneel Goho, President & CEO of Magpet Polymers Pvt Ltd, visited Herbold at its booth 9B34 at K 2025 to sign the contract. The new washing line is an extension of the bottle-to-bottle recycling plant that Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are currently installing for Magpet in India. The granulators and an initial washing line have already successfully commenced operation. With the new washing line, Magpet will be able to increase its PET washing capacity by a factor of 2 to 2.5.

Magpet commissions Herbold Meckesheim with another PET bottle washing line

Indroneel Goho, President & CEO of Magpet Polymers Pvt Ltd, visited Herbold at its booth 9B34 at K 2025 to sign the contract. The new washing line is an extension of the bottle-to-bottle recycling plant that Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are currently installing for Magpet in India. The granulators and an initial washing line have already successfully commenced operation. With the new washing line, Magpet will be able to increase its PET washing capacity by a factor of 2 to 2.5.

Agglomeration, desiccation, crystallization

Complex intermediate steps can be avoided with Plastcompactors from Herbold Meckesheim
Agglomeration systems are a highly efficient solution that is in constant demand for achieving free-flowing regrind with a high bulk density that can be directly processed in extruders or injection molding machines. And with Plastcompactors from Herbold Meckesheim, even complex intermediate steps can be saved when reprocessing recycled PET:

PET bottle recycling solution from a single source

For Indian preform and plastic packaging manufacturer Magpet Polymer Pvt Ltd, Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim are collaborating technologies in construction of an entire plant for bottle-to-bottle recycling from a single source. In addition to mechanical processing of used PET bottles, the recycling system encompasses all process steps leading up to extrusion with a ZSK twin screw extruder, including pelletizing and an SSP (Solid State Polycondensation) reactor.