Collaborations with Reifenhäuser Group
About Reifenhäuser Group
Reifenhäuser supplies tailor-made lines and components for the production of high-quality blown film, cast film, sheet film, and nonwovens, allowing producers to supply the market, achieve success, and protect the environment.
Since the beginnings of the plastics industry in the 1950's, Reifenhäuser has assisted numerous customers to establish successful production lines and become top suppliers on their markets. They are still doing this today - as a market leader and family-owned company with specialized business units that merge their know-how: in design, process engineering, automation, project planning, manufacturing, project management, and logistics.
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Reifenhäuser: Heavy duty sacks incorporating multi-cycle recycled PE
Heavy duty sacks (HDS) can be recycled multiple times and re-used to produce new sacks. Incorporating up to 37% recycled HDS film with virgin performance PE polymers helps to maintain the performance of new sacks, while tracing and tracking technology helps ensure quality.
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Reifenhäuser: Interview during Kshow
"In the joint development with ExxonMobil and Reifenhäuser, the company shows the traceability of the packaging back to the raw materials." said Ralf Wiechmann, Head of Film Innovation at Reifenhäuser.
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Reifenhäuser: Simplify traceability from resin to packaging
Seamless documentation along the value chain for certified circular packaging. ExxonMobil collaborates with Reifenhauser and the value chain.
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Reifenhäuser: Recyclable PE-only pouches
Full PE laminated solutions with Exceed™ XP and Enable™ performance PE polymers offer equal or beter performance than conventional structures and enhance recyclability in communities with collection and recycling facilities in place.
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Reifenhäuser: Create MDO film with high stiffness and optics combined with moderate stretch ratio
The mechanical and optical properties of the developed MDO structure reached the performance levels of the BOPP and BOPA references. The combination of ExxonMobil’s performance PE and Reifenhäuser’s MDO processing also enabled film rolls of very high winding quality.
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Reifenhäuser: Creating full PE freezer film with seamless documentation along the value chain for certified circular packaging
Applying a QR code on the virgin material bags containing all relevant information eliminated the need for time consuming manual data entry.
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Reifenhäuser: ExxonMobil to demonstrate sustainable solutions using its Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling of plastic waste at K2022
A five-layer, 45 micron fully recyclable freezer film pouch suitable for high performance food-grade packaging that incorporates certified-circular Exceed™ S performance polyethylene (PE) made using Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling of plastic waste.
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Reifenhäuser: ExxonMobil to demonstrate how converters can rethink film design for simpler solutions using Exceed™ S performance polyethylene at K2022
Reifenhäuser will run a 5-layer, 45 micron freezer packaging film with a full R-cycle traceability program and ExxonMobil QR Code. This film is produced including certified circular Exceed™ S PE using Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling of plastic waste.
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PA-free thermoformed barrier packaging
Full** PE thermoformed packaging that can offer recyclability* and uncompromising package functionality and optics
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Reifenhäuser: Recyclable* 100% polyethylene laminated pouch with excellent stiffness and optical properties
Exceed™ XP, Exceed™ and Enable™ performance PE polymers, in combination with EVO Ultra Stretch machine direction orientation (MDO) technology from Reifenhäuser, boosts optical as well as stiffness properties, allowing non-PE substrates to be replaced in laminated packaging.
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Reifenhäuser: Multi-cycle recycled PE heavy duty sacks
A collaboration between ExxonMobil, a leading global supplier of performance PE polymers, and Reifenhäuser, a leading manufacturer of converting technology, has developed a solution for multi-cycle recycling of heavy duty sacks within the same value-in-chain loop.
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Reifenhäuser: Recyclable* 100% polyethylene laminated pouch with excellent stiffness and optical properties
Outstanding optical and stiffness properties with performance PE and MDO process.
**95% PE based on weight.