Oerlikon and Evonik ink recycled polyester agreement

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Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik have formed a strategic partnership aimed at supplying the growing market for chemically recycled PET.

Jochen Adler, CTO, and Georg Stausberg, CEO, both Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions, Dr. Max Preisenberger, head of catalysts at Evonik, Lukas Adamek, head of strategy and business development Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions, and Dr. Gerd Löhden, SVP R&D smart materials Evonik at the official founding of the new partnership between Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik

Textile machinery manufacturer Oerlikon Barmag and speciality chemicals firm Evonik are to jointly develop a chemical recycling system for polyester waste.

The partnership will include the development of technologies for the depolymerisation and purification processes, coupled with an integrated, energy efficiency concept for the repolymerisation stage.

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