Newcycling® – the innovativerecycling technology from APK AG
Around 390 million tons of plastic are produced annually, with much ending up as short-lived products and then discarded. Only a minor fraction is currently recycled, even though a substantial portion of this waste can be reclaimed through effective, innovative recycling technologies.
APK AG’s Newcycling® technology represents a groundbreaking approach to plastic recycling. Unlike conventional methods, Newcycling® utilizes a solvent-based separation and purification process alongside mechanical pre-treatment, ensuring the preservation of polymer integrity while yielding high-quality recyclates.
Founded in 2008, APK AG has pioneered recycling solutions from its base in Merseburg, Germany. Scaling up its Newcycling® process to an industrial level, the company collaborates with partners to establish recycling plants and licenses its technology to enhance accessibility across the plastics value chain and key market sectors.
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Newcycling® by APK
Using a special solvent process, individual types of polymers in mixed plastic waste streams are separated. The result is pure, clean plastic granulates that are virgin like.
Our Products
With high-quality granulates back into flexible packaging or technical injection molding parts? Our Mersalen® facilitates to close the loop back into packaging.
Our Company
We are an innovative industrial company, a leader in the field of innovative recycling technologies for the production of plastics that are virgin like from mixed plastic waste streams.
"Our mission is to produce plastic recyclates with properties close to virgin plastics. We are already producing pure, clean regranulates using our unique, proprietary solvent technology - Newcycling®."
Dr. Robert Marx CTO APK AG
Newcycling® – the closest loop back into packaging
The gentle, solvent-based process minimises CO2 emissions and generates high-quality recyclates that are suitable for premium applications such as packaging in the personal care sector.
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Obituary Dr. Lindner
Obituary Merseburg, September 2024. It is with great sadness and deep respect that we bid farewell to our esteemed company founder Dr Wolfgang Ludwig Lindner, who passed away on 4 September 2024 at the age of 81. Dr Lindner was a visionary pioneer in the …
LYB to Acquire APK AG Recycling Technology
Expands Company’s Technology Portfolio and Circular Hub August 22, 2024 Acquisition increases LYB Circular and Low Carbon Solutions Business and diversification of innovative recycling technologies Transaction encompasses existing assets and planned growth projects LyondellBasell (LYB) today announced it entered into an agreement to acquire full …
Newcycling®: post-consumer plastic recyclates shine as film
Merseburg, July 8th, 2024 – The APK AG is progressively adapting its Newcycling® technology to post-consumer, flexible, multi-material packaging waste from household collection. In collaboration with the film manufacturer Polifilm Extrusion GmbH (Polifilm), APK AG confirmed the excellent processability and high quality of the Newcycling® …
The expansion of our production plant in Merseburg to include Newcycling® for the pure processing of multi-layer packaging film waste from production sources with an investment volume of EUR 18.1 million is funded to the amount of EUR 3.6 million by a grant from Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt as part of the joint scheme for "Improving Regional Economic Structures (GRW)" and should be completed by the end of 2018.
The expansion of APK’s solvent-based recycling is to include further waste streams and process assessment/optimization with respect to food standard for Newcycling® products. With the help of the funding, an important contribution is to be made to the development of the circular economy of plastics. The measure is a grant from the "Innovation Assistance" program for the project period from October 2018 to September 2020.
APK stands for regranulates of the same quality as new products. Our unique Newcycling® process allows the production of clean, pure granulates.
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