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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® …
APK successfully scales Newcycling® for post-consumer waste
Merseburg, June 25, 2024. APK AG has successfully scaled its proprietary Newcycling® technology for the recycling of post-consumer plastic waste. Flexible, multi-material packaging waste is the focus as a material stream. “We were able to increase the laboratory scale by 200 times and have reached …
APK AG starts restructuring as part of a self-administration procedure
Merseburg, May 30, 2024. APK AG, an innovative recycling company for complex plastic waste based in Merseburg, has filed an application with the responsible district court in Halle to initiate restructuring proceedings under self-administration. The court approved the application on May 29, 2024, and ordered …
Dr. Steve Döring appointed CEO at APK AG
Merseburg, January 16, 2024. As APK AG’s newly appointed CEO, Dr. Steve Döring joins Chief Technology Officer Dr. Robert Marx and Chief Financial Officer Jürgen Schiffer in rounding out the company’s Management Board. ‘Joining APK AG in the midst of its leap to becoming a …
All systems go as APK prepares for the construction of their new large-scale Newcycling® plant.
Strong investors, successful certifications, agreement for product supply Merseburg, December 14, 2023. APK AG will bring in the new year with its corporate strategy stronger than ever. The company from Merseburg/Leuna, Germany, devoted itself in 2023 to putting in place key elements of its successful …
State Secretary Pötzsch visits APK in Merseburg
Merseburg, August 23, 2023. Stefanie Pötzsch, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of Saxony-Anhalt, visited the APK site in Merseburg on August 23. She was accompanied, among others, by Sven Czekalla, Member of the Saxony-Anhalt State Parliament, who had already …
Jürgen Schiffer is the new CFO of APK AG
Merseburg, July 27, 2023, Jürgen Schiffer has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) by the APK AG Supervisory Board. The proven expert for finance, value-added processes as well as transformation and change management comes from Meyer Burger Technology AG, which specializes in …
Minister of Economics Sven Schulze and international journalists at APK in Merseburg
Merseburg, June 09, 2023. Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister of Economics, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry, Sven Schulze, was again a guest at APK in Merseburg on June 9, 2023. He had already visited the plant at the end of last year and familiarized himself with APK’s unique Newcycling® …
LyondellBasell and KIRKBI invest in APK to develop recycling technology
Merseburg, 08. Februar 2023. Rotterdam, Billund, Merseburg, February 8, 2023 – Today, LyondellBasell, a global leader in the chemical industry and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand, announce they have signed an agreement to make an investment in APK, …
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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