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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 …
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® …
State parliament member Sven Czekalla visits Merseburg plant
Merseburg, January 27, 2023. Staff, public transport, site search for the new plant: Susanne Küppers, CFO and a.i. CEO of APK AG, and Sven Czekalla, member of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, talked about these and other topics during the latter’s visit to the plant in …
New Plastics Economy Global Commitment Reporting 2021
The Global Commitment draws a line in the sand in the fight against plastic waste and pollution. It unites over 500 businesses, governments, and other organizations from around the world behind a common vision and a set of 2025 targets to address the problem at …
Plastic packaging is recycled for pannier support system
VAUDE launches first ever pannier made from recycled material First VAUDE range of panniers made from completely recycled key materials Including rear panel made from recycled plastic packaging and fastening hooks made from recycled multilayer film An important step towards a circular economy Cooperation with …
Plastic Regranulates for 100% Recycled Plastic Packaging – Combination seal of flustix and DIN CERTCO certifies two products of APK
Berlin/Merseburg, April 2021. For independent certification of its plastic recyclates, APK AG, Merseburg (Germany), relies on the flustix RECYCLED certification. Following a successful audit, APK’s Mersamid® PA and Mersalen® LDPE have been awarded the combined flustix/DIN CERTCO seal. Each of these granulates was verified to …
2021 – A decisive year for advancements in innovative recycling – With Newcycling®, APK AG takes aim at new markets for recycled plastics
Merseburg, 10 February 2021. At APK AG in Merseburg, Germany, improving recyclate quality and working to close the loop on plastic products remain at the top of their agenda for 2021. The Corona virus made 2020 a turbulent year for the recycling industry, and in …
Over 50% virgin plastics substituted in shrink film – APK’s Newcycling® LDPE recyclate delivers on shrinkage and film thickness
Merseburg, 24 November 2020 – Broadening the market potential of plastic recyclates and thereby furthering the uptake of recycled content across Europe is APK AG’s core objective. The innovative recycling company from Merseburg, Germany has tested the performance of its Newcycling® LDPE recyclates in shrink …
APK enables the use of plastic recyclates in cosmetic packaging – Toxicological evaluations confirm quality of Newcycling® LDPE recyclate
Merseburg, 04 November 2020 – Increasing recycling quotas, potential mandatory use of recycled plastics in products across the EU market and a recently published Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability pushing strongly for a toxic-free environment: the European Commission has piled up a number of demanding challenges …
APK Relies on Coperion ZSK Extruder Technology for Newcycling® – How to Make High-Quality Plastic Compounds Out of Packaging Waste
Stuttgart, October 2020 – For its innovative, solvent-based plastic recycling process Newcycling®, APK AG in Merseburg, is relying on the high-performance ZSK extruder technology and technical process expertise from Coperion. Using the Newcycling® process, multi-polymer and multi-layer plastic packaging, that previously could not be recycled, …
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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