Sollenau (Austria), March 2021. Since 2001, Candi Plastic Recycling in Sollenau, Lower Austria, has been transforming industrial waste thermoplastics into premium homogeneous recyclates. As a contract manufacturer, the company relies on Lindner’s shredders with flexible cutting units to ideally cater to customer needs.
Contract Manufacturer Expands Production Capacities with Application-optimised Shredder Technology
Plastic products manufacturers who wish to improve their products’ sustainability have two options: Either build their own recycling facility or rely on an established expert. One of these experts is Candi Plastic Recycling GmbH. At the headquarters of the family-owned business, where dog Mia takes care of the group’s security, about 3,000 metric tons of thermoplastics such as PE, PP, PS and ABS are turned into homogenous regranulate every year. The materials, which are processed south of the Austrian metropolis of Vienna, as well as at their subsidiary Calex in Baia Mare, Romania, mostly come directly from international big players in packaging and brand product manufacturing.
One of the secrets of the company's twenty years of success is its ability to constantly adapt to different materials and new customer requirements. Andreas Campan, Head of Production and Chief Technician at Candi Plastic Recycling, explains: ‘We process thermoplastics in almost every shape, from films to hollow bodies to lumps. Since more and more producers want to avoid waste as much as possible, the required purchase quantities are constantly increasing and with them the variety of different materials. To meet our customers’ demands, and also to ensure our facilities are as productive as possible, we rely on technologies that enable us to cover the broadest possible material spectrum.’ Specifically in terms of shredding, the company relies on Lindner’s compact shredders for the first stage in the recovery process. The decision to buy from this manufacturer was once made on the basis of industry recommendations.
