SOLVIN AWARD FOR PVC INNOVATION 2010

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thermal reinforcement with co-extruded steel cables
To enhance the flexural stiffness of PVC window
profiles the plastic matrix has been reinforced
with steel cable. This reinforcement has a
significantly lower heat transfer than conventional
reinforcements for window profiles, with a
resistance comparable to that of steel. With this
reinforcement the newly developed window
systems contribute to the decrease of the energy
consumption in buildings. They are also suitable for
the construction of passive houses. The steel-PVC
composite is fully recyclable.
> Hanno Jooss
> +49 9422 821 334
> Germany
katoen natie italia
re-usaBle pvc liner for s-pvc fully recyclable by
vinyloop ® process
Since 2007 kTN Italia transported PVC in bulk by
45’ container with a liner from the SolVin plant in
Southern France to Cremona, where the content
is unloaded into a silo. After unloading the liner
is removed and the container is re-used to export
Italian finished goods and not raw materials to the
South of France. Before the project the bulk trucks
returned 100% empty to France, today the 45’
hybrid containers return from Italy to France 100%
full of other palletized products.
There’s just one problem: the single use liner to
transport the PVC is made of polyethylene: and
PVC and PE are not compatible… As the product
transported from France to Cremona is always the
same, was born the idea of a re-usable liner.
After various unsatisfactory tests with liners of
enforced PE and raffia PP, we found the solution
with a liner made of polyester reinforced PVC. At the
end of the life cycle, the liner coul go to the Vinyloop
plant in Ferrara Italy.
> Dirk Verwimp
> +39 0372 415 521
> Italy
SolVin Award 2010 – 39
Innovation Award