CLASSEN Magazin 2023 - Innovations, design and more (EN)

INNOVATIONS, DESIGN & MORE
HC PLASTICS
NEW PLASTICS RECYCLING PLANT OF
HC PLASTICS SETS STANDARDS
On 24 November 2022, HC Plastics GmbH
invited guests to the launch of the new
recycling plant at the Swisttal site. The
newly founded company is a joint venture of
the two family businesses W. Classen GmbH &
Co. KG and Hündgen Entsorgungs GmbH & Co.
KG, operators of a recycling park with technical
facilities for the recovery of recyclable materials.
In future, recyclable raw materials, especially
polyolefin-based plastics, will be recycled and
processed into secondary raw materials at the
new plant. Mayor Petra Kalkbrenner officially
opened the plant.
CLASSEN and Hündgen are introducing a new
era of plastics recycling with the opening of the
plant in Swisttal. For the floor manufacturer
from the Eifel region, high-quality PP recyclates
are the basis for the production of its CERAMIN
floors. Hündgen's expertise in the recycling of
secondary raw materials provides the perfect
complement. Both companies are combining
their many years of experience and sustainability
expertise in HC Plastics GmbH, which was
founded in 2021. The cooperation is based on the
motto "Recycling meets Industry, Industry meets
Recycling".
For the family-run CLASSEN Group with its
approximately 2,000 employees, responsibility
for people and the environment is one of
its fundamental values. With CERAMIN, the
company has developed a polymer-based
material that forms the basis for PVC-free,
extremely robust wall and floor coverings. All
CERAMIN products have been certified with
the renowned, independent "Blue Angel"
environmental seal. Throughout Germany, the
company has a production capacity of almost
20 million square metres for the high-quality
synthetic floorings it sells internationally.
In addition to the use of recycled materials,
CLASSEN's main objective is to ensure the
complete recyclability of CERAMIN floors and
tiles. In the future, the secondary raw materials
used will mainly come from the new HC Plastics
GmbH plant. An important contribution to
independence in the entire value chain.
A COVENANT BEYOND
THE LIFETIME CYCLE
"Sustainability is much more than the bare
survivability of business models",
says Simon Schumacher (CLASSEN), Managing
Director of HC Plastics GmbH. The waste
management company from Swisttal is
a technology leader in the field of circular
economy, in which material cycles are closed as
far as possible by making waste available to the
economy again as secondary raw materials. For
almost 30 years, the company has specialised
in sorting packaging waste, which is then
processed into industrial primary products in its
own recycling plants.
"Together with the CLASSEN Group, we will
initiate a new era in plastics recycling with the
opening on 28 November",
says Christian Hündgen (Hündgen), Managing
Director of HC Plastics GmbH.
"Both family-owned companies are thus
underlining their claim to be technology leaders
and important drivers for their respective
industries."
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