Leon Walinski

Product Manager

Presentation Description:

The plastics industry is getting more and more pressured by society, governments and environmental organizations. It is our duty as machine manufacturer to help reducing waste, increasing efficiency and recyclability by developing smart production solutions.

One way to do that is a circular system, where plastic packaging of households is properly recycled after usage. Due to recycling process, resources can be extracted and re-used. This cycle can be repeated multiple times, which saves valuable resources. These recycled materials are called post-consumer regrind (PCR) which has different properties than virgin material. However, there are many challenges in processing PCR, e.g. contamination, uncertain sources of material, unpleasant odors etc. Kautex is developing together with customers and partners, value adding solutions to overcome those challenges.

Introducing R-Cycle as a solution to that problem. By using the R-Cycle technology, packaging will be traceable during the whole life span, from production to consumer until the recycling process. It is the key to a high-quality recycling process, which increases the grade of PCR drastically. Also, it will help getting approvals like UN as all sources of recycled material are known. To sum it up, R-Cycle will improve the circular economy system of plastic packaging.

Speaker Biography:

Mr. Walinski’s career in the plastic industry began in 2015 at Kautex Germany in the research and development area. He later moved to the US and worked in the service department of Kautex USA where he spent the next two years traveling all over America to start up, service and retrofit blow molding machines.

At the end of 2019, he moved back to Germany and transitioned to the Sales Department as a Sales/Project Manager eventually becoming a Product Manager.

He holds a degree in electrical engineering from University of applied Science in Dortmund, Germany.