Plastic packaging production and demand, as well as recycling, have increased in Latin America. As a result, having machinery that produces high-quality and long-lasting finished goods is critical.

2 years after the first installation in 2015, the Colombian recycler has decided to increase capacity by adding two more POLYSTAR recycling machines in 2017 in the cities of Barranquilla and Bogota.

Following a successful exhibition at FullPlast (Chile), POLYSTAR has reached a new milestone with its 15th installation of its new generation recycling machine in the Chilean market, in only 22 months.

Located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the packaging film producer has stepped up its in-house recycling effort by working with Polystar.

POLYSTAR has successfully started up the 2500 mm (98”) wide LDPE blown film line in Guatemala. The new Polystar line has a production capacity up to 250kg per hour.

Another 120mm recycling line was installed in Chile in November. In the past 2 years, More than 25 Polystar integrated plastic recycling systems have been put up in Chile and Ecuador alone, mainly to film producers and recyclers.

Efficient in-house recycling significantly reduces production cost

One of the leading plastic producers in Bolivia has decided to purchase two 500kg/hr Polystar cutter integrated film reprocessing machines.

Another Polystar PP film making machine is installed in Ecuador for the production of PP film rolls up to 850mm in width. The packaging producer is the market leader today in manufacturing packaging film for flowers.

In July, Polystar mounted another integrated recycling line in Guatemala. The flexible packaging product provider is the leading producer in the country today.

Another new Polystar Co-extrusion line was set up in Chile for LDPE film production. The Chilean company specializes in a wide range of polyethylene products which are sold throughout Chile and exported to nearby countries.

BOLIVIA In general, plastic film waste and scrap recycling can be a problematic operation, since the low bulk density of the material can make high output difficult to achieve. As it is hard to achieve high throughput with the light-weighted film flakes without going through densification and compacting process first.