One of the motivating reasons for the founding of ENLYZE was to improve the sustainability of manufacturing through our technologies.

Against this background, we are particularly proud of our customer DUO PLAST AG!

The DUO EARTH stretch films from DUO PLAST have now been awarded for sustainability for the second time. This year, the award was given internationally with the World Star Award, after they had already won the German Packaging Award last year. 

The awards recognize the development of a previously unique stretch film with a proportion of post-consumer recyclate (PCR).

“The special challenge in the development and production of products with high PCR proportions is to maintain process stability despite varying material characteristics and thus to produce good quality economically,” said Detlef Kaase, COO of DUO PLAST AG.

To the great joy of ENLYZE, our digital solution can also support this challenge, as Detlef Kaase goes on to say:

“The process data analysis from ENLYZE helps us better understand our processes and the influences on productivity and quality, especially with challenging products. We look forward to bringing even more innovative products to market with the support of ENLYZE in the future.”

For the first time, stretch films with at least 25% recycled content

For stretch films, it has been possible for the first time to incorporate a PCR content of at least 25% into the stretch film without experiencing performance losses in the film's performance. This sets a new standard for the market by DUO PLAST. The film for load securing meets optimal requirements. With the DUO EARTH stretch film, a high holding force is achieved, comparable to the standard film of DUO PLAST.

Post-Consumer Recycling vs. Post-Industrial Recycling

While post-industrial recycling processes plastic waste from industrial processing, post-consumer recycling processes plastic waste from end consumers. The processing of post-industrial waste is significantly simpler because it can be ensured that there are no contaminants. This way, they can be easily added to the new plastic without losing quality.

“The process data analysis from ENLYZE helps us better understand our processes and the influences on productivity and quality, especially with challenging products. We look forward to bringing even more innovative products to market with the support of ENLYZE in the future.”

A particular societal challenge is that the packaging waste produced by end consumers has increased by four and a half percent annually in recent years. To achieve further waste reduction, intense work must be done on ways to recycle waste into new products. 

This has now been largely achieved by our customer DUO PLAST in the field of stretch films.