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PVC RECYCLING CAPACITY QUADRUPLES
TO 45,000 TONNES PER YEAR
» » DECEUNINCK GROUP PROUDLY
announces it has put a new recycling facility
into service at its recycling and compounding
site in Diksmuide, Belgium.
The brand-new high-tech recycling line will
allow Deceuninck to recycle up to 45,000
tonnes of PVC-U a year. Input material will be
sourced from post-industrial waste collection
(own scrap and customers off-cuts), as well as
from the huge amount of 30 to 40-year-old
first generation PVC-U windows which are
gradually being replaced.
This investment confirms Deceuninck’s
belief in PVC-U as a sustainable and future-
proof material for the building industry.
Thanks to its low thermal conductivity,
PVC-U window profiles have three times
the heat insulation efficiency of aluminium
profiles (https://vinylplus.eu/recycling/a-
smart-material/sustainable-recyclable) during
the lifetime of the windows as well as during
production and end-of-life recycling, the
energy consumption and CO2 emission
of PVC-U windows is less than half of its
aluminium counterparts (Baldasano study,
vinylplus.be). Thanks to the high recyclability
of PVC-U, it can be reused almost endlessly
without loss of quality. On top of this,
according to estimations by VinylPlus (https://
vinylplus.eu/), for each kg of PVC-U recycled,
2 kg of CO2 is saved. Finally, the Deceuninck
recycling facility will save more than 2
million windows per year from landfill or
incineration.
The installation includes the latest
technology which will enable Deceuninck to
recycle PVC-U profiles of all colours and of
all different compositions, including those
containing glass-fibre. During the recycling
process, all contaminations are removed,
grinded and sorted by colour. After granulation,
the recycled material, which is a perfect
alternative to virgin material, is used for the
extrusion of new PVC-U window profiles.
Francis Van Eeckhout, Deceuninck
CEO says: “This investment underlines the
ecological ambition of both Deceuninck
and our customers. The increasing use of
recycled materials will further reduce the
ecological footprint of our products and of
our production processes. It will also reduce
dependency on virgin material supply and
mitigate to a certain extent the negative effect
of fluctuating raw material prices.”
Rob McGlennon, Deceuninck UK
Managing Director says: “It’s important for
us to close the loop and make our processes
as sustainable as possible. Deceuninck’s
new recycling plant, close to our worldwide
headquarters in Belgium demonstrates this
commitment to sustainability.”
www.deceuninck.co.uk
Synseal Group Acquired by Aperture Trading Ltd
Aperture Trading Ltd announces it has successfully completed an agreement to
purchase the majority of Synseal Group’s trade and assets from administration
for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will safeguard more than 1000 jobs,
secure supply to 1200 customers and allow the business to focus time
and investment on areas which can be grown and create new value.
» » ANDY JONES COMMENTS:
“Following months of speculation,
customers and the entire supply
chain can rest assured that
Aperture’s management team are
all unswerving in our commitment
to the venture, and between us, will
bring to market a powerful blend
of decades of industry experience,
backed with a depth of strategic
business acumen from other
sectors.”
Benefitting from significant
levels of new investment into
the venture, Aperture has been
established by Synseal’s former
majority shareholder together
with the Chairman, and with the
backing of the senior management
team, including CEO Matthew
Mycock and Group Sales &
Marketing Director Andy Jones.
The trade and assets acquired are
Synseal Extrusions, Warmcore,
PVC-U fabrications including
vertical sliders, roof systems,
residential doors – now known as
Calibre doors – Global Glass and
Norvik.
CEO Matthew Mycock adds:
“The formation of Aperture
Trading Ltd provides the platform
from which to develop a business
that is right-sized and fit for
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the future, and one in which
investment can be made across the
many innovative products that will
drive its growth.
“We all know that the
fenestration sector is fast changing
and will continue to be under
challenge in a number of ways:
raw material costs, accelerated
consolidation across extruders,
fabricators and installers, stagnation
in some product categories and a
significant reduction in consumer
confidence. And yet, there is still
real opportunity to be found.
“But to access it, businesses
need to decide where their core
is and honestly appraise current
performance and where the
opportunities for improvement
lie. That’s why it has been
critical to implement these
changes and secure investment
across the businesses in order to
seize this opportunity. The team
is now clear on the way forward.
We’re determined that we will
create a simpler, more customer
focused, and more sustainable
business for our customers,
colleagues and critical supply
chain partners.”
www.synseal.com