Posts by Gerhard
“Deko-Cycle” – circuit for printed plastics
The project partners of “DekoCycle” developed a circular economy concept to process heavily printed die-cut grids without waste and produce reprintable plastic sheets on a 100 percent recycled basis. TheCO2 savings potential is enormous. “Waste-free upcycling with direct recycling is the pinnacle of material recycling,” says project coordinator Hannes Meier of M2 Consulting. The Plastics…
Read More100% green electricity at Filzwieser
Since January 2023, we have been using 100% green electricity from TIWAG. We decided to take this step after a photovoltaic system of our own was not technically feasible due to the roof statics, or vertical surfaces would have covered only a very minimal share of the total electricity demand. In addition to the use…
Read MoreFinancial stability in uncertain times
As a “plastic solution finder with a handshake”, we stand for resilience and reliability – financial stability is a very important facet of this. This can be a decisive advantage, especially at a turning point in time that brings with it a great deal of uncertainty and no longer permits linearity in the planning horizon,…
Read MoreUncomfortable thoughts of a pilot – the podcast interview with Gerhard Filzwieser
In his podcast series “Shaping the Future“, changemaker Gerald Ziegler conducts inspiring conversations with exciting people from the worlds of business, art and culture, as well as science and research. Questioning habitual and familiar thought patterns, expanding the mindset so that something new can really emerge – that’s the idea and intention behind this podcast.…
Read MoreCycle of life
Did you know that linear economies with all their mountains of waste at the end of the often very short useful life of products are an invention of us humans? One that we don’t have to be proud of, though … quite the opposite. Our mother earth does not know such a thing. It does…
Read MoreInterested in extruding your own film?
Interested in extruding your own film? We provide you with our extruders including know-how! When it comes to films, some customers already know exactly what they want and need. It is an already precisely specified material type, or even a compound developed individually for the customer. We will be happy to provide our extruder with…
Read MorePC foil with second life
Creating something new from something used can be fascinating, but also challenging at the same time. As in the case of the above work of art, which was created from foil waste from our production. Due to the increasing awareness of the finite nature of many resources, we believe we should dare to take on…
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