The Mensing Group plans to invest almost €30m in a plant to recycle polyethylene (PE) film scrap in the northern German town of Hohenwestedt
joint owner Andreas Mensing confirmed to EUWID just before Christmas
a subsidiary that the group set up last summer for the project
will start building the new plant in early 2025
a planned joint project with the chemicals group Lyondell-Basell (LYB) will not come to fruition...
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The co-op's site in Dargun in north-eastern Germany is to be shuttered
Hohenwestedt and Everswinkel are to be scaled down
is to close a domestic facility and reduce capacity at three others amid declining milk production volumes
The co-op&#8217;s site in Dargun in north-eastern Germany is to be shuttered
Some 150 employees will be impacted by the measures
which are due to be implemented by spring 2025
said it had no alternative but to make the changes
It said it mainly produces “standard products” at the affected sites as opposed to higher value lines
combined with an expected decrease in milk volumes
DMK said it is “reacting to regionally changing raw material volumes and is also taking aspects of value-adding product range development into account in this planning”
It added: “The decision was preceded by a renewed
extensive examination of the planned measures by means of an independent expert opinion on behalf of the employee representatives
did not allow any other conclusions to be drawn regarding the sustainable and economic continuation of the areas in question.”
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DMK said it is aiming to optimise its network of production facilities
“These capacities are determined by the interplay of three factors: the volume of milk per region as well as demand and capacity at plant level
the plant structure and product portfolio must be constantly optimised to achieve the highest possible value for the processed raw milk
This also includes strengthening products with higher added value and reducing those with lower returns,” it said
said it will enter into talks with the affected employees to discuss their options
“The DMK Group thus has a strong interest in retaining good employees and deploying them in other functions,” it said
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The chemicals group LyondellBasell and Mensing Group
which is active in the recycling of plastics
and have formed a joint venture to produce regranulate from post-consumer PE packaging film in Germany
Mensing subsidiary AFA Nord GmbH and LyondellBasell
the world’s third-largest producer of polyolefins
The planned venture was reported to the German Federal Cartel Office in early May and got the green light on 17 May
According to a press release from the partners
LMF plans to construct a recycling plant which can produce around 26,000 tpa of regranulate from LLDPE and LDPE film scrap
The investment sum is reportedly around €30m
Production is expected to start in early 2025...
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