Pure Loop celebrates ISEC shredder-extruder at NPE

Pure Loop, an equipment developer headquartered in Austria and a subsidiary of Erema Group GmbH, is celebrating the success of its ISEC repelletizing system in the U.S. at this year’s NPE conference, currently taking place in Orlando, nearly a decade after launching it at NPE in 2015.

Stationed at Booth W4471, Pure Loop is showcasing its ISEC 302 E to prove its capabilities in recycling different materials during live demonstrations.

“NPE is extremely important to us,” says Manfred Dobersberger, managing director of Pure Loop. “Nine years ago, we presented our company and the integrated ISEC shredder-extruder combination to the plastics world.”

Since, the company says the technology that is used to repalletize production scrap consisting of various polymers such as films, fibers, textiles, pipes, injection molded parts and more, has proven itself globally.

“Our ISEC system is a material all-arounder,” Dobersberger says. “Even the most demanding applications, such as soft and hard PVC [polyvinyl chloride] or glass-fiber reinforced plastics, are carefully prepared and processed into high-quality recycled pellets. We can handle these complex requirements because, in recent years, our team has gained the necessary experience while dealing with a wide variety of niches and special applications. It is this knowledge and expertise that has gone into the design of this unique machine.”

The company says the key to its machine lies in its treatment of the material and eliminating the possibility of contamination. The shredder and extruder are powered by one drive shaft on the ISEC evo. The patented double-feed ram system ensures the extruder is fed continuously. With a conical transition, material is compacted, and oxygen is reduced.

Since the company’s opening, Pure Loop says a quarter of all its systems have been sold in North America, making it its most important market next to Europe. The company says order intake has risen continuously in recent years, with the largest increase recorded in 2023.

“During the last financial year, half of our revenue was generated in the U.S.,” Dobersberger says. “The number of machines sold has doubled compared to the previous year. The sale of the ISEC evo 702 is a particular highlight. This is the largest machine built by Pure Loop with throughput capacities of up to 3,300 pounds per hour.”

Pure Loop attributes its success in North America to its strong working relationships with local sales partners.

“In North America, we have a reliable sales partner network, which we are continuing to expand," Dobersberger says. "We also have very close ties to our sister company Erema North America, which has a technical center with an ISEC evo 302 in operation that is available for customer trials. There is also a service hub for Pure Loop customers at a site in Ipswich, near Boston.”

One business area Pure Loop currently is involved in is textile recycling. Dobersberger estimates around 40 million tons of production scrap are generated worldwide every year during the production process, and a large portion the material consists of PET. This has prompted Pure Loop to develop its FibrePro:IV technology to focus on PET fiber-to-fiber recycling.

At NPE, Pure Loop is showing off its ISEC evo 302 E that recycles low-density polyethylene (LDPE) blown film, start-up lumps and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes during live demonstrations.

“For us, NPE is an important platform for demonstrating our solutions for efficient recycling,” Dobersberger says. “We are delighted to be at the show with the sales and technology team from Austria and our U.S. sales partners to demonstrate to visitors our technology’s wide range of applications.”