With Flexloop, Lindner launches a first in mechanical recycling

Flexloop is the name of the revolutionary mechanical recycling technology that Lindner and Procter & Gamble unveiled to the public for the first time at K 2025. At the heart of the process is a solvent-based extraction process that reliably removes contaminants (NIAS), odors, adhesives, and printing inks from polymer chains. The purity achieved opens […]

First plaster-to-plaster recycling plant opens in Austria

With the commissioning of its new recycling plant in Stockerau, GzG Gipsrecycling GmbH, a joint venture between PORR, Saint-Gobain, and Saubermacher, has initiated the first closed plaster cycle in Austria. For the first time, plaster waste can be processed into recycled material in Austria. In future, this will be added to new plasterboards at Saint-Gobain […]

Strong green tech opportunities in India

From October 14 to 17, 2025, local companies such as ANDRITZ, Bauer, Komptech, KVT Kanzler, Lindner Recycling, Untha, and Thöni took advantage of IFAT India to immerse themselves in one of the world’s most exciting environmental and technology markets. According to Managing Director Bernhard Puttinger, the market is particularly interesting for environmental technology companies from […]

AI & robotics for reusing used PV modules

The ‘WattsOK?’ research project combines artificial intelligence, optical inspection and robotics to enable automated quality testing of used photovoltaic modules. Based on the test results, the system makes informed decisions about reuse or recycling with the aim of maximising the service life of the modules while increasing resource efficiency and sustainability in the photovoltaic sector. […]

New approaches to sustainable phosphorus recovery

PHOBOS project launch New approaches to sustainable phosphorus recovery: A kick-off meeting at the Montanuniversität Leoben (Technical University of Leoben) marked the start of the PHOBOS research project – phosphorus recovery and binder provision as an economical material recycling process. The PHOBOS project is funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) as part of […]

New Siemens Energy plant for wind power transformers opens in Wollsdorf

The grand opening ceremony was attended by numerous guests, including Governor Mario Kunasek, Deputy Governor Manuela Khom, and State Councilors Claudia Holzer and Willibald Ehrenhöfer, who were there to offer their congratulations. On behalf of the federal government, Siemens Energy welcomed Federal Minister Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer and State Secretary Elisabeth Zehetner, while Gunhild Grieve, Chief Financial […]