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ALPLA: Michael Heyde, Head of Recycling Technology.

ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG

On 2 July Michael Heyde joined the Aus­trian packa­ging pro­ducer ALPLA as head of recy­cling tech­no­logy. The 58-year-old spe­cia­list in recy­cling and the cir­cular eco­nomy will focus on the expan­sion of recy­cling capa­ci­ties at ALPLA.

Heyde is a reco­gnised expert in the deve­lop­ment of new areas of app­li­ca­tion for post-consumer recy­cled plastics. He has exten­sive expe­ri­ence acting as an inter­face bet­ween the waste manage­ment industry and the packa­ging industry. ‘The esta­blish­ment of a centre of exper­tise for recy­cling tech­no­logy at ALPLA is now recei­ving a boost. With Michael Heyde, we will make a decisive impact on the global deve­lop­ment of recy­cling capa­ci­ties. In doing so, we want to expand our pre­vious focus on PET to include HDPE and clo­sures,’ says Dietmar Marin, head of the ISBM and recy­cling busi­ness unit.

Suc­cessful invol­ve­ment at Der Grüne Punkt
Heyde recently served as head of pro­duct and pro­cess deve­lop­ment at Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutsch­land GmbH.Recy­cling expert Michael Heyde ALPLA recy­cling tech­no­logy

His respon­si­bi­li­ties par­ti­cu­larly included pro­cess deve­lop­ment for closed-loop sys­tems and the deve­lop­ment of recy­cled mate­rials for the group’s pro­duc­tion faci­li­ties.Recy­cling expert Michael Heyde ALPLA recy­cling tech­no­logy

Expe­ri­enced recy­cling spe­cia­list
After com­ple­ting his stu­dies in mechanical/process engi­nee­ring at the Tech­nical Uni­ver­sity of Munich, Heyde began his career as a rese­arch asso­ciate at the Fraun­hofer Insti­tute for Pro­cess Engi­nee­ring and Packa­ging in Frei­sing.Recy­cling expert Michael Heyde ALPLA recy­cling tech­no­logy

There, he advanced to head of sys­tems ana­lysis, where his work included the deve­lop­ment of methods for the pre­pa­ra­tion of pro­duct life cycle assess­ments. He earned his PhD from the Tech­nical Uni­ver­sity of Berlin in the sub­ject of food sci­ence and bio­tech­no­logy in 1998. A year later, the engi­nee­ring sci­en­tist took over as head of tech­no­logy at Der Grüne Punkt. Since then, he has made a signi­fi­cant con­tri­bu­tion to the deve­lop­ment of recy­cling manage­ment for packa­ging in Ger­many through various roles within the Duales System Hol­ding group.

More infor­ma­tion about ALPLA: www.alpla.com

About ALPLA:
ALPLA is one of the leading companies in plastic packaging. Around 19,300 employees worldwide produce custom-made packaging systems, bottles, closures and moulded parts at 176 sites across 45 countries.Recy­cling expert Michael Heyde ALPLA recy­cling tech­no­logy

ALPLA also operates recycling plants at three locations with an annual capacity of 65,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET. The high-quality packaging is used in a wide range of areas, including for food and drinks, cosmetics and care products, household detergents, washing and cleaning agents, engine oils and lubricants. ALPLA celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2015.Recy­cling expert Michael Heyde ALPLA recy­cling tech­no­logy

Addi­tional infor­ma­tion for edi­tors:
ALPLA, Alex­andra Dittrich (PR and Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions), Tele­phone: +43 (0)5574 602 1083, email alexandra.dittrich@alpla.com
Pzwei. Pres­se­ar­beit, Werner F. Sommer, Tele­phone: +43 (0)699 1025 4817, email werner.sommer@pzwei.at Recy­cling expert Michael Heyde ALPLA recy­cling tech­no­logy

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