Kompotek Oy is building a pilot plant in Lappeenranta, next to the Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuolto waste management facility, to manufacture bio-composite products from recycled materials. Kompotek and the sales and marketing company Wimao Oy have developed a patented extrusion compression technology. In the Circwaste sub-project, the company can test the technology at an industrial scale.
“We can utilise materials in a versatile way, as our technology allows for minor variations in content. Our raw materials include wool, gypsum, fabric, wood, paper and plastic. In practice, any recycled fibre will do, be it synthetic, glass, carbon or mineral fibre,” says Kompotek and Wimao managing director, Ville Immonen.
The plant’s material factory is the place where the raw material flows are refined. The manufacturing line of the end product combines the fibres and recycled plastic and shapes the final product. Specialised products for the construction, packaging, logistics and vehicle industry replace plastic and metal products, even concrete.
Circwaste-magazine 1/2017