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Digital tools bring real-time data, traceability, and automated updates to LCA, improving environmental decisions across the value chain.

Foamed TPE and PP could replace non-recyclable automotive soft-touch structures while reducing weight and increasing recycled content.

AI sorting, data-driven compounding, and digital traceability improve PCR purity, consistency, and confidence across recycling value chains.

Flexloop uses solvent extraction to remove inks, adhesives, odors, and contaminants from flexible films, enabling higher-quality recycled resin.

Smart controls and modified plasticizing systems help stabilize recyclate injection molding despite variations in viscosity and feedstock.

In a project with Audi AG, Fraunhofer IVV demonstrated how solvent-based recycling can recover high-quality PC/ABS from automotive waste.

Gasification of automotive shredder plastic with biomass lowers CO₂ emissions and creates circular feedstock for chemical production.

Reducing melt overheating, back pressure, and poor mold cooling can shorten cooling time and improve injection molding efficiency.

Shrinkage is a natural result of cooling and solidification in injection molding, but material structure and process conditions strongly affect its magnitude.

Recycling technologies vary widely depending on feedstock quality and target performance. Selecting the right pathway determines whether circularity delivers real value or compromises material performance.