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Non-Tech : JER Envirotech (JER.V) - Wood Plastic Composites
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From: TheSlowLane8/5/2008 8:50:10 AM
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Article on Rolco and Sprig:

Greening of the Industry
Mar 6th, 2008

Timber takes on toys

By Modern Plastics Editorial Staff


Injection molder Rolco Inc. (Kasota, MN; www.rolcogames.com) is processing a wood fiber/plastic composite (WPC) supplied by JER Envirotech International Corp. (Vancouver, BC; www.jerenvirotech.com) for a new line of specialty game pieces launched earlier this month (February 17-20) at the International Toy Fair in New York City. The WPCs used for these game pieces contain up to 50% recycled wood byproduct.

Vern Olson, Rolco’s founder and director of research and development, said, “We had been testing wood-plastic composites for a number of years with limited success. Then, in 2006 we began exploring the use of JER’s proprietary formulations and we were able to achieve excellent results.” Rolco’s efforts include testing with colorants as well as multi-shot molding.

Rolco runs 32 injection molding machines, nine of them fitted for multi-shot processing. It is one of the few North American molders still serving the toys/gaming market; most of that industry’s plastics processing left long ago for foreign (primarily Asian) shores. Looking beyond the environmental aspects of processing materials with a high recyclate content, JER Envirotech says its compounds are helping the molder cut his material’s budget (save on plastics) and can also be molded at lower temperatures, which can result in energy savings of up to 30%.

modplas.com
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