Squeezing out price benefits with regrind cuts overall costs

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"The [processing] industry has changed its view of reclaiming plastics.I think injection molders see the benefits of press-side reclaiming," says Don Maynard,president of Size Reduction Specialists (SRS,E.Lansing,MI),a producer of screenless granulator equipment.Yet many processors still won't use regrind even if they can due to a misconception that it is harder to process,citing inclusion of fines,dust,and non-uniform material compared to virgin resin,says Robert Harrison,granulator product manager,Wittmann (Torrington,CT).