NGR celebrates 1,000 installations

Above, from left: Josef Hochreiter, CEO of NGR, and Alfred S. Teo, CEO of Sigma Group.

Feldkirchen an der Donau, Austria-based Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) says it has delivered its 1,000^th plastics recycling machine to long-time customer Sigma Plastics Group at a location in New Jersey in the United States.

“For more than 15 years, the globally known Sigma Plastics Group has put its trust in recycling machines from NGR,” the company indicates in the news release announcing its milestone. In December, NGR’s machine number 1,000 was delivered to a Sigma plant in New Jersey, the company states.

Founded in 1996, NGR designs and makes size reduction and extrusion machinery for plastics recyclers.  The company indicates it has expanded its global reach and now has several customer centers in the U.S. and Asia. During the past two decades, more than 1,000 machines have rolled off its assembly lines, including more than 100 machines in 2017.

Lyndhurst, New Jersey-based Sigma is one of the largest privately owned film extrusion companies in North America, with more than 5,000 employees and an annual processing volume of more than 1 million tons. Its product range includes packaging film, stretch film, merchandise bags, garbage bags and garment bags.

Sigma Group currently has more than 40 NGR recycling machines in use, according to NGR. “We count on solutions from NGR because each system efficiently recycles all of our plastic waste and because we can rely on their excellent service,” says Alfred Teo, CEO of Sigma. “The NGR support team works actively with all of our plants to ensure that our machines are running smoothly.”