In applications on the Italian market, plasma technology expands the range of uses for plastics and recyclates: Surface modification by means of plasma pre-treatment not only improves the adhesive strength of adhesives and coatings, it also makes it possible to bond together materials that were previously difficult to combine or even achieve completely new material composites. Users thus benefit from an expanded choice of materials and can, for example, replace cost-intensive engineering plastics with less expensive row materials. The high-tech processes have not only established themselves as a safe solution that improves processes and makes them more efficient, but they also support industry in its efforts to protect the environment and the climate: The innovative plasma applications, which require only electricity and compressed air, offer an environmentally friendly alternative to traditionally used surface pre-treatments. For processes such as bonding, the use of environmentally harmful chemicals (primers) can be significantly reduced.