PPWR, Machinery and Plastics: Online Courses Tailored to Your Business
Can your team translate new requirements into practical decisions about materials, packaging and production lines? And do your customers understand how to use the materials and solutions you supply for their intended applications?
At Rolbatch Academy, we develop specialist online courses for businesses that need more than a general overview of regulations. We connect regulatory requirements with materials engineering, polymer processing, recycling and the practical operation of machinery.
We create programmes for individual companies, their employees, customers and business partners. A course can be based on our own training materials or supplemented with the commissioning company’s documentation, examples and expertise. It can also be developed as a joint educational project featuring both companies’ branding.
You define what your participants need to learn. We turn that objective into a structured programme, learning materials and knowledge assessments.
From Understanding the Terminology to Making Practical Decisions
Imagine a conversation with a film customer. They ask about recycled content, packaging recyclability and the documentation supporting the product’s properties. Your sales team needs to know what information to collect. Your process engineer needs to define the trials required. Your quality team needs to understand what to test and under which conditions.
We design our courses around precisely these situations. Not every employee needs the same level of detail. Management, laboratory staff, maintenance teams and technical sales advisers have different responsibilities. That is why we can combine shared fundamentals with modules tailored to specific roles.
The objective is not simply to learn the terminology. It is to ask the right questions, identify missing information and make informed decisions within each person’s area of responsibility.
Materials and Machinery Expertise in One Place
Our programmes draw on the knowledge and experience of Dr Magdalena Laabs, a technical expert certified by the Polish Association of Mechanical Engineers and Technicians (SIMP), registration No. 10172. Her registered areas of expertise are 109: Materials Engineering and 215: Machinery and Plastics Processing.
Dr Magdalena Laabs specialises in polymers and plastics. Her training combines materials knowledge, processing technology, production equipment and finished-product quality. The reference point is therefore not just a document, but also a specific industrial application.
We have implemented a certified educational organisation management system in accordance with ISO 21001:2018. This standard addresses the management of educational activities and supports the development of learners’ competencies.
Four Training Programmes We Develop for Corporate Clients
We develop the following topics as courses tailored to individual companies. Each can be delivered as a standalone course or as part of a broader learning programme. The scope, examples and level of detail are adapted to the intended participants.
1. PPWR: Implementation and Challenges
How can packaging requirements be translated into practical responsibilities for purchasing, quality, production and sales?
PPWR stands for the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. It refers to Regulation (EU) 2025/40, an EU regulation rather than a separate Polish law. It generally applies from 12 August 2026, while individual requirements have their own implementation deadlines.
The regulation addresses, among other matters, packaging recyclability, recycled content, the reduction of unnecessary packaging, reuse and labelling. A company’s obligations depend on the type of packaging and its role in the supply chain.
The course provides a structured explanation of these topics and relates them to the commissioning company’s activities. Participants learn to distinguish between packaging that is recyclable and packaging that contains recycled material. We discuss the importance of material origin, supplier documentation, the intended use of packaging and cooperation between departments.
The programme can include an analysis of selected packaging used by the company, questions to ask suppliers and a checklist of issues to investigate before changing materials. The starting point is a practical question: what does PPWR mean for our products, and who needs to take responsibility?
2. From the Machinery Directive to Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
How can the people responsible for purchasing, integrating and modifying machinery prepare for changing requirements?
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 on machinery replaces the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC from 20 January 2027. The changes concern, among other matters, the obligations of economic operators, conformity assessment, documentation and issues relating to digitalisation and the safety and security of control systems.
The course covers the fundamentals of the current directive and preparation for the new regulation. We discuss risk assessment, technical documentation, instructions, declarations of conformity and CE marking. Particular attention is given to purchasing production lines, integrating equipment and modifying existing installations.
Participants examine which information should be available before machinery acceptance, what to ask suppliers and how to recognise situations requiring a more detailed assessment. We also distinguish between placing machinery on the market and operating or modifying it. We do not reduce regulatory change to simply updating documents. We explain what needs to be checked in a specific situation.
3. Recycled Plastics in Practice: Material Qualification, Quality and Production Stability
How should a material be assessed before it enters production?
This programme connects the use of recycled materials with practical processing considerations. We cover the origin of recycled granules, batch assessment, the preparation of specifications and the planning of trials for a defined application.
Participants learn about the significance of moisture content, density and melt flow rate, as well as sampling methods and test conditions. They learn which questions to ask when comparing results and how to relate material assessment to the requirements of the finished product.
For film manufacturers, we can extend the course to cover process stability, mechanical strength, sealability, surface appearance and the analysis of production problems. The objective is a structured material qualification process, rather than decisions based solely on price or a trade name.
4. Polymers in Practice: From Material Selection to Customer Support
How can your team prepare for conversations in which a customer expects a technical answer, not just a product data sheet?
This programme is intended for polymer manufacturers and distributors, petrochemical companies, technical support teams, laboratories, and quality and sales departments.
The scope can include selecting polyethylene and polypropylene for specific applications, interpreting material data, plastics additives, extrusion fundamentals and the analysis of problems reported by processors. We teach participants how to gather information about the material, machinery and process conditions before formulating a response to a customer.
The course can be built around the commissioning company’s product portfolio, technical documentation and approved application examples. This turns product knowledge into a structured educational programme for employees or customers.
Your Materials, Procedures and Examples, Not a Generic Slide Deck
A tailored course involves more than adding a company name to an existing presentation. Customisation can address the target audience, technologies, materials in use, recurring customer questions and the responsibilities of individual departments.
We can use Rolbatch Academy’s own training materials or combine them with content supplied by the commissioning company: technical data sheets, instructions, procedures, photographs, recordings and case studies approved for inclusion in the course.
You do not need a finished training script to get started. The starting point can be a problem to solve, a list of recurring questions or the need to organise knowledge within your team. We use this information to agree on the course structure and learning outcomes.
A Course for Your Customers, Featuring Your Company’s Logo
Our cooperation does not have to stop at training your own employees. We also develop programmes that the commissioning company can make available to its customers under an agreed partnership arrangement.
This offer is relevant to manufacturers, material and machinery suppliers, training organisations, and companies providing testing, inspection, consulting and certification services. A partner can add specialist plastics training to its offering without having to develop all the learning materials in-house.
The course can feature the official logos of both the commissioning company and Rolbatch Academy, with clear acknowledgement of the partnership and authorship of the materials. Content usage rights, branding arrangements and access conditions are agreed individually.
For a polymer manufacturer, this could be a course on applications for its materials. For a machinery supplier, it could prepare customers to work with a particular technology. For a training organisation, it could complement an existing portfolio with practical expertise in plastics processing and recycling.
Learning Available 24/7, Including for Shift-Based Teams
Our courses are available online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, throughout the agreed access period. Participants do not have to gather in the same place at the same time. They can work through the materials at their own pace and revisit topics that need further attention.
The programmes combine e-books, video materials, audio recordings and quizzes. Content is divided into modules, with quizzes helping participants check their understanding before moving on. This structure supports learning for individual employees as well as teams working across multiple sites.
Your First Module in as Little as One Week, with Further Modules Released to an Agreed Schedule
Shorter courses can be prepared in approximately one week. More extensive programmes usually take between two and six weeks, depending on their length, scope and the materials to be developed. The delivery schedule is agreed once the programme and availability of source materials have been established.
A longer course does not have to wait until every element is complete before it launches. We can introduce it module by module: participants receive access to the first part, and subsequent modules are released according to an agreed schedule. Access can also be configured so that participants unlock later modules after completing the preceding ones.
This means that, even within a larger project, learning may begin in as little as one week. The commissioning company knows the course scope and module release schedule from the outset.
A Certificate for Completion, a Diploma for Demonstrated Knowledge
After completing the course, each participant receives a personalised certificate. The course concludes with a final quiz assessing their knowledge. Participants who pass, in accordance with the rules of the programme, also receive a course completion diploma.
These are training documents confirming completion of the programme and, in the case of the diploma, successful completion of the final knowledge assessment. They do not replace product certification or machinery conformity assessment.
Start with What Your Team Should Be Able to Do After the Course
Do you need PPWR training, preparation for the new machinery requirements, a programme on recycled plastics or a technical course for your customers?
Tell us the topic, the intended participants and the outcome you need the training to achieve. Identify the questions that should no longer go unanswered, the tasks participants should be able to perform independently and the company materials that should be included.
We will use this information to agree on the scope, format and delivery schedule. We can develop a short course addressing one specific issue or a programme introduced in stages for several departments and customer groups.
Rolbatch Academy. Specialist plastics knowledge, developed for the people who need to use it at work.
References and Legal Sources
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, together with European Commission information on its scope and application.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 of the European Parliament and of the Council on machinery, together with European Commission information on the replacement of Directive 2006/42/EC.
Official SIMP register of technical experts: Magdalena Laabs, registration No. 10172, areas of expertise 109 and 215.
ISO 21001:2018: the standard for management systems for educational organisations.
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