Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm Sulzer Chemtech will provide its flagship technology to US-based circular basic chemicals specialist Encina.
Sulzer Chemtech. Credit: Sulzer Chemtech
Credit: Sulzer Chemtech
Sulzer Chemtech has finalised an agreement with Encina Development Group, LLC to provide technology to recover high purity circular aromatics from cracked oil products derived from Encina’s mixed-plastics-to-aromatics catalytic conversion platform.
Encina’s 1000 tonnes per day waste plastics recycling facility will be located in the Northeastern United States, and is expected to be operational in 2024.
Sulzer Chemtech’s flagship aromatic extraction technology (GT-BTX®) has been deployed worldwide for aromatics recovery from re-formate and naphtha cracked pyrolysis with more than 70 licenses sold. This is the first commercial application of this technology where waste plastics is used as feedstock within a circular chemical solution to help resolve a global environmental issue.
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Sander van Donk, Head Global Technology Business at Sulzer Chemtech, said: “We are pleased to support Encina’s mission of enabling circularity in plastics recycling by providing our SuRe™ BTX technology downstream of their catalytic conversion process. This novel value chain builds on Sulzer Chemtech’s commitment to circularity and opens up an entirely new market for ultra-pure circular benzene and toluene produced from waste plastics.”
Encina Development Group produces circular chemicals from waste plastics. Encina’s basic circular chemical products provide the building blocks for customers to meet their renewable content goals and enable the cyclical production and reproduction of products across a broad spectrum of ubiquitous goods, including consumer products and packaging, pharmaceuticals, and construction.
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