Ducor Petrochemicals and Blue Circle Olefins have signed an agreement with the aim to produce and comarket segregated bio-polypropylene and carbon recycled polypropylene. The agreement marks the start of a unique partnership that builds on the complementary expertise and capabilities of both companies.
The aim is to serve the increasing market demand for bio-based and carbon recycled polypropylene for demanding market segments such as healthcare, life-science, automotive parts, electrical appliances,packaging materials, engineering products and household items.
Ralph Koekkoek, CEO Blue Circle Olefins, comments: “the partnership with Ducor marks an important milestone for the development of our MTO project. Jointly we can offer our clients a broad range of polypropylene grades that can be tailored to the customer needs and produced with recycled or 100% bio-based propylene. It is a strong showcase for our ambition to supply the chemical industry with 100% circular olefins.”
Hanno Schouten, CEO of Ducor Petrochemicals, comments: “The unique setup of the Blue Circle Olefins MTO project in combination with our flexible, customer-focused production assets, will allow us to supply the next generation tailor-made, sustainable polypropylene products to our partners. This agreement underscores our unwavering commitment to Europe. Together with Blue Circle Olefins we are developing the entire value chain, enabling our customers a smooth transition towards 100% circular polypropylene in 2030!”
About Ducor Petrochemicals:
Ducor Petrochemicals specializes in the production of more sustainable polypropylene products solutions for various applications, including healthcare, life-science, automotive parts, electrical appliances, packaging materials, engineering products and household items. Due to the unique set-up, Ducor is able to produce tailor made products for our customers, also in smaller volumes.
About Blue Circle Olefins:
Blue Circle Olefins is a scale-up that is developing a 200kton Methanol to Olefins (MTO) production facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. By 2030 the plant will convert green methanol, produced from mixed plastic waste or agricultural and forestry residues, into respectively carbon recycled and biobased ethylene and propylene. This provides the European chemical industry with fossil free feedstocks for the production of circular plastics. By upcycling waste into virgin quality ethylene and propylene, the full life cycle GHG emissions will be reduced by more than 80% compared to oil-based polyolefins.
Contact Plastribution:
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