Aduro Clean Technologies achieves operational milestone for NGP pilot plant

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc., based in London, Ontario, has announced that initial operating campaigns are now underway at its Next Generation Process (NGP) pilot plant in London, Ontario.

Following the conclusion of installation, mechanical completion and system integration completed in December 2025, Aduro has concluded commissioning close-out activities across all major systems, including process, utilities, automation and safety systems. With initial operating campaigns underway, the facility now has shifted from project execution to operations.

According to Aduro, the transition into initial operating campaigns directly supports the company’s commercial scale-up through planned campaigns for ongoing research, customer engagement and feedstock qualification. Aduro says operations and technical teams have completed training and actively are gaining controlling, troubleshooting and hands-on experiences.

Simultaneously, development of Aduro’s first-of-a-kind (FOAK) facility is progressing alongside pilot plant operations, the company says, with site selection completed and equipment evaluation underway to inform design and long-lead procurement planning. Data generated through ongoing NGP pilot plant operations will feed directly into engineering, equipment specification and execution planning for the FOAK facility.

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“This milestone reflects disciplined execution across our engineering, operations and project delivery teams,” Ofer Vicus, CEO of Aduro, says. “With the NGP pilot plant now in structured test operations, it becomes a significant asset advancing our path to commercialization and deepening stakeholder engagement. The FOAK facility site has been selected, and the work underway in London will directly inform design and integration planning and strengthen the company’s readiness to execute the next phase of scale-up.”

The NGP pilot plant is functioning as an integrated process unit, supporting continuous operation and structured campaigns focused on learning, data generation and optimization. These activities are intended to refine operating windows, assess process stability and generate performance data under longer-duration, fully integrated plant conditions, Aduro says.

Feedstocks evaluated during these ongoing and planned campaigns will reflect materials supplied through customer engagement programs and other real-world sources, enabling the company to assess performance across a range of feedstock compositions. According to Aduro, the NGP pilot plant operates with an industrial-grade automation and controls architecture supplied by Germany-based Siemens, supporting repeatable operation, high-resolution data collection and direct translation of control strategies to larger-scale facilities.

“Post commissioning, our focus has shifted to operating the integrated system and learning from it,” David Weizenbach, chief operating officer of Aduro, says. “The NGP pilot plant extends the work completed in the R2 continuous flow reactor, enabling us to evaluate mixed waste plastic samples from customer programs and other real-world sources under longer-durations, and more integrated operating conditions. These campaigns are designed to refine operating parameters for optimal yield and consistent performance across variable feedstocks, while validating design assumptions for the FOAK industrial plant.”