Koch Modular to design, construct PureCycle facility

Koch Modular Process Systems LLC, Paramus, New Jersey, has announced that Ironton, Ohio-based PureCycle Technologies LLC has awarded the company the contract to construct Phase II of its commercial recycled polypropylene facility, located in Ironton.

PureCycle says its recycling process removes color, odor and other contaminants from recycled feedstock resulting in virgin-like polypropylene.

Koch Modular has been working together with PureCycle for more than three years on the development of this technology. According to a news release from Koch Modular, the company designed and constructed the predecessor Phase I Feedstock Evaluation Unit, which, last year, delivered successful production of UPRP at scale.

This award includes the supply of a complete raw-material-in-finished-product-out process system, modularly constructed in a controlled indoor environment and shipped to the plant site via roadway.

“We are excited to be part of this project, a truly disruptive technology that directly addresses the global plastics issue,” says George Schlowsky, president, Koch Modular.

PureCycle CEO Mike Otworth says, “Making polypropylene a valued, recyclable material is particularly relevant during the current health crisis, when it is ever more critical to avoid waste polypropylene washing up on our shores. Koch Modular’s guidance, professionalism and end-to-end expertise in innovative technologies scale-ups like this one, plus their modular construction approach, was a critical success factor for our project.”

Construction of the facility is underway, and the plant is expected to come online in 2022.