Koch Modular Process Systems to supply PureCycle with modular recycling system

Koch Modular Process Systems LLC, Paramus, New Jersey, a provider of engineered and fabricated modular reaction and mass transfer systems, has announced that it is expanding its ongoing business relationship with PureCycle Technologies Inc., Orlando, Florida.  

The company says it will supply the modular recycling systems for PureCycle’s second facility, which will be in Augusta, Georgia. The deal is part of a multiyear master services agreement (MSA). The MSA establishes the applicable cost framework, schedule structure, scope of supply, division of responsibility, execution specifications and terms and conditions for future recycling plants.  

Under the agreement, Koch Modular will supply the modularly constructed polypropylene (PP) recycling systems, starting with PureCycle’s newest facility in Augusta, Georgia. Future projects will include both domestic and international sites, the company says.  

“As PureCycle continues to grow, there is a clear need to expand our relationship with a partner that fully understands the history of our disruptive technology,” says Dustin Olson, the chief manufacturing officer at PureCycle. “Our goal is one billion pounds of like-new, ultra-pure recycled plastic production capacity. With Koch Modular, I am confident that we will succeed.”  

Last year, PureCycle announced plans to develop a $440 million facility that will produce ultra-pure recycled polypropylene from PP scrap. The facility will be located on 200-acre in Augusta Corporate Park, and each of the three lines will have up to 130 million pounds of annual capacity during Phase 1 of the project. The facility could expand to five lines in the future.

PureCycle and Koch Modular have worked together for more than six years. Most recently, Koch was awarded the design and construction of PureCycle’s Phase II commercial ultra-pure recycled PP facility located in Ironton, Ohio, in 2020. PureCycle’s technology and process removes color, odor and other contaminants from PP plastic scrap, resulting in like-new material that can be recycled repeatedly.