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Shell And Pryme Sign Strategic Plastic Waste ePac To Open Facility

To Chemicals Cooperation Agreement In Missouri

ultinational flexible packaging
Mcompany ePac Flexible
Packaging has announced plans to open
a full-service sales and manufacturing
facility in Kansas City, Missouri. The
facility will serve brands of all sizes
and is due to open next year. ePac has
already started accepting orders, but
the company’s other US locations will
fulfil them until the Kansas City facility
becomes operational. ePac Kansas City
general manager Randy Mackey said:
hell Chemicals Europe BV and industry, Shell is excited to work with “We’re excited to be able to bring ePac’s
SPryme BV have announced a strategic key partners to develop the solutions unique service model to local brands
cooperation and offtake agreement for necessary to produce the industrial that need professional packaging
pyrolysis oil made from recycled plastic quantities required to meet customer to grow. “As with the thousands of
waste. Pryme will supply Shell from demand and our ambition.” As part ePac clients around the world, our
its first plant located in Rotterdam, of the strategic agreement, Shell and customers will benefit from delivery
the Netherlands. Currently under Pryme will cooperate on the testing and times of five to 15 business days and
construction, the plant is scheduled evaluation of pyrolysis liquid samples low minimum order quantities.” ePac
to become operational in 2022 and is from Pryme’s test plant in Ghent, Flexible Packaging provides locally
based consumer packaged goods firms
forecast to convert 60 000 tpy of plastic Belgium. This process will enhance the with several types of flexible pouches
waste into pyrolysis oil. Shell will use understanding of both companies into and roll stock designed for short and
Pryme’s pyrolysis oil in its Moerdijk the optimal properties of pyrolysis oil for medium-sized brands. The company
(the Netherlands) and Rheinland use in chemical crackers. This is a key step operates facilities in the US, Canada,
(Germany) crackers to make circular needed to develop and mature the value
chemicals products. The agreement also chain and will bring efficiencies to the
includes provision for future supply to recycling of plastic waste on an industrial
be delivered from Pryme’s proposed scale. "We are excited to announce
second plant in the region. The proposed our strategic cooperation with Shell.
plant will have an estimated pyrolysis This relationship, combined with our
oil production capacity of 350 000 scalable technology, will enable Pryme to
t. Start-up for the second plant is commit to equivalent long-term volumes
planned for 2024. “With increasing with plastic waste suppliers and help
demand for circular chemicals from accelerate the growth of this developing Europe and Asia, having opened its
customers, our agreement with Pryme and necessary value chain,” said Jos van first in 2016. The new Kansas City
enables us to significantly grow volumes der Endt, CEO and founder of Pryme facility will be ePac’s 20th plant in total.
as early as next year. The agreement BV. s“I’m delighted we are building on ePac CEO Jack Knott said: “In each
builds on Shell’s ambition to recycle 1 our strong relationship with Shell. We market, we see a similar dynamic unfold
million tpy of plastic waste in our global are both committed to developing the small and medium-sized businesses
chemicals plants by 2025,” said Thomas pyrolysis oil market; and together I’m are growing at double digits, and our
Casparie, SVP North West Europe, Shell sure we can make significant progress in partnerships with them can and do
Chemicals and Products.“To support advancing an industrial scale plastic waste help accelerate their growth.”Last epac
the long-term growth of this promising to chemicals value chain." began its operations in Australia.

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