An industrial demonstration plant for Carbios PET recycling technology Technip Energies has been working in close collaboration with Carbios, a pioneer company in the development of an enzymatic PET recycling process, since 2017. A major milestone was reached in 2021, with the launch of an industrial demonstration plant of Carbios C-ZYME® technology.

The demonstration plant will validate the technical, environmental and economic performance of the enzymatic PET recycling process to establish the Process Design Package for C-ZYME® technology.

Based on this industrial definition, the first business unit with a capacity of around 40,000 tonnes is envisaged by 2025. Other industrial units could then be built and operated under licenses.

Technip Energies provided process development and industrialization services as well as engineering and site supervision.

Technip Energies is well recognized for the quality of their work and they have a good reputation in the engineering and technology industry. We are glad to have partnered with this company to assist us on demonstrating our enzymatic waste PET recycling process. Their knowledge of the aromatics value chain, from paraxylene (PX) to purified terephthalic acid (PTA) to polyethylene terephthalate (PET), combined with their local footprint nearby our technical teams has been a real asset for the development of our technology. MARTIN STEPHAN, Deputy CEO Carbios

Ongoing project

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