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September 22, 2022

AmSty signs longterm agreement for purchase of circular feedstocks from Encina recycling facilities

Americas Styrenics (AmSty) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.) [...]

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March 22, 2022

Advanced Recycling Company Encina Secures $55 Million of Equity Capital

Encina Development Group, a producer of circular chemicals from waste materials, has secured a total of $55 million of equity capital

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March 18, 2022

Encina Development secures $55M for its advanced recycling project

Encina Development Group, an advanced plastic recycling company based in The Woodlands, has secured $55 million in equity capital as the company continues developing its first project in Pennsylvania.

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March 16, 2022

Two plastic processors get investments for facilities

Two emerging plastic recycling companies, PureCycle and Encina, have raised a combined $300 million in investments for their projects.

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March 14, 2022

Encina secures funding from IMM Investment Global Ltd

Encina will use the newly secured capital, in addition to US$20 million in earlier secured equity financing, to move forward with the commercialisation of its plastic waste-to-aromatics recycling business. [...]

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February 22, 2021

Encina, Flint Hills to partner on $1B Corpus Christi chemical plant

Houston-based Encina Development Group LLC and Wichita, Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources are considering partnering on a new specialty refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. [...]

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January 14, 2021

Encina Development Group eyes Northeast U.S. for new recycling chemical plant

Houston-based specialty refiner Encina Development Group LLC made some changes to its plans for its first commercial-scale plant during 2020 [...]

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December 8, 2020

Braskem, Encina formalize partnership

Braskem, a polyolefins producer based in Philadelphia, has announced that it plans to collaborate with Encina Development Group [...]

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July 28, 2020

Quick Hits: July 1, 2020

Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin has teamed with OCEARCH to provide financial support to the marine conservation group’s ongoing efforts. [...]

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July 7, 2020

Encina finds the future of BTX in plastic waste

A surprising discovery led the company away from coal and into the circular economy, says David Schwedel, founder and executive director. [...]

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June 1, 2020

Encina Turning Plastic Waste Into Renewable Base Chemicals and Fuels

Encina's initial U.S. facility will implement the proprietary technology to produce the valuable renewable chemicals and can take plastic in varying conditions -from post-consumer, mixed plastics to ocean plastics. [...]

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June 1, 2020

Exclusive: Houston specialty refiner awards $255M contract to build first facility

Houston-based Encina Development Group LLC has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction deal to Australia-based Worley Ltd. [...]

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June 1, 2020

WORLEY TO PROVIDE EPC SERVICES FOR CONSUMER­PLASTICS-TO-BTX PLANT IN U.S.

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for Encina's (Houston) consumer­plastics-to benzene-toluene-xylenes (BTX) processing plant in the U.S. [...]

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April 22, 2020

Earth Day 2020: Pyrolysis Player Cracks Case of Hard-to-Recycle Waste Plastics

Among plastic waste recycling technologies, pyrolysis could generate one of the biggest profit-pools in terms of growth (25.4%) into the next decade, second only to mechanical recycling (28.3%), according to a McKinsey report, “How Plastics Waste Recycling Could Transform the Chemical Industry.” [...]

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March 16, 2020

Encina’s growth continues, despite COVID-19 and weak oil prices

Encina Development Group LLC continues to chart its future course with the development of a new commercial-scale plant. The Houston-based company [...]

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June 9, 2015

David A. Schwedel Appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Miami Waterkeeper

The Board of Directors of the Miami Waterkeeper announced the appointment of David A. Schwedel as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, effective immediately.

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