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Breaking through the wastewall as we build a circular economy
Encina and Blue Planet Partner to Divert 2.6 Million Tons of Plastic Waste Annually and Accelerate Global Decarbonization
The Woodlands, Texas and Singapore – Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), and Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd. (Blue Planet) announced today the signing...
Encina and BASF Establish Long-Term Partnership for Supply of Circular Raw Materials
Encina and BASF Establish Long-Term Partnership for Supply of Circular Raw Materials Long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled circular benzene derived from...
Encina Champions Student Innovation Through Support of Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Williamsport Competition
The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), a manufacturer of ISCC Plus circular materials that advance a more sustainable, circular economy, proudly...
Encina’s Carlo Badiola Presents Perspectives on Pathways to Decarbonization at 2024 Texas Industrial Energy Efficiency Program (TIEEP) Energy Forum
The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group’s (Encina) President of Technology and Engineering Carlo Badiola shared perspectives on current solutions to advance...
Encina elects to pursue circular manufacturing projects in key global markets
The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), announced today that it will pursue projects currently under review or development in key global markets...
Covestro And Encina Reach An Agreement For A Long-term Supply Of Circular Raw Materials
Encina to supply Covestro with chemically recycled raw materials enabling circular MDI, TDI and polycarbonate starting at the end of 2027 Pioneering milestone for...
Encina Partners with World-Class Water Treatment Leader Veolia for Pennsylvania Circular Manufacturing Facility
The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina), a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics, announced today an agreement with...
Environmental Hearing Board dismisses legal action brought by Clean Air Council
The Woodlands, Texas – Pennsylvania’s Environmental Hearing Board (the “EHB”) has dismissed a legal action that was brought by the Philadelphia special interest group,...
Encina Announces Joseph Moralez as Community Relations Officer
Point Township, Pennsylvania – Encina Development Group, LLC (“Encina”) a producer of ISCC+ circular materials from end-of-life plastics, is pleased to announce the...
Encina Development Group Adds Allison Lin to Board of Directors
The Woodlands, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development Group, LLC (“Encina”) a producer of ISCC+ circular materials from end-of-life plastics, is pleased to...
CH·IV International awarded Owner’s Engineering contract for Encina’s Circular Manufacturing Facility
CH·IV International is pleased to announce the award of its comprehensive Owner’s Engineering (OE) Services by Encina Development Group for the Point Township Circular...
Encina Development Group Appoints Alison Jahn as Chief Communications Officer
Communications Veteran Joins Encina to Lead Global Communications Strategy and Support Growth Objectives The Woodlands, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development...
Encina engages CTCI Americas for Pennsylvania circular manufacturing project
CTCI Americas will deliver on U.S. union labor and vendors for Encina’s Point Township facility The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group, LLC (“Encina”) today...
Encina and Shaw Industries Announce Carpet Waste Recycling Partnership
The agreement calls for Shaw to supply Encina with more than 2 million pounds of carpet manufacturing waste per year, reinforcing Shaw’s ongoing commitment to...
Chemex Global Receives National Excellence in Construction Award from Associated Builders and Contractors for Encina Project
HOUSTON, TEXAS, March 29, 2023 – Today, Chemex Global announced that it earned a national Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award from Associated Builders and...
Encina and Chemex Announced the First-Ever Production of High Purity Aromatics Made Entirely from End-of-Life Mixed Plastics
The Woodlands, Texas – October 11, 2022 – Chemex Global, LLC. is pleased to join its client, Encina Development Group, LLC, in announcing the first-ever production of...
Encina and CPFD Finalists for Two IChemE Global Awards
The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group (“Encina” or the “Company”), a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics, announced that CPFD...
AmSty and Encina Enter Into MOU and Longterm Offtake Agreement for Circular Polystyrene Feedstocks
HOUSTON, Texas – September 21, 2022 – Americas Styrenics (AmSty) is pleased to announce that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Encina...
CPFD and Encina Finalists for Hydrocarbon Processing Sustainability Award
The Woodlands, Texas – Encina Development Group (“Encina” or the “Company”), a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics, announced that CPFD...
Encina announces Chief Sustainability Officer Sheida Sahandy will Present at the GPS + PEPP Summit and Plastics Recycling & The Circular Economy Virtual Event
The Woodlands, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development Group (“Encina” or the “Company”), a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics,...
Encina Announces Delivering First-Ever High Purity Aromatics Made Entirely from End-of-Life Plastics
The Woodlands, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development Group, LLC (“Encina”) today announced the first-ever production of high purity aromatics made entirely from...
Clough Awarded FEED for Encina Plastics to BTX EPC Bid Contract
Clough is pleased to announce it has been awarded a significant Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) bid contract, in...
Encina Development Group Announces Appointment of Leslie Hess to Board of Directors
The Woodlands, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development Group (“Encina” or the “Company”), a producer of ISCC+ circular chemicals from end-of-life plastics,...
Encina Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification
Certification Validates Encina’s Circular Monomers Produced from Post-Consumer and Scrap Plastic The Woodlands, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development Group...
Encina Celebrates Earth Day
Earth Day is the day of celebration and making promises. Encina supports the United Nations’ sustainable development goals; and our work helps advance seven of these...
Encina Announces $1.1 billion investment in new advanced manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania
Proposed facility will convert post-consumer plastic materials into feedstock for new products Northumberland, PA (April 7, 2022) - Encina announced plans today to...
Encina Announces Sheida Sahandy Will Present at World Petrochemical Conference
Ms. Sahandy will present at the newly created Circular Plastics in a Net-Zero Carbon World track of the conference Houston, Texas – (Business Wire) – Encina Development...
Encina Announces $55 Million of Committed Financing Supported by IMM Investment Global Limited
Proceeds from the financing will support project development towards the construction of Encina’s first plastic waste-to-aromatics recycling plant in Pennsylvania...
Technip Energies to Design Commercial Unit for Encina to Produce CircularChemicals from Plastic Waste
Encina utilizes a proprietary process to convert post-consumer scrap plastic to valuable circular chemical products. The process, called Plastic Fluid Catalytic...
A circular solution to plastic waste
Sulzer Chemtech will provide its SuRe™ BTX technology to recover high-value circular petrochemicals downstream of Encina’s mixed plastics catalytic conversion process....
Encina Development Group Announces Appointment of Elaine Wong to Board of Directors
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”), a company that produces circular chemicals from waste plastics, announced the appointment...
Project Announcement – Commencement of the EPF contract with Chemex Global
Chemex Global, Inc. announced the commencement of an Engineering, Procurement, and Fabrication (EPF) contract for Encina Development Group, LLC. The contract includes...
Encina Appoints Sheida Sahandy as Chief Sustainability Officer
Sahandy Joins Encina to Lead its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Efforts THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”), a...
Encina Development Group Appoints Dave Roesser As Chief Executive Officer
Seasoned Executive Dave Roesser Joins Encina to Lead Global Business Growth THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”) today announced...
Encina Development Group Announces Appointment of Seasoned Executive Carlos Cabrera to Board of Directors
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”), a company that produces circular chemicals from waste plastics, announced the appointment...
Encina Names Aaron Domingo as Managing Director, Asia
Domingo Joins Encina to Lead Its Asian Business THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”), a company that produces circular chemicals...
Encina Names Florian Jardin as Director of Business Development and Product Manager, Europe
Florian Joins Encina to Lead Its European Expansion THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESSWIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”), a company that produces circular...
Flint Hills Resources and Encina Announce Term Sheet to Develop a Facility to Produce Renewable Chemicals and Renewable Fuels from Waste Plastic
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Encina Development Group (“Encina”) is pleased to announce the signing of a non-binding term sheet with Flint Hills Resources...
Braskem America and Encina Announce Intentto Develop Circular Feedstock Agreement forProduction of Recycled Polypropylene
Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the largestpolyolefins producer in the Americas andleading producer of biopolymers in theworld, today...
Encina Names Mylinda Jacobsen as Global Director of Purchasing
Accomplished, proven plastics recycling industry leader joins Encina to lead its global scrap plastic initiatives THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Encina...
Worley will provide engineering,procurement, and construction (EPC)services for Encina ’s consumer plasticsto benzene-toluene-xylenes (BTX)processing plant in the United States.
Benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) are important building blocks for a variety of widely-used products including pharmaceuticals, clothing, and glues. Regular BTX is...
Encina Promotes Carlo Badiola to Senior Vice President of Engineering & Technology
THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Encina Development Group, LLC (“Encina”), a company that processes plastic waste to create renewable chemicals and renewable...