{"id":167566,"date":"2025-09-12T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=167566"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:32:37","slug":"a-renaissance-for-plastics-eci-groups-technology-selected-for-worlds-first-commercial-scale-fossil-free-ldpe-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/a-renaissance-for-plastics-eci-groups-technology-selected-for-worlds-first-commercial-scale-fossil-free-ldpe-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"A Renaissance for Plastics: ECI Group\u2019s Technology Selected for World\u2019s First Commercial Scale Fossil-Free LDPE Facility\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\u00a9 ECI Group<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The facility, to be built in Antwerp, Belgium, represents a pivotal step in the transition to sustainable plastics. It will use ECI Group\u2019s proprietary autoclave technology to produce 110,000 tonnes of LDPE per year from certified green methanol. The venture is backed by A.P. Moller, with ECI Group\u2019s product partner, Repsol, providing essential market knowledge and product expertise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ECI Group\u2019s President and CEO, Joaquin Flores<\/strong>, commented, \u201cWe\u2019re proud to have been selected to support Vioneo\u2019s vision to create the world\u2019s first green LDPE plant and the first new autoclave LDPE plant to be built in Europe in forty years. This project aligns perfectly with our vision of providing technology solutions that drive sustainable innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Vioneo, backed by A.P. Moller Holding, is dedicated to pioneering fossil-free plastics production. The plant will form part of the Vioneo\u2019s planned production complex in Antwerp, Belgium which aims to address fundamental environmental challenges associated with conventional plastics manufacturing and will position Europe at the forefront of the transition to a sustainable \u2018fossil-free\u2019 plastics industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cVioneo is driving the transition of the plastics industry by demonstrating the economic viability of large-scale, cleaner production using green methanol instead of fossil fuels. This initiative offers Europe the opportunity to lead the \u20ac5 trillion chemicals and materials sector\u2019s defossilisation. Our partnership with ECI Group is a crucial step in realising this vision,\u201d said Alex Hogan, Chief Executive Officer,\u00a0Vioneo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The LDPE plant will use a green methanol feedstock derived from biogenic CO\u2082, ensuring a fully fossil-free, traceable, and ISCC PLUS-certified product. Powered by renewable electricity, the facility will significantly reduce lifecycle emissions while delivering high-performance LDPE suitable for critical applications in healthcare, automotive, packaging, and consumer goods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis project is a landmark moment for the polymer industry. By combining green methanol with our high-pressure polyethylene technology, we\u2019re enabling a truly fossil-free approach to plastics manufacturing. We look forward to working with Vioneo to deliver this first-of-its-kind facility,\u201d said ECI Group\u2019s Director for HPPE Technology, Chris Brock.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

ECI Group\u2019s proprietary technology offers a wide range of high-pressure polyethylene products, providing unrivalled operational efficiency, reliability, and flexibility. Building on ECI Group\u2019s decades of experience within the polymer industry, their technology has been optimized to make use of modern materials, design techniques, standards, and industry best practices for construction, operation, and maintenance. In the four years since 2021, ECI Group has licensed over one million tonnes of annual capacity, all using ECI Group\u2019s standardised design approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repsol, the multi-energy company, will support ECI Group as product partner, bringing its extensive technical, operational, and commercial expertise. Repsol has over 55 years of experience producing LDPE, EVA, and EBA polymers at its industrial complexes in Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About ECI Group<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ECI Group comprises Engineers and Constructors International, Inc., headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Simon Carves Engineering Ltd., headquartered in Manchester, UK, as well as the International Technical Excellence Center (ITEC). With its history stretching back nearly 150 years to the formation of Simon Carves in 1878, ECI Group provides world-leading technology and engineering solutions for polyolefins around the world, offering proprietary technology solutions and multi-discipline engineering services that cover the full lifecycle of the project and the operating plant. To learn more about ECI Group, visit\u00a0www.ecigrouponline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Vioneo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vioneo aims to pioneer the defossilisation of the chemical sector by using green methanol to produce fossil-free polypropylene and polyethylene at a commercial scale. The first plant, based in Port of Antwerp, will use green methanol to produce app. 300,000 tonnes of fossil-free virgin plastics. Vioneo is owned by A.P. Moller Holding. www.vioneo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The facility, to be built in Antwerp, Belgium, represents a pivotal step in the transition to sustainable plastics. It will use ECI Group\u2019s proprietary autoclave technology to produce 110,000 tonnes of LDPE per year from certified green methanol. The venture is backed by A.P. Moller, with ECI Group\u2019s product partner, Repsol, providing essential market knowledge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":167586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The plant will form part of the Vioneo\u2019s planned production complex in Antwerp, Belgium which will position Europe at the forefront of the transition to a sustainable \u2018fossil-free\u2019 plastics industry","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5847,22586,21663,23465,7105],"supplier":[24923,26858,1223,24925],"class_list":["post-167566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioplastics","tag-biopolyethylene","tag-greenmethanol","tag-ldpe","tag-packaging","supplier-a-p-moller-holding","supplier-eci-group","supplier-repsol-ypf-sa","supplier-vioneo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167566"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=167566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}