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Future of Chemical Recycling Europe 2026
Following a thought-provoking and developed 2nd edition of ACI’s Future of Chemical Recycling, we are continuing the momentum to bring fresh topics and new networking opportunities for 2026. This edition will be hosted in the industrial hub of Dusseldorf, Germany on the 28th & 29th January.
Looking back at the 2025 edition, more than 100 senior executives from the likes of Shell, Sabic, Ineos and Berry Global explored essential topics such as optimising strategies for waste management, understanding consumer perceptions, and investing in chemical recycling to drive sustainable growth. Discussions also touched on market changes, as well as the importance of industry collaboration in creating a truly circular economy. Technological advancements in chemical recycling, including the revolutionising of rubber recycling and overcoming the challenges in plastic recycling, were also key focal points during the event.
2026 will bring key updates on these topics as well as address new emerging talking points, offering actionable insights into how businesses can further scale and seek new opportunities. Attendees will gain valuable perspectives on how to transform waste into wealth, strengthen industry collaborations, and overcome the persistent challenges that hinder the full potential of chemical recycling.
ACI’s Future of Chemical Recycling 2026 will be a key platform to showcase the latest technological advancements, from cutting-edge recycling technologies to innovations that aim to solve the complexities of plastic recycling. With the continued growth of the European and global market, delegates will gain a comprehensive overview of emerging trends and how companies can capitalise on new opportunities for sustainable waste-material management.
Join us in Dusseldorf in 2026 to contribute to the collective effort of revolutionising waste recycling and driving the transition to a circular economy.
For further information including early registration discounts and agenda updates, please email [email protected].
- Details
- Key Topics
- Confirmed Speakers
- Who Will Attend?
- Sponsors
- Agenda
- Media Partners
- Maximising Face-To-Face Networking
- Policy shifts driving investment and compliance strategy
- Redefining value chains through multilateral collaboration
- Overcoming collection and sorting constraints in feedstock supply
- Unlocking value through downstream product and market innovation
- Strategic planning for technology selection and project structuring
- Designing circular products to meet future material demands
- Building stakeholder confidence through commercial partnerships
- Scaling proven technologies to industrial maturity
- Integrating advanced technologies to maximise process efficiency
Conference Chairs:
- John Sewell, Independent Consultant
- Christine Bunte, Managing Director, Plastics Europe
Speakers:
- Outi Teras, Head Of Technology Commercialization, Neste
- Eric Romers, Project Circle Director, INEOS
- Arushi Jaswal, Scientific Researcher, BMW Group
- Marius Lehadus, Material Innovation Developer, IKEA
- Jesper Van Berkel, Technical & Business Manager, Indorama Ventures
- Carolina Gregorio, EMEA Policy & Advocacy Director, Dow Chemical
- Marina Bortoletto, Senior Recycling Manager, Elopak
- Valentijn de Neve, Chief Executive Officer, BlueAlp
- Stephan Roest, Head of Circular Economy Strategic platforms, Borealis
- Peter Schwarz, Head of Sustainability Technologies, Covestro
- Sebastian Bogdahn, Environmental R&D Manager, Schwalbe
- Joanna Moore, Sr. Business Manager Global Feedstock Sourcing, Sabic
- Christian Krueger, Head of Global Advocacy and Sustainability Chemical Recycling, BASF
- Matthias Schutt, Global Principal Material Engineer, Sustainability, Autoliv
- David Walsh, CEO, Impact Recycling
- Frederike Baars, Sr. Process Director, Fluor
- Marc Nicolas, Director – Markets & Business Development, Ketjen
- Manfred Renner, Head of Institute, Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT
- Alexandra Fabbro, Head of Sustainability Solutions, SGS Group
- Valentijn de Neve, CEO, Blue Alp
- Representative TBD, Lummus Tech
- Antonio Bassi, Product Manager, Saipem
- Joeri Dieltjens, Director – Advanced Chemical Recycling, Sulzer
- Matthias Franke, Head of Institute, Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT
- Jeroen Kelder, Managing Partner, Infinity Recycling
- Fabian Loske, Senior Manager – Business Development Sustainability, Sphera
- Waste-material chemical recyclers
- End-product Manufacturers (e.g Automotive, Packaging, Textiles)
- European Regulatory and Policy Officers
- Waste Mangement Solution Providers
- Pyrolysis Technology Developers
- Market & Project Consultants
- Senior Academics
- European & Global Associations
Sulzer is a global leader in critical applications for core infrastructure and processes for large essential industries around the world. We ensure the security, quality and durability of critical goods and services by supporting energy security, natural resource management and efficiencies in process industries. This in turn supports the transition to a circular economy. Our integrated solutions add significant value by enabling energy efficiency, carbon emissions and pollution reduction, and process efficiency improvements. Customers benefit from our commitment to innovation, performance and quality through our responsive network of 160 world-class manufacturing facilities and service centers across the globe. Sulzer has been headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, since 1834. In 2024, our 13’500 employees delivered revenues of CHF 3.5 billion. Our shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: SUN).
Lummus Technology is the global leader in developing technology solutions that make modern life possible and focus on a more sustainable, low carbon future. We license process technologies in clean fuels, renewables, petrochemicals, polymers, gas processing and supply lifecycle services, catalysts, proprietary equipment and digitalization to customers worldwide.
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is building a better world by applying world-class expertise to solve its clients’ greatest challenges. Fluor’s nearly 27,000 employees provide professional and technical solutions that deliver safe, well-executed, capital-efficient projects to clients around the world. Fluor had revenue of $16.3 billion in 2024 and is ranked 257 among the Fortune 500 companies. With headquarters in Irving, Texas, Fluor has provided engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services for more than a century. For more information, please visit www.fluor.com or follow Fluor on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube.
SGS is the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities in 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated experts. With over 145 years of experience in providing services, we help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance with the precision and accuracy that Swiss companies are known for.
Our brand promise, ‘When you need to be sure’, underlines our commitment to reliability, integrity, trust and sustainability – so that businesses can thrive with confidence.
SGS supports stakeholders across the value chain with independent services that enable innovation, risk mitigation and regulatory compliance in advanced recycling technologies. Whether it’s validating chemical recycling processes, ensuring material traceability, or assessing environmental impacts, SGS helps create the transparency and trust needed to accelerate progress. By combining global expertise with local presence, we empower our partners to meet both today’s demands and tomorrow’s expectations in chemical recycling and beyond.
Plastic is light, accessible, strong and durable, but the amount of plastic waste generated and the treatment of that waste has been a matter of growing concern across the world. BlueAlp brings to the market its pyrolysis technology that can make plastic as circular as possible, as fast as possible. With a mission to accelerate plastic recycling, BlueAlp was founded in 2015 and is currently owned by Shell, Mourik, Renasci, Den Hartog, and Rumali. The company launched its first pilot plant with a capacity of 3,000 tonnes p.a. in 2004 in Switzerland, followed by the launch of the first commercial plant with a capacity of 21,000 tonnes p.a. in Ostend, Belgium in 2020. BlueAlp’s patent-protected technology introduces improvements that enable continuous and reliable operation of the pyrolysis units. The company is working on introducing increased processing capacity for its technology and licensing it to third parties. This will help accelerate plastic circularity across the world through the BlueAlp technology.
Starting 2023, the focus at BlueAlp has been to enhance its processes to ensure that it is energy-efficient and has minimal impact on climate change and the environment.
ACI has put together a range of packages to suit your requirements. These range from branding options, to full scale partner solutions and can be tailored to meet your objectives and budgets.
If you are launching a new product or service and wish to gain visibility and brand recognition within your industry, contact us today!
For commercial opportunities, please contact:
Venkat Paramasivam
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3141 0642
Email: [email protected]
PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V. is the association of plastics manufacturers in Germany. The association is a trade association of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) and part of the European network Plastics Europe, which has offices in Brussels and in European economic centers and capitals.
Chemical Industry Digest, published by Blockdale Media LLP is India’s leading chemical and engineering monthly and online platform which is read by engineers, scientists and technical personnel from top management to plant levels. Industry coverage: oil & gas, refineries, petrochemicals, fertilizers and other agrochemicals to all downstream like drugs & pharma, other fine chemicals, colorants etc apart from EPC & equipment companies.
Features articles and write-ups on current developments, state – of – the – art technologies, process improvements, equipment design and operation, chemical plant engineering and operations, maintenance, energy management, environment and safety. Additionally, there are news features, company and people profiles, interviews, in fact a diversity of features making the journal very interesting and readable.
Chemical Industry Digest is particularly known for its qualitative content with practical relevance for readers in process industries. Also organizes workshops conferences on operational topics of the chemical industry like Mixing, Separations, Energy Management etc. Those who want to promote their products and services in India can reach a targeted top level technical audience who influence decisions, through Chemical Industry Digest.
Visit us – https://chemindigest.com
Follow Chemical Industry Digest on Linkedin – @chemicalindustrydigest
EUWID Recycling and Waste Management
Successful decision-makers in the recycling and waste industry count on EUWID Recycling and Waste Management. International corporate news, the latest price developments in Europe and market analysis: all the information you need, online – up-to-date, compact, and from an independent source.
If you would like to become an official Media Partner, please contact:
Marcin Janecki
Tel: + 48 61 646 7047
Email: mjanecki@acieu.net
At the event we strive not only to bring you to the same location at the same time as your customers/suppliers/peers, we strive to ensure you meet face-to-face with each and every one of your target contacts and to provide you with the time you need to have multiple unhurried conversations with them and build a lasting business relationship:
• A pre-event informal introduction the evening before the conference
• A minimum of five hours’ networking built into the two day conference agenda
• A networking grid which enables you to make your target contacts aware you are looking for them
• The option to join either social drinks or dinner during the evening of Day One
• ACI’s on-site team will assist you in locating your hard-to-find target contacts & make face-to-face introductions
Of course, if there is anybody you are unable to meet over the two days, ACI’s event team will do their best to initiate contact after the event.
