Future of Chemical Recycling Europe 2026

• 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:

• Christine Bunte, Managing Director, Plastics Europe
• John Sewell, Plastics and Circularity Industry Consulting, InCiteInsight

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
• Jan Holla, Global Leader Sourcing and Innovation, Sabic
• TBC, 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
• Laura Cramer, Chief Commercial Officer, Blue Alp
• Michael Schmidt, CPO Chief Procurement Officer, Jokey Group
• Thijs van Es, Global Sr. Director Business Development, Lummus Tech
• Davide Savegnago, Industralized Solutions Plastic Recycling Solution Mng, 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
• Olivier Borek, Chief Commercial Advisor, Entzimatiko

• 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).

https://www.sulzer.com/

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.

www.lummustechnology.com

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.

https://www.fluor.com/

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.

www.sgs.com

Siemens AG is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare, dedicated to creating technology with purpose. With a strong commitment to sustainability and circular economy principles, Siemens empowers its customers to tackle global challenges, including the transformation of waste into valuable resources.

In chemical and mechanical recycling, Siemens provides essential automation, digitalization, and electrification solutions. These offerings—including process control systems, simulation and digital twins for process optimization, process instrumentation, and gas analyzers—enable recycling companies to scale plant designs, manage operations remotely, integrate new process technologies, and enhance environmental transparency. By optimizing the entire recycling value chain, from process design to sorting and chemical conversion, Siemens helps create more resource-efficient factories and resilient supply chains for recycled materials. Combining the real and digital worlds, Siemens empowers partners to achieve higher yields, reduce energy consumption, and accelerate the transition to a circular economy.

siemens.com/recycling

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.

www.bluealp.nl

Grace, a Standard Industries company, is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals and solutions that enable industries to enhance modern life. Our customers use our catalysts, engineered materials, process technologies and fine chemicals to manufacture everyday products – like renewable fuels, pharmaceuticals and food packaging – better, faster and smarter. Our thousands of employees work to harness the power of science for a better world. For decades, Grace has been trusted partner in the chemical industry, known for technical application expertise, technology leadership reliability, and a commitment to customer success and value creation. As our industry continues to experience an energy evolution – driven by new sustainability goals, regulatory shifts, and changing market dynamics, Grace’s Performance Catalyst Solutions business helps to position our customers to meet today’s needs and anticipate tomorrow’s opportunities. By delivering a broad range of expertise, technologies, and solutions – we are uniquely positioned to meet the evolving needs of our industry. Grace is committed to advancing circularity. Grace complements mechanical and thermal approaches by enabling advanced recycling pathways and licensing technologies that connect back into circular material flows—ensuring resin producers can meet evolving requirements for recycled content and recyclability design. Visit Grace.com for more information.

https://grace.com/?utm_campaign=aci-future-chemical-recycling&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=event&utm_content=grace-profile

More than 35 years of experience in the plastics industry. We provide solutions to companies throughout the value chain, from raw material manufacturers to plastic processors and end users.

Our purpose is building a better world by fostering sustainable innovation around plastics to help businesses create wealth and jobs and contribute to social challenges.

We have over 12,000 sqm of facilities with cutting-edge technology, over 35 pilot plants are available to test all plastic processing applications, including thermoplastic, thermoset and composite processing and our laboratories have the highest number of accreditations for plastics according to the UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

https://www.aimplas.net/

Entzimatiko is a bio-based cleantech company that has developed a nano-encapsulated “Enzymatic Machinery” that can be implemented at industrial scale.  It is designed to convert waste plastics into monomers, oligomers, and hydrocarbons through a proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis process.

This proprietary process is a one-step enzymatic hydrolysis that breaks down the polymer backbone of plastics under ambient conditions. It operates without solvent-based pre-treatments and rapidly converts multiple types of plastics into reusable molecular building blocks, offering the lowest cost of conversion and a highly scalable pathway toward a circular economy for plastics.

Current work demonstrates enzymatic activity for PET, PS, PU, PP, PE, and ABS, allowing the Company to target a significantly larger portion of global plastic waste. Entzimatiko intends to operate a commercial facility by 2030 whilst offering licences of the technology to third parties on a global basis. 

The Company benefits from long-standing industrial partners across Inzu Group’s portfolio.  Co-founded by Inzu Group in 2023, Entzimatiko is headquartered in the Basque Country, Spain, and is supported by Kutxa Foundation, the 100% owner of Inzu Group corporate structure. 

Affiliates such as Aingura, Ekonek, and Gaindu provide IIoT support and rapid demonstration-scale system development.

Ketjen is a provider of advanced catalyst solutions to leading producers in the petrochemical, refining and specialty chemicals industries. From fluidized catalytic cracking to clean fuels solutions to hydro-processing to organometallics and curatives, Ketjen delivers safe and reliable solutions that increase production performance and business value.

www.ketjen.com

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:

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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.

www.euwid-recycling.com

Actualidad Marítima y Portuaria – Daily Offer of jobs into the maritime, port and logistics sectors News, Vessels, Companies, Ports, Customs, Events … Oferta diaria de empleos en los sectores marítimo-portuario y logístico Noticias, Buques, Empresas, Puertos, Aduanas, Eventos …

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Fecc is the voice of the Chemical Distribution Industry in Europe. With a growing membership of companies and national associations, Fecc represents around 1,600 companies of which many are small and medium sized companies (SMEs). Fecc and its members contribute to innovation and sustainability besides adding value in the supply chain, by sourcing, developing, marketing, and distributing a wide range of specialty chemicals and ingredients to over one million downstream users ranging from automotive, electronics, paint, construction to pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food and nutrition industries, each with their own specialised needs. The Chemical distribution industry in Europe employs more than 30,000 people and has an annual sales leverage of approximately €28 billion.

https://www.fecc.org/

NOBLENET

www.noblenet.co

NobleNet^SM is a specialist professional network for people in connected Science and Technology based industries including Energy, Resources, Chemicals, Materials, Biosciences, Food, Environmental, Manufacturing, Digital Technology and more. Please join us if you have interest in these sectors. Membership is free.

ASD Media is an online media company. We provide professionals in dedicated markets with news, intelligence, and interaction opportunities. During the last five years we developed dedicated websites for events, reports, news distribution and source data, and changed the name of the ASD-Network to ASDNews to emphasize the news focus.

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Packaging Herald is a B2B bimonthly magazine about packaging news and trends, which provides practical tips and in­novation insights for daily business. It creates communication and an infor­mation exchange platform for all participating parties that deal with packaging and related services.

http://en.packagingherald.cz/

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• A pre-event informal introduction the evening before the conference
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• The option to join either social drinks or dinner during the evening of Day One
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