About us
Idea and foundation
2016
- The solution to the problem of plastic waste leads to the creation of the company
- Structure of the company
Proof of concept
2017
- Technological proof of concept with highly mixed plastic waste (including PVC, PET, ABS).
- Partnership with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Design of the industrial demonstration plant
2017-2021
- Testing of dozens of heterogeneous raw materials over 1000 hours at laboratory scale
- Design and adaptation of the scaling of an industrial demonstration plant
Release and commissioning
2019-2021
- Start of the approval process with the German regulatory authorities
- Approval and start of construction in May 2021
Certification of input and output
2021-2022
- Obtaining REACH certification
- Certified according to ISCC+ and RedCert2
- Achieving EfB certification for input
Building long-term partnerships
2022
- Signing of long-term oil contracts with several petrochemical companies
- Fixed off-take volumes with flexibility for further upside potential
Commissioning industrial demonstration plant
2022
- Construction of the plant from May 2021 to October 2022
- Hot commissioning October to November 2022
- Commissioning of the plant in December 2022
Achieving a stable operating state
2023 and running
- Optimization of the operation to achieve a high technical availability of the demonstration plant
- Start of testing of various raw materials to expand the customer base (go-to-market)
Market launch of ARCUS technology
2023
- Planning of future plants
- Building new partnerships
- Securing investments
