ORLANDO, Fla., July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Refinity, an Innventure, Inc. (NASDAQ: INV) company transforming hard-to-recycle plastic waste into valuable chemical intermediates, today announced it has selected Zeton Inc. to complete final detailed engineering plans for, and to build and deliver, a 10,000 tonne-per-annum (10 kta) modular waste plastics-to-olefins commercial demonstration plant. Zeton is a global specialist in the design and fabrication of modular pilot, demonstration, and production plants.
This is an important step to advance Refinity's commercialization strategy of circular olefin production sited alongside third party petrochemical steam crackers, with Refinity to supply circular feedstock to the $300B ethylene and propylene markets, as well as the $400B polyethylene and polypropylene plastics markets. Zeton's modular, factory-built approach is expected to provide Refinity with a repeatable plant design required to scale the business.
Refinity plans to site the 10 kta plant alongside a third-party petrochemical steam cracker to demonstrate circular olefin production at commercial conditions. The plant will run Refinity's fluidized bed conversion technology, which converts mixed plastic waste into light olefin gas streams, primarily ethylene and propylene, which will be fed directly into post-steam cracker operations. Refinity believes this will be a first-of-a-kind commercial plant demonstrating direct conversion of mixed plastic waste to light olefins. Compared to processes that produce pyrolysis oil for use in steam cracking, Refinity believes that its integrated approach will enable a two- to three-fold increase in yield from plastic waste to olefin products.
In a second element of the collaboration, Zeton is contracted to build a unit designed to integrate with an existing fluidized bed system, supporting Refinity's scale-up capability for converting light gas products into jet-fuel-range liquids. This work is expected to advance a pathway central to Refinity's sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) strategy and complement the catalytic upgrading capabilities Refinity recently licensed from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
"Scaling a technology like ours is as much about execution as it is about chemistry," said Bill Grieco, CEO of Refinity. "We have deep collaborations with Dow, VTT, Pacific Northwest National Lab, and others. Working with Zeton is a natural next step as we believe Zeton's experience delivering modular process systems will help mitigate our scale-up risks and accelerate delivery of the 10 kta plant. Just as important, we anticipate replicating Zeton’s construction model in connection with our global commercialization strategy."
Refinity anticipates completing initial production runs and validating practical operating costs as the modular systems are delivered and integrated. The engagement of Zeton is expected to help Refinity achieve its goal of creating a plant design that can be replicated globally at facilities located adjacent to steam cracker sites.
About Refinity
Refinity, an Innventure (NASDAQ: INV) company, converts difficult-to-recycle mixed plastic waste into drop-in raw materials for the petrochemical industry. Its proprietary DuoZone™ reactor platform targets the roughly 91% of plastic waste* that traditional mechanical recycling cannot handle, producing circular ethylene and propylene along with distillate liquids for sustainable aviation fuel and specialty markets. Refinity holds exclusive global licenses to breakthrough technologies and collaborates with trusted, well-respected partners across the petrochemical industry and leading research institutions. For more information, visit refinity.com.
*Reference: United Nations Environment Programme, 2022.
About Zeton
Founded in 1986, Zeton Inc. is a global leader in the design and fabrication of modular pilot, demonstration, and production plants, with design-build facilities in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, and Enschede, the Netherlands. Zeton has completed more than 1000 projects worldwide across the chemicals, biofuels, and sustainable chemistry industries.
About Innventure
Innventure, Inc. (NASDAQ: INV), an industrial growth conglomerate, focuses on building companies with billion-dollar valuations by commercializing breakthrough technology solutions. By systematically creating and operating industrial enterprises from the ground up, Innventure participates in early-stage economics and provides industrial operating expertise designed for global scale. Innventure’s approach seeks to uniquely bridge the “Valley of Death” between corporate innovation and commercialization through its distinctive combination of value-driven multinational partnerships, operational experience, and scaling expertise.
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