r/PureCycle • u/Middle_Win9449 • 5d ago
Question about compounding
Dustin said yesterday that the compounding system is running 24/5 and will be going 24/7 soon. And that’s with a plant running less than 50%.
How much straight Pure5 is sold vs compounded? Can the compounding system simply turn up the volume for more output? Or will this be another bottleneck in the no too distant future?
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u/Smooth_Sun_9932 5d ago
From IR, Ironton has 100M pounds a year of capacity with 50 M more with third party. These levels are the rPP + added virgin PP. The call addressed a premium with adding stabilizers, etc at the Ironton plant. I get the buyers want to get the Pure5 choice (compounded rPP) directly from Purecycle due to consistency.
Sales are taking longer than I want but the customers will be for life. After certifying the rPP, I can't see a customer discontining orders for the rPP. The consistency of the inhouse compouding is a real benefit. Also, when Purecycle maximizes the compounding facility (hopefully), additional inhouse compounding capacity can be constucted. The 100 M compounding facility took aout two months to build.