Reju opens U.S. R&D center in Conshohocken
- Opened a Research & Development Center in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania — Reju’s first dedicated North American research facility.
- Relocated core research team from IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, where the Volcat depolymerization technology was developed.
- Lab is co‑located within Technip Energy’s Advanced Materials and Catalysts research center to access catalysis, process development and industrial scale‑up expertise.
- R&D will span early feasibility to kilo‑scale across polyester recycling, mixed‑fabric solutions and new circular chemistries, supporting Reju’s Regeneration Hubs network including Frankfurt, Sittard, Lacq and Rochester, NY.
Facility and purpose
Reju has opened a Research & Development Center in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania — its first dedicated research facility in North America. The lab will accelerate deployment of Reju’s recycling technologies and develop next‑generation circular solutions with work ranging from early feasibility to kilo‑scale production.
Technology lineage and team
The R&D center marks the relocation of Reju’s core research team from IBM’s Almaden Research Center in San Jose, where Reju’s Volcat depolymerization technology — a catalytic chemical recycling method that breaks down polyester into reusable raw materials — was first developed.
“I am excited to be joining such an innovative company and to be part of the team moving the technology towards industrialization and supporting the infrastructure for true post‑consumer textile‑to‑textile recycling at scale,” said Gregory Breyta, Reju’s Director of Research & Development.
Capabilities and partnership
Reju’s lab is located inside Technip Energy’s Advanced Materials and Catalysts existing research center, giving direct access to decades of expertise in catalysis, process development, technology integration and industrial scale‑up to speed validation and iteration.
Role in global infrastructure
The Conshohocken center will support development and validation of technologies intended for deployment across Reju’s Regeneration Hubs. It joins the company’s Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt and announced hubs in Sittard (Netherlands), Lacq (France) and Rochester, New York, as part of a replicable global circular infrastructure for textile‑to‑textile recycling.
Source: Technip
