PureCycle Technologies, Inc. has resumed pellet production at its flagship purification facility in Ironton, Ohio, following a scheduled pause to upgrade the plant. One of the most important improvements was the installation of an automatic screen changer on the final product extruder. The screen changer will help improve run times and enhance the production of PureCycle's PureFive Ultra-Pure Recycled resin.

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the Ironton maintenance outage was completed and the restart process was initiated. The restart process included time to unwind the maintenance activities, recharge the solvent and restart the plant. Feedstock was delivered on Sunday and pellet production resumed on Monday.

The restart took a few days longer than expected, due predominantly to delayed electrical component deliveries. At full capacity, PureCycle'sIronton facility is expected to produce 107 million pounds of PureFive UPR resin per year.