en.Wedoany.com Reported - Reju has opened its first dedicated R&D center in North America in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA. The laboratory will accelerate the deployment of Reju's recycling technology and develop next-generation circular solutions, with work scope ranging from early feasibility studies to kilogram-scale production.

The inauguration of this R&D center marks the relocation of Reju's core research team from IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose to the new site. It was here that Reju's Volcat depolymerization technology—a catalytic chemical recycling method that breaks down polyester into reusable raw materials—was born.

"I am thrilled to join such an innovative company and be part of a team driving technology toward industrialization, providing infrastructure support for truly scalable closed-loop textile-to-textile recycling," said Gregory Breyta, Reju's Director of R&D.

Reju's laboratory is located within Technip Energy's existing research center for advanced materials and catalysts, thereby gaining direct access to decades of experience in catalysis, process development, technology integration, and industrial scale-up, accelerating validation and iteration cycles.

The Conshohocken center will support the development and validation of technologies intended for deployment at Reju's Regeneration Hubs. This center joins the company's Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt, as well as the announced hubs in Sittard (Netherlands), Lacq (France), and Rochester, New York, forming part of a replicable global textile-to-textile recycling circular infrastructure.