On October 16 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Pyrowave’s CEO was panelist at the K-Fair Polystyrene Innovative Recycling session, a trade fair for the worldwide plastics industry held this year under the theme Circular Economy – Plastics Shape the Future.
The Pyrowave technology was put forward by the Solar Impulse Foundation during the K-Fair, world event gathering the plastic industry on October 10, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Stay tuned as in the coming weeks, Pyrowave will be featured in the scientific CBC show Decouverte, where you will learn all about the Pyrowave technology!
Pyrowave CEO, Jocleyn Doucet, to be a speaker at AMI’s Polymer Foam US - a conference that aims at exploring advances in polymer foam materials, processes, and applications - Pittsburg, June 23-24, 2020
On November 5, Virginie Bussières, Vice-President of Communicaitons and Government Relations of Pyrowave presented the Pyrowave technology to an audience of innovative companies from both Quebec and Germany in a networking event during whcih she mentionned how the public opinion pressure has...
The Community of Leaders Innovating for Corporations (C.L.I.C.) has announced Canadian start-ups Pyrowave, Terramera and Stratuscent as the winners of their first edition of the C.L.I.C. Challenge. Pyrowave was selected among 1000 Canadian startups to be mentored by Mr. Galen Weston, CEO of Loblaw.
On October 24, Virginie Bussières, Vice-President, Communications and Government Relations at Pyrowave, was a panelist at the Novae Forum on Plastics during which she underlined the importance of setting recycled content targets in order to foster the development of a circular economy.
Discover innovative projects of new plastic recycling technologies. Objective: to recycle more and improve the quality of the recycled material. These projects were presented on February 4 and 5, 2019 during the Plastic Solutions Forum organized by Citeo and EEQ.
On September 10, the City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Pyrowave became the first winners in the municipal category of the Eurêka! Award. A prestigious event that highlighted innovative projects in Quebec and the leaders who are early adopters of new clean technologies.
Pyrowave thanks the candidates in Valleyfield-Suroît for visiting the Pyrowave plant and for their interest in plastic recycling innovative technologies!
INEOS Styrolution released its 2018 Sustainability report mentioning how they partner with leading technology provider like Pyrowave to make styrenics (like polystyrene) one of the most circular polymer in the industry due to its unique ability to be decomposed into its root monomer to make...
On September 12, 2019, Pyrowave's CEO, Jocelyn Doucet, was panelist at the event `How to succeed in the green economy' organised by Polytechnique Montreal and the Smart Prosperity Institute. On stage with him was Daniel Normandin from Institut EDDEC, Julien Lampron from Fondaction, Geneviève...
The City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield won Ecotech Québec's Eurêka! award in the municipal category for its polystyrene collection with Pyrowave. The Eurêka! awards recognise pioneers who adopt Quebec clean technologies.
We now have a new website to showcase our technology, our team, our projects with our many partners and our various current and developing markets. Visit us at pyrowave.com
Further to an extended expert assessment process, the Pyrowave technology was selected as one of the most promising solutions to meet the global environmental challenges while being profitable.
On August 30, Pyrowave celebrated its 5th anniversary! With more than ten employees now and after investing more than 5M$ in the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield region, Pyrowave intends to continue its growth and commercialization of its innovative polystyrene recycling technology through microwaves,...
The Pyrowave Team is proud of the work completed over the past few months: the installation of a distillation column now helps generate more than 95% pure monomer, a clear liquid identical to the virgin material that petrochemical companies can then transform again indefinitely into polystyrene....
On August 15, Pyrowave was pleased to welcome Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy and Innovation, Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, and Claude Reid, Beauharnois MP, to discuss Pyrowave’s pilot plant expansion projects in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Pyrowave is proud to welcome in its team Michel Iliesco, as Vice-President, Business Development and Marketing. He was previously Manager of Marketing and Manager of Circular Innovation at Cascades Specialty Products Group. Within his new role and based on his in-depth knowledge of the recycling...
Styrene is a molecule at the core of the production of a variety of products. Approximately 50% of styrene production is for polymerization when manufacturing polystyrene. The second main use of styrene (15%) is the synthetic rubber found notably in tires.
Recycling through depolymerization involves breaking down the bonds connecting monomer blocks in the long polymer chain without damaging monomers themselves. This helps separate and purify monomers more easily than purifying polymers. Several depolymerization methods are available to break down the...
We are currently conducting certification representations with Health Canada and the Food and Drug Administration (FDS) to certify food packaging made from Pyrowave regenerated styrene.
Pyrowave is proud to join Éco Entreprises Québec’s (ÉEQ) delegation at the First International Québec-France Forum on innovations in plastic packaging recycling solutions, which will be held in Paris on February 4 and 5. Pyrowave shares in the ambition to facilitate and implement winning...
Today, Pyrowave Inc. a leader in microwave plastic recycling, announces the appointment of Jean-Michel Gires to the Board of Director, Virginie Bussières as Vice-President Communications, Marketing and Government Relations, and Sophie Morin as Vice-President finance. These nominations are...
PYROWAVE AMONG TWELVE CLIMATE INNOVATORS CHOSEN AS 2021 BNEF PIONEERS
New York, April 08, 2021 – BloombergNEF (BNEF) today announced the twelve winners of the 2021 BNEF Pioneers – early-stage companies that are pursuing exciting and important low-carbon opportunities. Among them is Pyrowave, a Canadian leader in the plastics circular economy and chemical...