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PRESS RELEASE / Financials

9 November 2022

 2 minutes
Workers at Circular Polymers by Ascend's Lincoln, California, recycling facility process post-consumer carpet into high-quality recycled polymers. Since 2018, Circular Polymers has diverted 85 million pounds of waste from the landfill.

Ascend Buys Majority Stake in Recycler Circular Polymers

HOUSTON, U.S.: Ascend Performance Materials has purchased a majority stake in California-based Circular Polymers, a recycler of post-consumer, high-performance polymers including polyamide 6 and 66, polypropylene and polyester (PET). The deal provides Ascend with a consistent supply of high-quality PCR materials for its ReDefyne sustainable...
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