# ENCINA

> ENCINA is a circular chemicals and infrastructure developer that converts end-of-life plastics into industrial chemical feedstocks through proprietary catalytic technology. Founded by David Schwedel in 2016, it has reported demonstration-scale production in San Antonio and signed supply agreements with chemical manufacturers including BASF and Covestro. Its commercial-scale Gulf Coast project remains in development following the cancellation of its Pennsylvania proposal in 2024.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Houston, United States
- **Founders:** David Schwedel (Founder and Executive Director)
- **Products:** Circular BTX/P, Plastic Fluid Catalytic Cracking (PFCC), Circular chemical infrastructure development, Circular gas products
- **Notable:** Reported production and customer delivery of high-purity aromatic chemicals from mixed end-of-life plastics at demonstration scale in San Antonio in October 2022., Chemex Global received a 2023 Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award for ENCINA’s demonstration unit., Publicly described as an ISCC PLUS certified circular chemical producer in joint supply announcements with BASF and Covestro.

## Products & services

- **Circular BTX/P** — Benzene, toluene, xylenes and propylene derived from waste plastics; industrial building blocks marketed as drop-in circular feedstocks.
- **Plastic Fluid Catalytic Cracking (PFCC)** — Proprietary catalytic conversion technology for mixed hard-to-recycle plastics, described in the 2022 Technip Energies engineering announcement.
- **Circular chemical infrastructure development** — Development and engineering of commercial-scale facilities, including the planned U.S. Gulf Coast project.
- **Circular gas products** — Gas products listed in ENCINA’s Gulf Coast project offering; detailed public product specifications not established in the reviewed material.

## Achievements

- Reported production and customer delivery of high-purity aromatic chemicals from mixed end-of-life plastics at demonstration scale in San Antonio in October 2022.
- Chemex Global received a 2023 Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award for ENCINA’s demonstration unit.
- Publicly described as an ISCC PLUS certified circular chemical producer in joint supply announcements with BASF and Covestro.
- Secured long-term supply agreements with established chemical manufacturers and a 2026 expanded BASF project collaboration.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — ENCINA posted the expanded BASF strategic collaboration announcement on July 2; its media coverage lists external reporting beginning June 3. The agreement concerns development of the planned U.S. Gulf Coast facility before final investment decision.
- **2026-03** — Resource Recycling reported a request for sanctions in the Rettew litigation and a January $492,000 consent judgment. Claims in the sanctions motion are allegations; the reviewed report does not establish a subsequent sanctions ruling.
- **2024-10** — Announced a global feedstock-supply MOU with Blue Planet for facilities still in early development.
- **2024-06** — BASF and ENCINA announced a long-term supply agreement for circular benzene.
- **2024-04** — Canceled construction of the Point Township, Pennsylvania facility and said it would pursue other markets.

## Links

- Website: https://www.encina.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/encina/

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Last updated: 2026-10-03