# Carbios and TechnipFMC to build PET depolymerization demonstration plant near Lyon

Carbios and TechnipFMC will build a demonstration plant near Lyon, France, using Carbios' enzymatic recycling process to depolymerize waste PET plastics into monomers. Construction starts in 2020 with first operations expected in 2021.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-04-15
- Where: near Lyon, France, France
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: PET depolymerization technology, recycled PET monomers
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Carbios](https://endata.com/companies/8141.md)
- [TechnipFMC](https://endata.com/companies/1151.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com](https://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2020/04/carbios-and-technipfmc-to-build-demonstration-plant-for-depolymerization-of-waste-pet-plastics-to-monomers/), 2020-04-15: "This collaboration is an important step in the demonstration of the technology and potential future commercialization."

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