Ecolomondo Announces Receipt and the Beginning of Installation of its New Milling Line
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Montreal, QC – TheNewswire - January 29, 2025 -- Ecolomondo Corporation (TSXV: ECM) (OTCQB: ECLMF) (the “Company” or “Ecolomondo”), a leading innovator in sustainable scrap tire recycling technology, is pleased to announce that it has received and began the installation of its new milling line, as planned.
The Company recently received the delivery of its new milling line purchased in August 2024. The Company has been preparing for the installation of the new milling line for several months to ensure its installation would be as seamless as possible. Once installed, this new milling line will be fully automated using HMI technology. As previously announced, the milling line is expected to have a capacity to process 2,200 lbs per hour of recovered carbon black (“rCB”) with a particle size distribution of 90% between 10-15 microns, specifications required by most of the Hawkesbury plant’s rCB off-take customers.
The processing capacity of the new milling line should more than satisfy the production capacity of rCB produced at the Hawkesbury plant. Achieving this milestone and commissioning the new milling line are very important to reaching full commercialization, because rCB is the main revenue driver of the Hawkesbury plant.
Commissioning of the new milling line is expected to begin in March 2025 with initial rCB milling production expected to begin in May 2025, gradually ramping-up to full production by late in the fourth quarter of 2025.
While the Hawkesbury facility was waiting for the new milling line, operations and efficiency were aggressively increased, always working towards full optimization. In 2024, the Company increased the shredding capacity and processed over 1,200 metric tons of scrap tires, ran 78 TDP batches at full capacity of 15,000 lbs, shipped approximately 1,800 barrels of tire-derived oil (13 tanker loads of 145 barrels), and sold 138 metric tons of steel. The Hawkesbury facility also produced approximately 200 metric tons of rCB, now waiting to be processed by the new milling line.
The output from the Hawkesbury facility confirms the robustness of the equipment, the safety and efficiency of the process, the efficiency of the control system, and the quality and consistency of the end-products.
“We look forward to a transformational year in 2025 and we are eager to begin consistent deliveries of rCB to our customers, who have been waiting so patiently for our rCB supply”, said Jean-François Labbé, Interim CEO of the Company.
About Ecolomondo Corporation
Ecolomondo Corporation, headquartered in Québec, is a Canadian cleantech company that takes pride in its proprietary Thermal Decomposition technology (TDP). It has a 25-year history and during this time has been focused on its development of its technology and the deployment of TDP turnkey facilities. TDP recovers high value re-usable commodities from scrap tire waste, notably rCB, oil, syngas, fiber and steel. Ecolomondo expects to be a leading player in the cleantech space and be an active contributor to the global circular economy. Ecolomondo trades in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol (TSXV:ECM) and in the United States under the symbol (OTCQB:ECLMF). To learn more, visit www.ecolomondo.com
About the Hawkesbury Plant – A 2-Reactor TDP Facility
The Hawkesbury facility building is 46,200 sq.ft and has an indoor clearance of 28 feet. It is state-of-the-art and houses 3 main production departments, tire shredding, thermal decomposition and recycled carbon black refining. Once fully operational, this facility is expected to process over 1.5M of scrap tires per year and produce 4,500 MT of recovered carbon black, 5,400 MT of oil, 2,250 MT of steel, and to process 1,350 MT of process gas.
About the Shamrock Project – A 6-Reactor TDP Facility
Processing capabilities for the Shamrock facility is projected at 5 million end-of-life tires per year, yielding approximately 15,000 MT of recovered carbon black, 18,000 MT of oil, 7,500 MT of steel, and to process 4,500 MT of syngas; roughly three times the size of the Company’s Hawkesbury (Ontario) plant output that is expected to soon commence regular commercial operations. Facility construction is expected to begin by the third quarter of 2025 and projected to cost approximately US$93 million.
Our Mission, Vision & Strategy
Ecolomondo’s mission is to be a contributing participant in a dynamic Circular Economy and to increase shareholder value by producing and supplying large quantities of recovered resources to be re-used in the manufacture of new products.
Ecolomondo’s vision is to be a leading producer and reseller of recovered resources by building and operating TDP facilities, strategically located in industrialized countries, close to feedstock, labor and offtake clients.
Our strategy is to become a major global builder and operator of TDP turnkey facilities, for now specializing in the processing of ELTs. Our intent is to expand aggressively in North America and Europe. Our experience and modular technology should help us get there faster and better. We plan to keep performing ongoing research and development to ensure that Ecolomondo remains technologically advanced.
ISCC Certification
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
On the social aspect the Company plans to measure global health and safety, injury rate and gender diversity, and finally in the corporate governance aspect, the Company is measuring ethics and anticorruption, ESG reporting and board independence.
About TDP
The TDP process is technically proven and more advanced than most other pyrolysis technologies. Over the years, our Technological teams were able to overcome all uncertainties that plagued most competitors especially in these areas: pre-filtration, reactor cooling, reactor rotation, water recycling, processing of rCB, (hydrocarbon removal), mass monitoring, heat curve development, humidity and water removal, safety testing, system automation, emissions control and monitoring.
TDP is Environmentally Friendly – CO2 Reduction
By producing rCB, TDP reduces GHG emissions by 90% versus the production of virgin carbon black. The production of rCB at the Hawkesbury and Shamrock facilities are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 15,000 and 45,000 tons per year, respectively.
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Ecolomondo Corporation Contact
JF Labbé
Interim CEO, Ecolomondo
Tel: (450) 587-5999
jflabbe@ecolomondocorp.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
The information in this news release includes certain information and statements about management's view of future events, expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward looking statements. These statements are based upon assumptions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Because of these risks and uncertainties and as a result of a variety of factors, the actual results, expectations, achievements or performance may differ materially from those anticipated and indicated by these forward-looking statements. Although Ecolomondo believes that the expectations reflected in forward looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations of any forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Except as required by law, Ecolomondo disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward-looking statements or otherwise.
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