Rockwell Automation Wins $15 Million Order to Build Plastic Waste-to-Energy Plant

Jan. 22, 2014
New plant will convert 60 tons-per-day of recyclable and non-recyclable plastic into higher value energy products.

Rockwell Automation has won a $15 million engineering, procurement, construction and management contract from Vadxx Energy LLC for its first commercial-scale, plastic waste-to-synthetic crude energy facility in Akron, Ohio.

The new plant will transform end-of-life plastics into higher value energy products, recycling nearly 60 tons of waste daily, diverting it from landfill disposal. The solution includes the PlantPAx process automation system suite, utilizing Rockwell Automation’s multi-discipline control platform to deliver an integrated smart plant for Vadxx.

Liberation Capital, a global private equity firm, signed an agreement with Vadxx to fund the first unit and additional commercial units.

For more information, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

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