Groundbreaking ceremony for the Ulsan Advanced Recycling Cluster ("Ulsan ARC") now scheduled to take place on November 15th, 2023
MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / November 2, 2023 / Loop Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:LOOP) (the "Company" or "Loop"), a clean technology company whose mission is to accelerate a circular plastics economy by manufacturing 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate ("PET") plastic and polyester fiber, today announced an updated schedule for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ulsan ARC. The event is now scheduled to take place on November 15th, 2023. In addition, a press conference is planned to take place the day before the ceremony on November 14th, 2023, in Seoul, South Korea.
Daniel Solomita, Loop's Founder and CEO, is scheduled to present the Infinite Loop™ technology at the event which is planned to be attended by top executives of the SK group, senior government officials, customers, media, environmental institutions, and academic experts. The Infinite Loop™ Ulsan facility, which Loop is planning with its strategic partner SK geo centric, is anticipated to begin construction by the end of 2023 and reach completion by the end of 2025.
About Loop Industries
Loop Industries is a technology company whose mission is to accelerate the world's shift toward sustainable PET plastic and polyester fiber and away from our dependence on fossil fuels. Loop Industries owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low-value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpets and textiles of any color, transparency or condition and even ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to its base building blocks (monomers). The monomers are filtered, purified and polymerized to create virgin-quality Loop™ branded PET resin suitable for use in food-grade packaging and polyester fiber, thus enabling our customers to meet their sustainability objectives. Loop™ PET plastic and polyester fiber can be recycled infinitely without degradation of quality, successfully closing the plastic loop. Loop Industries is contributing to the global movement towards a circular economy by reducing plastic waste and recovering waste plastic for a sustainable future.
Common shares of the Company are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "LOOP."
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