Aduro Clean Technologies Europe Signs MOU with Ortessa Groep BV to Advance FOAK Plant Feedstock Logistics

Executive Summary

• Aduro Clean Technologies Europe (ACTE) signed a non-binding MOU with Ortessa Groep BV to evaluate a feedstock logistics center supporting Aduro’s first-of-a-kind (FOAK) industrial chemical recycling plant at Chemelot Industrial Park in the Netherlands.
• The collaboration leverages Ortessa’s waste management infrastructure to secure a reliable, specification-ready supply of post-use feedstock, including potential use of Ortessa sites for storage and pre-treatment.
• This agreement advances critical FOAK project workstreams—site development, permitting, offtake, and upstream material supply—moving Aduro’s Hydrochemolytic™ Technology toward industrial implementation.

Key Details

• Agreement Type: Non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
• Counterparties: Aduro Clean Technologies Europe BV (ACTE) and Ortessa Groep BV (Dutch waste management group)
• Project Location: Chemelot Industrial Park, Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands
• Scope of Evaluation: Development of a feedstock preparation and logistics pathway, including identification/aggregation of post-use feedstock streams, assessment of cleaning, drying, agglomeration, or other pre-treatment requirements, and development of inventory management, quality-control, documentation, material coding, storage, hosting, and logistics systems.
• Site Utilization: Potential use of one or more Ortessa sites to host and manage specification-ready post-use feedstock for the Chemelot project.
• Project Milestones Context: Builds on previously announced FOAK progress, including site selection at Chemelot, engagement of Ebert HERA B.V. for permitting, signing of an initial offtake letter of intent, and appointment of Jan Lemmens as Project Director.
• Binding Status & Next Steps: Non-binding; expresses current intentions only. Definitive agreements and commercial arrangements will be developed as the collaboration progresses.

Notable Quotes

• Ofer Vicus, CEO of Aduro: “Feedstock logistics and support are key components of FOAK project execution and its future growth... We see meaningful potential in this collaboration for both companies and look forward to advancing the next steps together.”
• Rob van Gansewinkel, CEO of Ortessa: “This collaboration with Aduro provides an opportunity to apply our experience in waste collection, processing, and material valorization to support a new industrial pathway for post-use plastics. We look forward to working with Aduro to evaluate the feedstock logistics requirements for the FOAK project at Chemelot.”