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# Vioneo and Lummus partner on industrial scale fossil-free polypropylene
- URL: https://www.packagingeurope.com/vioneo-and-lummus-partner-on-industrial-scale-fossil-free-polypropylene/
- Published: 2025-08-20T12:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T12:05:59.000Z
- Author: Packaging Europe staff writers
- Tags: Business, Collaboration, #layout-s, #type-article, #packaging-europe, #Import 2026-09-08 15:50

[**Vioneo**](https://vioneo.com/?ref=packagingeurope.com) **has collaborated with** [**Lummus Technology**](https://www.lummustechnology.com/?ref=packagingeurope.com) **to utilize its Novolen polypropylene (PP) technology for the ‘world’s first’ industrial scale fossil-free plastics production complex in Antwerp, Belgium, based on green methanol as feedstock.**

The complex will also use renewable electricity and renewable hydrogen as key components to its operations. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 200KTA and will use 100% segregated green propylene and ethylene as feedstock to produce a range of polypropylene grades.

The companies say polypropylene will serve as a direct drop-in replacement for fossil-based alternatives. The plastics produced will be ‘fully traceable and CO2 negative’, designed to allow customers to reduce their Scope 3 emissions.

Lummus’ scope includes the technology license, process design package, support during the front-end engineering design phase and catalyst supply during ongoing operations.

Back in April, the [Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials](https://www.ifam.fraunhofer.de/en.html?ref=packagingeurope.com) (IFAM) and the [Bremen University of Applied Sciences](https://www.hs-bremen.de/en/?ref=packagingeurope.com) (HSB) [joined forces](https://packagingeurope.com/news/polypropylene-packaging-waste-recycled-into-filaments-for-3d-printing/12699.article?ref=packagingeurope.com) to recycle polypropylene packaging waste into filaments for 3D printing. HSB’s Laboratories for Circular Economy ensured that the waste was ground up, washed, and separated from unsuitable materials using float-sink-separation and near-infrared technology.

More recently, [Procter & Gamble](https://us.pg.com/?ref=packagingeurope.com) announced it will be using [PureCycle](https://www.purecycle.com/?ref=packagingeurope.com)’s [recycled polypropylene resin](https://packagingeurope.com/news/pandg-set-to-use-purecycles-recycled-polypropylene-in-spout-and-dose-caps/13031.article?ref=packagingeurope.com) in spout and dose caps for select bottles, which are set to hit the shelves next year. PureCycle’s PureFive Choice resin requires successful moulding at a select converter, and the resin is subsequently analyzed to work out whether it would match the colour of each qualifying package.

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