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| I mean, the very fact that they're producing the CP2 and it's getting to the bottom of our system is a proof positive that the core technology works |
| We have already implemented several system upgrades and improved operational monitoring, which are providing improved performance |
| But I think the important thing, as Duston said in the presentation, the original economics, we feel very good about |
| We successfully produced end to end production runs across core purification assets and achieved 8,000 pounds per hour rates |
| Given the increased production and the commentary around high demand for the product, what is the revenue outlook for Q1 in 2020? Dustin Olson Well, we're very optimistic about the future fundamentals of the business |
| I can tell you that I'm very excited to have Jamie on our team |
| We have a lot of new customers that are testing our product through the Formera contract and through our distribution channel, and the results that they see are very positive |
| I think what's important to note is that there's very strong customer demand across many application lanes |
| This is yet another strong proof point that our product quality is superior and even in the most difficult applications and is a reasonable replacement for fossil based alternatives |
| As we build to strong operations, we also see key unit economics trending positively |
| We have purpose in our every effort, and we feel good about the impact that we're making around the world |
| We are excited about the progress we have achieved this quarter |
| We have delivered commercial grade samples to our customers for final application approval and received strong feedback on the product quality |
| And finally, final customers can feel good again about the plastic that they're purchasing |
| This small pause in production should help position the facility for stronger reliability |
| I'm very proud to show a school of polypropylene fiber that was successfully made from our purified material and applications that will come from this production |
| We will focus on our core operations in order to achieve higher continuous plant rates and drive more consistent product quality so we can deliver a superior product to customers |
| So that gives us potential to remarket revenue bonds opportunistically, which we believe remain attractive given its tax free status and first priority lien on a valuable asset |
| We see steady and reliable increases in CP1 and CP2 production levels |
| We have a platform that should enable us to reap long-term benefits across the entire digital ecosystem |
| The reality is the end customer appetite for recycled material, coupled with a significant undersupply of quality product is creating strong demand for PureCycle's product |
| Our digital foundation is very good |
| We will see continued improvement across the production every day and at times, we'll see step change improvements |
| And again, we have the opportunity to improve liquidity with the remarketing of the revenue bonds |
| These efforts combined with the improved unit economics should result in strong projects with reliable cost and scheduled performance and excellent returns |
| Jamie will bring a balanced point of view to our core decision making process that will help us deliver strong business results |
| For revenue, we see stronger demand for our product than we originally expected, and a shorter supply of good quality competition |
| We have made product out of both PIR and PCR and while various pellet productions have varied with color, even the higher color variants have strong demand due to superior mechanical processing properties |
| We've got very strong demand for the product and all of our core customers are still there testing commercial scale products right now for the final application and ready to receive the volume at scale |
| The market feedback for our product is positive because we are producing a true plastic to plastic solution with benefits that other technologies do not provide |
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| Our filtration has been a reliability challenge |
| While our progress was good over the past six to 12 months, the pace of progress was limited by two critical challenges, seal failures and absorbent bed leaks |
| We've worked through hundreds of improved programming glitches, and while it doesn't cost much to fix and is still getting better, still the impact to uptime has been a challenge |
| We've had several challenges like this across other areas |
| It forced us to stop and start operations many times |
| Purging is a technical term that means our extruders are not running efficiently |
| The industry has not been successful when running PB Fiber with a recycled feedstock |
| Offsetting the positives, we also have higher than expected feedstock logistics calls and higher than expected SG&A calls |
| For energy, we see lower consumption of energy than originally expected |
| Making fiber from fossil based PP is among the most difficult manufacturing applications in the polypropylene industry |
| Both of these events took significant time to diagnose and solve, but more importantly, it lengthened our learning curve |
| As you can imagine when you're starting with new technology, running the equipment for the first time, predicting the S-curve for the production is very difficult, okay? Our focus is less about hitting specific milestones and more about incrementally getting better every day |
| We aren't satisfied with where we are, but our team will not slow down |
| Granted, there are both positives and negatives when comparing our unit economics to earlier estimates three to five years ago |
| This application is extremely difficult for traditional polypropylene recycling products, because most of these products still have CP1 and CP2 in the mixture |
| This process will not be completed during the outage and will likely require additional activity in the future |
| And then you can also imagine the challenges that emerge when a single strand breaks during the production process |
| It's not impacting our ability to make CP2, it's limiting our ability to purge CP2 from the system |
| This variation ultimately conflicts with the original design and limits our ability to remove it from the system efficiently |
| There were certain aspects of the operation that remained untested until we could establish continuous end-to-end operations |
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