Name

Phoenix Technologies

Legal name

Phoenix Technologies International, LLC

Website

https://phoenixtechnologies.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycled PET Resin Manufacturing

NAICS

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211), Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (32521), Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing (3252)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reprocessed Resin & Recycled Polymer Compounding (PCR/PIR Compounds) (IMANAMAG), Recycled Plastic Compounds (PCR/PIR) (IMANABAE), Plastic & Rubber Recycling, Reprocessing & Pelletizing (IMANAOAN), PET Bottles & Preforms (IMALAAAA)

Keywords

• Recycled PET manufacturing
• Food-grade rPET resin
• PET recycling
• Post-consumer PET pellets
• RPET purification

Headquarters

HQ city

Bowling Green

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. rPET Resin Sales: Phoenix Technologies manufactures and sells recycled PET resin pellets (LNO™ food grade and NLP™ general purpose grades) to brand owners, bottle manufacturers, and converters. Products are sold directly to customers who incorporate rPET into their manufacturing processes for beverages, food, personal care, and household cleaner packaging applications. Revenue is generated through product sales with volume-based pricing.
2. Repelletization Services: Provides tolling/reprocessing services where customers ship preform and bottle defects to Phoenix. Services include washing to remove glues, grinding of preforms or bottles, contamination separation, and pelletizing to create melt filter PET regrind for reintroduction into injection processes. Cost and availability based on volume and service requirements.
3. Technology Licensing: The proprietary technology used for food-grade rPET production is available globally for licensing. Phoenix licenses its processes to enable expansion of food-grade recycled PET manufacturing capacity worldwide, generating licensing revenue from partners who adopt the technology.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Phoenix Technologies manufactures recycled PET (rPET) resin pellets from post-consumer PET, producing food-grade LNO™ pellet variants (c, p, w) and general-purpose NLP™ pellets. The company also offers repelletization services for industrial converters using patented purification and fine-mesh filtration processes. Customers include brand owners, bottle manufacturers, and converters serving beverage, food, and personal-care packaging markets.

Product overview

Phoenix Technologies is a manufacturer of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) resin pellets. The product portfolio consists of Food Grade LNO™ c, p, and w pellets (FDA-approved variants with different processing characteristics and FDA conditions of use), General Purpose Grade NLP™ pellets for non-food applications, and Repelletization Services for customer material streams. Supporting operations include an internal Wash Line that self-manufactures clean flake (60+ million pounds annually) and a Bottle-to-Bottle process for food-contact approved recycled pellets. All products are produced using patented fine-mesh filtration technology at the company's Ohio facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LNO™: Food grade rPET pellet product line approved by FDA for direct food contact applications. Includes LNO™ c pellets (compact powder form), LNO™ p pellets (high intrinsic viscosity), and LNO™ w pellets (reduced process steps for water bottle applications).
• NLP™

Products and services

• Food Grade LNO™ c Pellets
• Food Grade LNO™ p Pellets
• Food Grade LNO™ w Pellets FDA-approved food-grade rPET resin pellets produced using a streamlined process with fewer steps; targets food-contact applications for converters and brand owners.
• General Purpose NLP™ Pellets
• Repelletization Services
• New Melt-Form rPET Pellet Newly announced melt-form variant of Phoenix's rPET pellet offering, providing an alternative physical form factor for converters and brand owners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% virgin replacement possible without process changes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Plastic Technologies, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlastic Technologies, Inc. is identified as Phoenix Technologies' sister company. The proprietary process for pelletizing and crystallizing rPET was developed in conjunction with Plastic Technologies. This strategic alliance enables technology sharing and joint development of recycling processes.
• Coca-Cola / Coca-Cola FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoca-Cola partnered with Phoenix Technologies in a closed-loop recycling initiative in St. Louis. Collected plastic bottles from river cleanups were converted by Phoenix into recycled PET plastic used in new Coca-Cola bottles. The Coca-Cola Foundation provided $50,000 grant to support cleanup efforts and volunteer river cleanups along the Mississippi, Illinois, and Ohio Rivers.
• Living Lands & WatersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLiving Lands & Waters operates river cleanup programs and barges to extract debris from major rivers including the Mississippi. Partnered with Coca-Cola and Phoenix Technologies in the St. Louis closed-loop initiative where collected bottles were recycled into new packaging.
• Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAPR represents companies that acquire, reprocess and sell post-consumer plastic processing. Phoenix provides resources and guidance based on APR's Critical Guidance Document and testing standards on its website.
• NAPCORminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAPCOR is the trade association for the PET plastic packaging industry. Phoenix Technologies is a member and provides NAPCOR report resources on its website.
• PetcoreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPetcore is a non-profit European association fostering PET container use and development, facilitating PET recycling. Phoenix Technologies provides guidance based on Petcore protocols.
• European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPBP provides guidance and testing services for Phoenix's European customers based on their protocols. Phoenix references EPBP PET Recycling Test Protocol and designing for recycling guidelines.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KW Plastics: Largest North American producer of recycled polypropylene and HDPE, with significant PET recycling capacity producing food-grade rPET pellets. Comparable as a merchant recycled resin supplier to converters and brand owners.
• Indorama Ventures: One of the world's largest PET and rPET producers with significant North American recycling capacity (including the CarbonLite acquisition). Directly comparable as a merchant rPET resin supplier serving brand owners and converters.
• CarbonLite Recycling: US-based rPET pellet manufacturer operating food-grade recycling facilities in California, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Directly comparable product portfolio and customer base (beverage and personal care brand owners).
• Evergreen Plastics: Post-consumer PET recycler producing food-grade and general-purpose rPET pellets from its Clyde, Ohio facility. Direct regional and product-line competitor in the North American merchant rPET market.
• UltrePET: Albany, NY-based rPET resin manufacturer producing food-contact and general-purpose pellets. Comparable product mix and target customer segments in North American merchant rPET supply.
• ClearPath Recycling: US-based PET recycler (formerly a joint venture) producing food-grade rPET pellets for converters. Direct product and channel overlap with Phoenix in the North American merchant rPET market.

Broad incumbents

• Berry Global Group: Major global packaging manufacturer with significant recycled-content commitments and integrated rPET sourcing for containers. Broad incumbent serving similar end markets, though not a merchant rPET pure-play.
• Plastipak Packaging: Vertically integrated PET preform and bottle manufacturer with in-house rPET production (Clean Tech). Comparable customer overlap with brand owners in beverage and personal care, though Plastipak is primarily a converter.
• ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner: Global plastic packaging giant with proprietary rPET production (ALPLA rPET) integrated into its bottle and preform operations. Overlaps with Phoenix on rPET resin but is primarily a packaging converter with rPET as a backward integration.
• Amcor: Global packaging company with substantial rigid plastics and rPET initiatives (Amcor Rigid Packaging) serving beverage, food, and personal care brand owners. Comparable end-customer base and rPET demand pull-through, though Amcor is far broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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