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Fact Sheet


May 1, 2000
Sergio Dell'Orco and Frank J. Levy were invited to a meeting at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA to give a presentation about their new technology to open textile waste. They also were also to speak about carpet waste though at that time their knowledge was limited.

One of their clients in Los Angeles, LA Fibers, purchased Dell'Orco & Villani opening machines to open clothing waste. Due to the shift of the industry to China, LA Fibers processed used carpets instead of textile clothing waste.

LA Fibers processed all the carpet without separating different fibers garnering an ash content of about 18 percent. They still use this technology.

It became clear that Sergio and Frank needed to solve the challenge to enable customers to separate the components within carpets.


June 15, 2006
The operating agreement for PCC® Processing Technologies, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company, was formed by 14 stockholders in New York.


December 6, 2006
PCC® filed a patent application for its first carpet reclaiming system. On October 12, 2011, they received notification that the U.S. patent office granted PCC® this patent. A second patent was filed soon after.


Feb. 19, 2007
A master equipment purchase and licensing agreement was signed between INTERFACE, INC. and Dell'Orco & Villani and PCC®.


April 1, 2008
PCC® wins World ENERGY GLOBE Award in energy for the USA. The Award was given in the European Common Market Parliament Building in Brussels, Belgium. The Award was presented to Frank J. Levy and Sergio Dell'Orco by Mr. Kofi Annan, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev, and Mrs. Maneka Gandi.


September 2009
Ray C. Anderson, past CEO of INTERFACE, INC., published a book, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist. He dedicated chapter eight, Round and Round They Go, to PCC® technology.

Eric Nelson, Vice President, ReEntry 2.0, Interface Americas, Inc. began the chapter with the following comment: "Without saying a word, we all knew this machine was going to be the key to recycling carpets."

On page 121, Mr. Anderson said, "ReEntry 2.0 can be, in a sense, an all but bottomless oil well, and one that is located right here in the United States."


November 23, 2011
PCC® filed its third patent application for an "Improved Apparatus And Process For Separating Carpet Fibers."

This technology eliminates the need for a shearing machine by replacing it with a newly developed Dell'Orco & Villani designed opening machine. Furthermore, the new machinery enables manufacturers to retrieve a full U of nylon fiber. The U's are processed with the help of a three-stage separating machine, a fiber-hammering machine and a two-cylinder fine opener to clean the fiber.

PCC® processed 1,500 pounds of nylon U's for Teknor Apex in Pawtucket, RI. The ash content was 4.47 percent and it did not have polypropylene fibers in the mix. PCC® estimates a working plant will be able to process this material at an ash content of two percent.