Black is a colour.
Not a material.
Similar-looking black plastics can contain very different polymers. Making those distinctions is central to creating more useful recycling streams.
Material intelligence. Circular thinking.
Know the material.
Unlock its value.
Developing a new generation of identification and sorting solutions for black and technical plastics. Turning material knowledge into better recycling decisions.
More knowledge. More possibilities.DEVELOPED IN IGUALADA, SPAIN
The material challenge
Valuable materials.
Difficult distinctions.
Recycling needs more than a view of the surface. Understanding what a plastic is made of helps determine where it can go next.
Black is a colour.
Technical plastics.
More to understand.
Polymer blends, fillers, and additives add complexity. We focus on the material information needed to evaluate these demanding fractions.
Better information.
Better next steps.
From checking a sample to planning a sorting process, reliable material knowledge supports decisions about recovery and reuse.
The PolyCore product family
From a sample to a stream.
Form study · not final hardware
Handheld identification
PolyCheckr
Material information at the point of inspection. Our handheld development for practical plastics identification.
Form study · not final hardware
Laboratory analysis
PolyScan
A laboratory platform under development for deeper sample investigation and material comparison.
Form study · not final hardware
Industrial sorting
PolySense
Bringing material intelligence into the sorting process, with a focus on black and technical plastics.
Form study · not final hardware
Bulk assessment
PolyBulk
Exploring material assessment at bulk scale, extending the PolyCore vision beyond individual samples.
Our portfolio spans development concepts and ongoing engineering. Availability, final specifications, and application performance will be confirmed through validation.
Our approach
Material intelligence starts
with physical measurement.
Our development combines next-generation frequency-domain sensing with data interpretation and application engineering. The goal: useful material information for real recycling challenges.
Start with the material.
Investigate how plastics respond to physical measurement, including materials that are difficult to distinguish by appearance.
Make the data meaningful.
Evaluate measured information against known samples and the distinctions that matter for each application.
Connect insight to action.
Develop tools for inspection, laboratory investigation, and industrial sorting, then validate them under relevant conditions.
Areas of focus
Designed around
real material challenges.
Our development focuses on recovering value from complex plastic streams. Explore the applications shaping our work.
Discuss your material ↗End-of-life vehicles
Investigating black and technical plastics from automotive recycling, with attention to polymer differences, blends, and filled materials.
Electrical & electronic waste
Exploring identification and sorting routes for complex plastics from electrical and electronic equipment, where similar-looking materials can require different recycling pathways.
Recycling & material recovery
Developing material knowledge to support the evaluation of mixed streams and the preparation of more defined polymer fractions.
Laboratories & development teams
Working toward practical tools for sample investigation, comparative measurement, and application-specific validation.
About PolyCore
Engineering a clearer picture
of plastics.
PolyCore Technologies SL is based in Igualada, Spain. We develop material identification and sorting technologies with a focus on black and technical plastics.
Our product vision connects handheld inspection, laboratory analysis, industrial sorting, and bulk assessment. Across these applications, our direction is the same: make material knowledge more useful for a circular plastics economy.
IGUALADA, SPAINMATERIAL INTELLIGENCE / PLASTICS CIRCULARITY
What’s in your material stream?
Have a challenging plastic fraction, a research question, or a potential collaboration? Start with the material and the outcome you want to achieve.