Northstar Clean Technologies has announced it has completed its first commercial sale of liquid asphalt to McAsphalt Industries Ltd. The shipment came from Northstar’s newly built Empower Calgary Facility, marking the company’s first revenue-generating transaction.
Northstar is producing liquid asphalt by recycling old asphalt shingles, the kind of waste that often ends up in already crowded landfills. Instead of throwing shingles away, Northstar’s process recovers valuable materials that can be reused in new construction products. The first sale is proof that the facility is operating and producing a product the market wants.
This first shipment also strengthens Northstar’s working relationship with McAsphalt, a major supplier in Canada’s asphalt industry. McAsphalt is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colas Canada Inc., and Northstar says McAsphalt played a key role in helping the Calgary project move from planning to real production.
“McAsphalt has been instrumental through the planning, testing, construction, and commissioning of the Empower Calgary Facility,” said Northstar President and CEO Aidan Mills. “Completing our first shipment of liquid asphalt represents a significant commercial and operational milestone for Northstar and our partnership with McAsphalt.”
Looking ahead, Northstar expects this to be more than a one-time shipment. The company said it is continuing to advance operations at the Empower Calgary Facility, with the goal of generating regular, ongoing commercial sales under its McAsphalt offtake agreement beginning in January 2026. In other words, Northstar is aiming to move into steady, repeatable production and sales, the kind of rhythm that turns a new facility into a long-term business.
For the construction industry, this is a milestone in the progress of the circular economy. Northstar’s model supports more sustainable building and infrastructure by taking a hard-to-recycle waste stream and turning it into useful products like liquid asphalt, plus recovered aggregate and fiber that may be used in other construction and industrial applications.
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