Pyrum Innovations AG has concluded long-term supply and offtake agreements with Pirelli as part of the tyre manufacturer’s European Tyre-to-Tyre initiative
Under the agreements, Pirelli will purchase ThermoTireBlack® (TTB) produced by Pyrum for use in its European tyre manufacturing operations. In parallel, Pirelli will supply Pyrum with end-of-life and scrap tyres from defined sources in Germany.
The collection of scrap tyres and their delivery to Pyrum’s Dillingen plant has already been underway for a couple of months. Pirelli delivers the tyres to Pyrum through a logistics provider, and the flow is already up and running, with the tyres being processed at Dillingen. At present, only consumer and motorsport tyres are being delivered to Pyrum by Pirelli.
The agreements provide Pyrum with long-term access to feedstock while also securing an industrial application for its TTB, covering both of the company’s business models: procuring end-of-life tyres and commercialising the secondary raw materials produced from them.
Using its proprietary thermolysis technology, Pyrum converts end-of-life tyres into ThermoTireBlack® and ThermoTireOil® (TTO). The TTB is upgraded by Pyrum and can partially replace fossil-based carbon black in tyre production, while its TTO is used as a circular feedstock in the chemical industry.
Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG, said: “Signing these long-term agreements with Pirelli is an important commercial and strategic milestone for Pyrum. The cooperation secures both the supply of end-of-life tyres and an industrial outlet for our TTB. It confirms that our technology and products meet the requirements of one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers and can contribute to the establishment of scalable circular value chains in Europe.”
The agreement is part of the wider Tyre-to-Tyre initiative that Pirelli launched alongside BASF and Synthos, which aims to feed recycled materials from scrap tyres back into new tyre production through an ISCC PLUS-certified supply chain.
