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Tyrewise Supports Golden Bay Cement

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Tyrewise Supports Golden Bay Cement

As New Zealand’s Tyrewise starts to take control of the country’s waste tyres, one of the key outlets looks like being a cement kiln

New Zealand’s sole cement producer, Golden Bay is developing the sustainability of its Portland plant near Whangārei.

The plant has been using waste tyres for fuel since 2021, assisted by Ministry of Environment funding of US$10m as part of the US$15 million upgrade to the existing plant.

The aim is to replace coal completely by 2030 and has recently seen its ELT consumption rise from 15,000tpa, to 30,000tpa, with a target of 40,00tpa.

The project is supported by Tyrewise, and Golden Bay has installed a tyre shredder on site. The ultimate aim is to completely eliminate coal from the processing, using a mix of wastes including tyres, plastics, carpets etc. The plant is claimed to be diverting 100,000tpa of waste from landfill.

Large Scale Pyrolysis Plant for Alabama

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Large Scale Pyrolysis Plant for Alabama

CSRC Group and Sheico Group have announced plans for a large scale tyre pyrolysis plant in Alabama

The Taiwanese partnership has chosen Phenix, Alabama, in partnership with Eco Infinic – a Thai subsidiary of Sheico, as the location for its projected plant targeted to to recover 30,000 tons of rCB, 35,000 tons of tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO), and 2,300 tons of steel wire. It will be 65 percent owned by Eco Infinic, with CSRC and CCC jointly holding the remaining 35 per cent.

The chosen site was formerly operated by Continental Carbon Co., and production is expected to start in 2026.

CSRC is anticipating a growth in the market for rCB as manufacturers increase the proportion of rCB in their tyres. The Group highlights Michelin and Bridgestone’s moves to expand the use of rCB, and their target for sustainable targets by 2030.

Currently, less than 1 per cent of carbon black comes from recycled tyres. The company states; “The United States, being one of the major producers and consumers of rCB, has already made significant investments in recycling facilities and advanced pyrolysis technology, marking it as an important market that cannot be overlooked.”

The performance of CSRC’s own rCB “is close to virgin carbon black, and it has already been adopted by Cheng Shin for use in bicycle tyres,” according to the firm.

SIGNUS Publishes a Guide to Urban Use of Recycled Tyres

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SIGNUS Publishes a Guide to Urban Use of Recycled Tyres

SIGNUS presents the use of recycled rubber from tyres in applications in urban as a sustainable and profitable alternative

SIGNUS has published “Guía de aplicaciones del Caucho Reciclado procedente del Neumático en las Ciudades”(Guide to the use of recycled tyres in urban environments) to explain the different uses that involve recycled tyre materials in urban areas (pavements, urban furniture, etc.).

This guide, directed primarily at local authorities, is intended to provide a tool to help complete the Circular Economy compromise in cities and to respond to the need to incorporate environmental criteria into public procurement, which will enable to the administrations, in the development of their activity, shaping and contributing to economic and environmental sustainability objectives.

Recycled rubber is a material that presents numerous opportunities, for example, absorption of impacts, vibrations and noise, durability due to its high resistance to any climatic condition, etc. Due to this quality, the tyre, once recycled, plays an important role in the transformation of our cities due to many applications such as: safety pavements, sports surfaces (athletics tracks, tracks multisports, floors of gymnasiums, football pitches), asphalted streets, urban pavements (bicycles lanes, jogging tracks, recreation areas in schools, transit squares, etc.), noise reduction in the metro or rail system, parking lots, urban furniture (benches, garden benches, etc.), urban ornamentation (roundabouts, sculptures and games, vertical gardens).

The use of recycled rubber to manufacture products destined for urban areas is suggested as one of the most durable solutions within tyre recycling at the end of its useful life. The SIGNUS Guide recognises the characteristics and advantages of this material, as well as concrete solutions and graphic examples that contribute to the principles of the Circular Economy to reduce the consumption of primarily virgin materials.

Messer has Nitrogen Solutions for Tyre Recycling

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Messer has Nitrogen Solutions for Tyre Recycling

Gas specialist Messer will present gas solutions supporting the circular economy of tyres at “The Tire Cologne 2024”

Messer, the world’s largest privately held industrial gas specialist, will take part in “The Tire Cologne” together with AZuR (Allianz Zukunft Reifen), a network committed to fostering a circular economy for tyres. Messer’s booth will be centrally located in hall 7.1, booth A040 – B049, in the exhibition area dedicated to circular economy, where the latest technology solutions for the sustainable production and recycling of tyres will be presented. 

According to the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA), more than 3 million metric tons of end-of-life tyres accumulate every year solely in Europe. Recycling and reusing these tyres is essential to minimise waste, preserve natural resources, and comply with environmental regulations. Messer’s gas solutions support this and enable further development of a circular economy for tyres. 

Nitrogen: a key enabler for tyre recycling 

Nitrogen and the related technology solutions from Messer play a key role in both the material and chemical recycling of tyres. 

Cryogenic grinding with liquid nitrogen is a proven application for material recycling, used to separate the different materials of tyres and produce very fine rubber powders. In the process, liquid nitrogen at a temperature of -196°C cools and embrittles tyre rubber granules in paddle screw coolers. Cold grinding enables a high throughput, a stable process as well as a higher quality of the ground rubber compared to conventional grinding methods. 

Gaseous nitrogen is injected to replace ambient air in pyrolysis before feeding shredded tyres into the reactor, ensuring that the oxygen content remains below two per cent. This inert atmosphere protects tyres and prevents combustion.

Extensive know-how for the tire industry  At Messer’s state-of-the-art technical centre for cold grinding and recycling in Krefeld, Germany, tests can be conducted to precisely define the grinding parameters, estimate manufacturing costs, and compare the results of different grinding processes. Messer offers the reliable supply of nitrogen tailored to needs of its customers. 

AZuR Campaign for Domestic Recycling

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AZuR Campaign for Domestic Recycling

German tyre recycling body AZuR is to petition for improved European recycling

Across Europe, and this includes the UK, there has been a growing dependency upon exporting tyres as a route to dealing with tyre arisings. The situation is complicated by EPR organisations masking their recovery and recycling rates with exports within and without the European Union.

Adverts can be found on social media from across Europe from people with container loads of tyres looking for export destinations. That is without delving into the part worn sales to African states (often illegally).

Against this background, German (and UK) recyclers in particular are under pressure, they often cannot get the feedstock they need, they cannot get what they need at a price that works for them. They are undermined by low cost collectors who simply bale and ship tyres out of the European Union.

This creates a scenario where existing recyclers are finding the market challenging, and new projects find the instability in the market a barrier to investment.

To address this, AZuR is initiating a resolution calling for better regulation of waste tyres (waste in general?) to encourage recycling within the European Union.

Old Tyre Resolution

Tyres are an irreplaceable product for our mobility and a valuable raw material that must be kept in the recycling cycle.

All tyres used in the European Union must be reused or recycled in the European Union. New tyres must be manufactured as sustainably as possible – old tyres must be kept in the recycling cycle as far as possible through retreading, material or chemical recycling. The basis of our economic trade must always be the recycling pyramid.

Visitors to the AZuR stand at The Tire Cologne will be able to sign the Resolution calling for better management of waste tyres within Europe and consequentially support “domestic” recycling.

Conica Partners with Malaysian Supersafe Industries

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Conica Partners with Malaysian Supersafe Industries

The collaboration gives the Conica flooring solutions company additional footprint in Asia with shorter delivery times and more competitive pricing

Conica, the Swiss worldwide leader in sports and recreational flooring production, has announced a new partnership with Supersafe Industries SDN BHD, a Malaysian-headquartered company specialising in the manufacture of quality surfacing materials.  

The collaboration will allow the company to increase its footprint in the Asia Pacific region and to bring its Swiss quality standards to the regional track and field market. Trust, quality standards, transparency and sustainability are at the heart of the partnership, on which base Conica appointed Supersafe as its reliable partner for producing ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber granules. 

According to Germain Thomas, Conica’s sales director for the Far East and Oceania, the partnership gives Conica the ability to supply their client base with ready-to-use stocks, which results in shorter delivery times and more competitive pricing. 

“The partnership with Supersafe Industries aligns with Conica’s promise and decades-long record of providing the safest and most performance-boosting products to users in the track and field and playground industry,” Germain said. “This relationship allows users to reap the benefits of innovation while further driving Conica’s quality assurance and quality control objectives that have established the company as a world leader in flooring solutions.” 

Jason Ow Yeang, Managing director of Supersafe Industries, said the company is honoured to partner with Conica and is looking forward to a collaboration that moves the industry forward.  

“Supersafe Industries operates on principles where safety always comes first,” Jason said. “We partner with companies that share those values. That is why our partnership with Conica was an obvious choice.”   














Enviro Ownership Status Update

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Enviro Ownership Status Update

Scandinavian Enviro Systems currently has an ownership stake of 8.78 per cent in the joint venture that the company formed together with Antin Infrastructure Partners’ NextGen platform and which is supported by Michelin

Enviro’s share of ownership will shift as the joint venture company is capitalised, Enviro is compensated for the achievement of certain milestones and depending on when Enviro exercises its option to buy into the company.

The current share of ownership is the result of the compensation the company received for historical costs linked to the establishment of the facility in Uddevalla. During February and May this year, Enviro has received a total of SEK 106.8 million in compensation, of which SEK 53.4 million in cash and SEK 53.3 million in the form of shares in the joint venture company. With the current capitalisation of the joint venture company, this gives Enviro an ownership stake of a total of 8.78 per cent. Enviro has now been fully compensated by the joint venture company for historical costs for the plant in Uddevalla.

In future, Enviro will continuously receive compensation linked to the achievement of certain pre-defined milestones. These compensations will consist of half cash and half shares in the joint venture company until a certain share compensation cap is reached. Once the cap is reached, the compensation will continue in cash only.

Enviro will communicate individual transactions linked to the achievement of these milestones and current ownership will be communicated with the frequency that follows from current accounting requirements, at least once a year in connection with the year-end report.

Enviro has an option that gives the company the right to buy into the joint venture company for an ownership stake that ultimately corresponds to approximately 30 per cent. Enviro intends to exercise this option in full. The parties have agreed on a predetermined valuation principle that determines the price for the remaining shares when the option is exercised.

The option has a term of 6 months counted from the successful commissioning of the facility in Uddevalla, i.e. the time when the factory functions as planned, and production is fully ramped up. The facility in Uddevalla is expected to be fully operational in 2025.

Pyrum Starts First Warm-up of Line 3

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Pyrum Starts First Warm-up of Line 3

Pyrum states a successful start of hot commissioning of reactor 3, with First production run scheduled to start next week

Pyrum Innovations AG is commissioning the third and thus last thermolysis reactor (TAD 3) at its main plant in Dillingen/Saar. Following the positive commissioning process of TAD 2, the third reactor was heated up for the first time. This involved heating the new reactor to a temperature of around 650°C for the first time.

The findings from the previous commissioning of TAD 2 were transferred in full to TAD 3 . In recent weeks, additional minor adjustments have been made on this basis, which have contributed to a smooth start of the new reactor. After the reactor has cooled down and final preparatory work has been completed this weekend, the first warm-up run with the production of thermolysis oil and rCB is scheduled for next week. The aim is to ramp up the throughput of TAD 3 to 75 to 80 per cent of the target output within a few commissioning runs. Within the next six to twelve months, TAD 2 and TAD 3 will then be successively ramped up to full capacity utilisation of 100 per cent.

Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG said; “We are proud that we will soon be able to utilise the full potential of our thermolysis technology. Thanks to the findings from the commissioning of TAD 2, we were able to make minor optimisations before the start of TAD 3, which led to a smooth first warm-up of TAD 3. With the first hot run of the last reactor, we are now on the home stretch of our site expansion at our main plant in Dillingen.”

In addition, the final commissioning of the power generation of the produced thermolysis gas is scheduled for the next few weeks. Adjustments and fine-tuning are currently still being carried out.

Changes at Ecolomondo: Sorella to Focus on Global Growth

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Changes at Ecolomondo: Sorella to Focus on Global Growth

Ecolomondo Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gary Economo as Chief Executive Officer

Gary Economo is an accomplished senior executive with demonstrated year-after-year success achieving revenue, profit and business-growth objectives within startup, turnaround and changing markets. Economo is a results-oriented, and dynamic leader with proven success in new market identification, corporate efficiency and strategic positioning for multi-million-dollar private and publicly traded technology, advanced materials, and resource corporations. Economo has raised substantial capital for companies and brings more than four decades’ experience in international finance, mergers, and acquisitions and has a proven track record in driving profitability through innovation, productivity, revenue increases, and cost control. He has also served on several boards of TSX, TSXV and CSE-listed companies.

Eliot Sorella will take on the role of Executive Chairman and retain the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. He acquired Ecolomondo when it was still a cleantech R&D project in 2008, he financed its development and commercialisation, listed it on the TSX Venture and OTCQB exchanges and help make Ecolomondo one of the leaders in its industry. As Executive Chairman, Eliot Sorella will focus on the global expansion of the company while supporting the new CEO in the corporate development and to achieve the company’s strategic objectives.

ReTyre Ltd Signs MOU with IRMRI

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ReTyre Ltd Signs MOU with IRMRI

UK headquartered ReTyre Ltd, has on the 21st May 2024, signed a MOU on a working agreement with the Indian Rubber Materials Research Institute (IRMRI)

IMRI, formerly known as the Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, a department of the Indian Ministry of Commerce, has signed an agreement with ReTyre-Bharat Pvt. Ltd, the Indian counterpart of UK-based ReTyre Ltd.

The MOU is an agreement that IRMRI and ReTyre who affirm their intent for technological research and product development and exchanges as will be of mutual benefit to their respective institutions.

Founder of ReTyre Ltd, Mr. Shravan Bansal says: “With this MOU, ReTyre has taken a leap forwards in the strategic development of the company and its technology. The Indian manufacturing base for its UHP water jetting technology, in collaboration with Siemens, who will be supplying the control systems and service

Network, creates a launchpad for the introduction of a “recycling at source” technology for the tyre recycling sector.”

The MOU is for IRMRI and Retyre Limited exclusively promote a “Recycling at Source” model to minimise the impact of carbon utilisation. IRMRI and Retyre Limited have agreed to make use of their respective strengths and interests, to jointly work with each other to improve the sustainability of recycling in the tyre and rubber industry.

IRMRI’s role will to be to carry out continuous R&D on activR to understand its applications and maximisation of incorporation and to promote the ReTyre recycling technology in India and abroad. IRMRI will conduct testing and evaluation of ReTyre’s materials and provide technical and commercial guidance for the Indian Market.

As the technology is rolled out, IRMRI will organise delegations to conduct study tours and promote the technology at appropriate forums and potential clients.

ReTyre will continue to develop and improve the proprietary UHP water jetting technology to create consistent high-quality value-added materials for reintroduction to the tyre and rubber industries.

ReTyre, furthermore, has agreed to supply machinery and equipment in a specified time frame, and meet required OPEX services.

The MOU has been signed between the parties to minimise impact of carbon utilisation by recycling at source through ReTyre’s proprietary FDPT technology , to achieve the aim IRMRI along with Ministry of Commerce agrees to a number of actions, including amongst other points: Providing funding and Support to ReTyre Bharat to setup a Mass Manufacturing Unit in India to achieve Retyre’s goal towards the “Make in India” and “Swadeshi”, and to exclusively promote the “Recycling at Source” model.

Critically, IRMRI undertakes to consider and recommend ReTyre’s “activR” as a “Green Product” and ultimately to formulate a policy for the mandatory use of the Product “activR” in the industries where the rubber is used in a certain percentage, such as the coatings and tyre industries.

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