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Tana Oy to Expand with CapMan Growth 

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Tana Oy to Expand with CapMan Growth 

The CapMan Growth Equity III fund has made its first investment in environmental technology company Tana

The investment has been made together with CapMan Growth’s long-term industrial advisor, Normet Group’s principal owner Aaro Cantell, and Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Simultaneously the company’s executive management also invests significantly in the company. Tana’s long-term owner Kari Kangas and his family will continue as the company’s largest owner.

Tana Oy is an environmental technology company that promotes sustainable development by offering smart equipment and solutions for processing solid waste. The globally operating company is one of the world’s leading equipment manufacturers in the field, and its product portfolio includes shredders, screens, landfill compactors and remote monitoring systems. TANA products are exported to more than 50 countries through a global distribution network that includes more than 30 authorised TANA dealers. The company’s head office is in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Tana Oy is growing strongly and has been able to maintain an annual turnover growth rate of around 20 per cent for several years while maintaining an excellent level of profitability. For the financial year ended in March, the company’s turnover is expected to exceed EUR 65 million, and the parties to the agreement have agreed to invest in strong growth in the future as well.

Towards market leadership in the global recycling industry

CapMan Growth is investing in Tana together with its long-term industrial advisor, Aaro Cantell, principal owner of Normet Group. With his Normet background, Cantell has very strong, almost 20-year experience in generating rapid growth in a similar sector providing mining solutions, and he will support Tana’s future growth in the role of chairman of the board. In addition to his expertise, he will also make a significant investment in the company. The investor consortium is completed by Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, and the company’s executive management is also investing significantly in the company. TANA’s long-term owner Kari Kangas and his family will continue as the company’s largest shareholder.

“TANA has been my passion for almost 30 years and has rewarded me in many ways. With my children’s passions elsewhere and our strong growth strategy requiring even more experience and capital, partnering with CapMan Growth was a perfect fit for my plans. It will be very interesting to continue to be part of the growth story in an industry that has huge growth potential and where our work is truly meaningful,” says Kari Kangas, Member of the Board of TANA.

“This investment will enable TANA to grow even faster than before. It is great to have such experienced investors and even more industrial expertise to support our growth story,” says Kalle Saarimaa, CEO of Tana Oy.

“I am really excited about this opportunity to team up with Aaro, Elo, the company’s operative management and the long-term owner Kari Kangas to develop TANA‘s towards global market leadership. The recycling and reuse of materials is a rapidly growing industry globally, and during its long history the company has demonstrated its ability to innovate and grow profitably despite the recent turbulent operating environment,” says Tomi Alén, Partner at CapMan Growth in charge of the Tana investment.

“I’m thrilled for the opportunity to join TANA’s growth story. I have been following the company’s impressive development for a long time, and I see there much of the same potential as I saw in Normet back in the day. I believe that I can help the company’s management on the road to renewal and profitable growth,” says Aaro Cantell, CapMan Growth’s long-term industrial advisor, who has grown Normet more than ten-fold in just over 15 years to achieve annual turnover of approximately EUR 500 million.

Green Flooring Solutions from the Mathe Group

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Green Flooring Solutions from the Mathe Group

Mathe Group’s Hammarsdale facility, recycles approximately 1,000 radial truck tyres per day to produce 45 tons of rubber crumb, is a pivotal export hub

Although many of its products are distributed internationally, the innovative rubber flooring solutions which helped establish this growing company in the first place, continue to highlight its global reach and position it as a South African leader in green building solutions.

Dr Mehran Zarrebini, CEO of Mathe Group, points out that strategic partnerships have helped the company to spread its wings whilst also helping reduce South Africa’s hazardous build-up of used tyres.

The latest collaboration with The Flooring Connection (TFC) – which brings together Instafloor SA and Instafloor UK and Van Dyck – now spans several years. Van Dyck manufactures the acoustic products at its production facility in Hammarsdale.

“Our initial engagement involved providing acoustic underlay products. Through our partnership with Instafloor South Africa, they have also procured advanced acoustic solutions. Given the specialised nature of these products, TFC plays a critical role in liaising closely with end clients and offering essential technical support,” Zarrebini explains.

Jonathan Bodley, head of The Flooring Connection (TFC), says they are dedicated to helping transform the African construction industry, promoting flooring products that align with the circular economy for renovations and new building projects.

“Partnering with Dr Zarrebini of the Mathe Group and Van Dyck (PFE) was a natural choice. Our partnership is grounded in our shared goal of greening the flooring industry,” he says.

He says that because all Van Dyck’s products are tested to international specifications, his company can market and export products made locally that can compete against less sustainable alternatives on both quality and cost.

He points out that product development is a key shared goal. “TFC has seen progression in our offerings in terms of innovative uses of our products and new developments. We take pride in how the versatility of these products showcases African creativity and innovation.”

InstaCradle rubber crumb subflooring cradles were initially used for raised acoustic flooring in the sports and office environment to absorb impact force and sound. Decking applications followed, specifically in situations where waterproofing needed to be protected. 

With support from PFE, the EcoPaver Cradle was developed for  external, permeable paving, allowing for easy water runoff and  the creation of water reticulation systems. This has since been used in several buildings. 

“Our rubber crumb underlays, long-used in the flooring industry, are now being used as acoustic barriers under standard cement screeds and as low profile solutions for self-levelling screeds”

“These products have proven remarkably versatile with contractors finding unexpected ways to utilise them. For example, InstaCradles are now used in acoustic recording studios, to install wall cladding and even support roofing joists. In addition to rooftop decks, the cradles are used to hold the feet of solar geysers.

Dr Zarrebini adds that ongoing research and development continues to yield innovative products that are nearing completion, including acoustic solutions for high-performance gymnasiums and adhesive-free flooring systems.

Bodley and Zarrebini believe that, although South Africa is still relatively new to the modern green building wave, demand for and awareness of green building products such as these are growing.

“The South African market exhibits a promising trajectory for the adoption of our products, particularly within the built environment where there is a noticeable shift towards sustainable building solutions. However, the pace of adoption in South Africa typically lags markets like the UK, where legislation and regulatory frameworks more actively drive sustainable innovation,” Zarrebini explains.

He is nevertheless confident that integrating recycled rubber into flooring solutions offers multifaceted benefits, including a significant reduction in the dependence on imported raw materials like virgin rubber which, ultimately, contributes to a more sustainable manufacturing ecosystem.

This sustainability goal is prized by both parties

“Our future expansion plans will accommodate the dual objectives of supplying rubber crumb to external customers and leveraging it for the valorisation in our locally manufactured acoustic products. This strategy aligns with our commitment to sustainability and the optimization of resource use within our production processes,” Zarrebini says.  

“The recycled rubber crumb product range attains the highest acoustic performance standards whilst having a positive environmental impact. Looking ahead, sustained collaborations with PFE are anticipated. We have seen much potential in the South African sports flooring market. Above all, we aim to increase demand for recycled rubber crumb products, stimulate government support for recycling efforts and foster a sustainable solution to environmental challenges,” Bodley concludes.

Bridgestone EMEA Awarded Third Successive EcoVadis Platinum Rating

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Bridgestone EMEA Awarded Third Successive EcoVadis Platinum Rating

The ranking puts Bridgestone EMEA in the top 1 per cent of the 130,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis globally

Bridgestone EMEA has once again received the Platinum rating by renowned sustainability assessment platform, EcoVadis. This is the third consecutive time the organisation has been awarded EcoVadis’ top ranking since 2021, putting Bridgestone EMEA in the top 1 per cent of the 130,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis globally across 220 industry sectors.

Bridgestone EMEA was given a Silver rating and ranked in the top 12 per cent of businesses globally when first assessed by EcoVadis in 2015 – which scores organisations against four core areas: Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. By the following year, Bridgestone EMEA had climbed to the top 7 per cent, and then the top 4 per cent in 2018. The organisation received Gold status in 2019, before attaining Platinum status for the first time in 2021.

Guided by its global corporate sustainability framework, and the Bridgestone E8 Commitment, Bridgestone is evolving into a sustainable solutions company toward 2050. The Platinum EcoVadis rating for 2023 coincided with a year of sustainability highlights for Bridgestone EMEA, which included:

* The installation of 21,000 solar panels at Bridgestone’s Burgos plant in Spain (one of the company’s most advanced in terms of energy transition), now obtaining electricity directly from the sun accounting for 10-14 percent of the plant’s electricity consumption

* Continuing to drive sustainability through the company’s supply chain, thanks to – amongst other measures – Bridgestone EMEA’s innovative and award-winning Sustainable Supply Chain Financing initiative, which provides suppliers with financing based on their EcoVadis sustainability rating. Since joining the programme, 20 percent of enrolled suppliers have improved their own EcoVadis scores and 36 percent have reached an advanced level

* Publication of Bridgestone EMEA’s inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Report, setting out the company’s ambitions and actions to make Bridgestone more fully representative of the society it serves in the coming years

* Multiple projects and initiatives under the Bridgestone Global Road Safety Program, which aims to make the world’s roads safer and support the United Nations goal of halving road deaths and injuries by 2030. EMEA activities included tyre check events, road safety trainings and education programmes reaching over 20,000 beneficiaries

“In the increasingly regulated and complex world of corporate sustainability, this is a great achievement,” said Laurent Dartoux, Group President, Bridgestone EMEA. “We have huge respect for the importance of independent verification – especially in sustainability – and the EcoVadis assessment has only become more and more rigorous as we’ve progressed over the years. Today, the process involves people representing all corners of our business, from HR to IT, and from Environment and Health & Safety to Procurement and Finance; and all led by our dedicated Sustainability Office team”.

“Maintaining our Platinum EcoVadis rating reflects our ongoing commitment to all areas of sustainability and the progress we’re making as an evolving company, guided by the Bridgestone E8 Commitment. We may be among the top EcoVadis performers globally, but as ever, there are still a lot of positive steps that need to be made on the road to 2050.”

Crumb Rubber in the UK

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Crumb Rubber in the UK

When the EC placed a ban on crumb rubber as a microplastic, the UK government said that there were no plans to follow suite in the UK. However, a week is a long time in politics

As a recap, the ECHA Risk Assessment Committee had looked at crumb rubber several times due to its PAH content, and the chemical risk that it exposed user to. The EC, in its wisdom, could not agree to a complete ban on the basis of the chemical risk from crumb rubber as they felt it was not a proven case.

Then the issue of microplastics came up, and if they were going to ban microplastics of 5mm and under, then crumb rubber had to fit that specification and the ban was introduced.

Asked by the Tyre Recovery Association if this was to be followed in the UK, DeFRA responded that there were no plans to ban crumb rubber.

Recently, DeFRA began, through a third-party, a consultation on “intentionally added microplastics” … It is too early to say much about the DeFRA stance on this, it requires the conclusion of the consultation.

However, a report in the various Scottish publications quotes a researcher from the University of Stirling as saying; “Ban toxic 3G crumb rubber pitches in Scotland”.
His report has called for a ban on crumb rubber pitches as a precautionary and preventative measure.  
Report author, Professor Andrew Watterson of University of Stirling, said: “We know that many chemicals in the crumb are a hazard.  We know it contains substances that are carcinogenic, we know they may be teratogens and cause birth defects.”  Yet, he described, the Scottish government as “dithering”. 


 “Scottish Government and local authorities,” he said, “could act immediately and stop funding the use of crumb rubber infills in new pitches and start planning on using alternative infills as well as increasing natural grass pitch development.”  
Entitled  ‘Crumb Rubber in Sports Pitches in Scotland: A Case Study: Can Continued Use Be Justified?‘,  the study comes after at least eight years of campaigning in the UK for a ban on 3G pitches


For too long, explained Prof Watterson, the focus has been on trying to work out the precise risks to health from the individual chemicals, of which there are many. But, he noted, enough is known about the health and environmental hazards microplastics like these pose to make a ban urgent.   


“Industry and sports bodies,” Prof Watterson observed, “appear to be waiting for a UK DEFRA-commissioned evidence-gathering exercise on crumb rubber and microplastics pollution due to report in spring 2025.”   
A Scottish Government spokesperson said; “We work closely with Sport Scotland and the Sports Pitch Construction Association and its code of practice which acknowledges the difficulty in trying to balance the health and wellbeing benefits that come from the use of 3G pitches with environmental sustainability factors.” 

This comes at a time when the UK tyre recycling industry is under a great deal of pressure due to uncontrolled exports of recovered tyres undermining confidence across the UK recycling sector. The government has the tools to act to help develop a UK tyre recycling industry (in fact all waste recycling) and give the sector a chance of survival in the future. Currently, the UK has an overcapacity to shred tyres, for fuel and other uses, of somewhere around 250,000 tons, according to the Tyre Recovery Association. These under-utilised facilities will, as the TRA’s Peter Taylor says, not be there forever. If they don’t get support, if there is no backing for the industry, it will shut down and we will become reliant on third parties to recycle our waste, and any circular economy ideals can then be forgotten.




Australia’s RPM Automotive Group Invests in Multiple Facilities

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Australia’s RPM Automotive Group Invests in Multiple Facilities

Melbourne-based RPM Automotive Group Limited is entering the tyre recycling business to leverage its existing tyre wholesale platform by implementing a tyre recycling strategy

“We have the required infrastructure to enter the recycling business, such as location, manpower, trucks for reverse logistics i.e., trucks deliver new tyres to customers, collects and return with end-of-life tyres,” explained Clive Finkelstein, Co-Founder and Promoter of RPM Automotive Group in an interaction with Tyre and Rubber Recycling at the IRE 2024 at Mumbai.

The company believes the move is fulfilling the social responsibility of protecting the environment, and beyond that, identifying opportunities in the end-of-life-tyre.

Setting up multiple tyre recycling facilities across Australia

Located all over Australia, but with head office in Dandenong South in the Melbourne suburbs, RPM earmarked an ambitious investment for the tyre recycling venture. “We are serious about our tyre recycling programme and are prepared to invest in it over the next three to five years.”

The company believes its tyre recycling programme will be a profitable, sustainable business, with ever-growing opportunities supported by government grants, besides, it compliments existing supply chain model. The project shares the existing resources, infrastructure and occupancy operates under the RPM’s wholesale tyre division.

On when the plant would be functional, Finkelstein indicated, “The first line will hopefully be operational by the end of August.” It has plans to process in excess of 9,000 tons of end-of-life tyres initially.

Procuring high-capacity primary shredder from India

Clive Finkelstein along with Joe De Sensi, General Manager, RPM’s Tyre Division, attending the India Rubber Expo on the invitation of recycling machinery manufacturer Fornnax Technology. The Australian company is now among its increasing customer base in the overseas market. The high-capacity primary shredder SR-200 HD launched by Fornnax Technology at the IRE 2024 is scheduled for the RPM Automotive Group.

RPM Automotive Group with its combined entities have been in the business for last two decades. The diversified group is engaged in the import, wholesale, and retail of tyres across Australia. “We have annual sales of around 360,000 tyres through our retail and wholesale platforms,” remarked Joe De Sensi.

Group company, RPM Autoparts is an importer and wholesaler of Truck and Bus Radials, Passenger Car, & OTR tyres, with exclusive distribution of specifically Chinese brands like Longmarch, Jinyu, A-Plus, Sailun and Tianli. While it also engages in secondary distribution of Goodyear and Yokohama.

When asked why the focus is on the East Coast of Australia, Joe De Sensi explained, “Australia is a big country and it is difficult to have a presence all over the country therefore the focus is on the East Coast, where most of the Australian population is concentrated. We are also planning to start distribution network in Adelaide in South and Perth in the West soon.”

Pyrum Innovations AG Publishes Financial Figures for Q4

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Pyrum Innovations AG Publishes Financial Figures for Q4

Pyrum Innovations’ sales of EUR 1,147 thousand 17 per cent above previous year’s level

Pyrum Innovations AG has published its trading update for Q4 2023 and preliminary figures for the full year 2023. Sales increased by 17 per cent year-on-year to EUR 1,147 thousand (2022: EUR 982 thousand). The company is currently focusing on improving the throughput of the agglomeration plant for further processing the recovered carbon black (rCB) and the new tyre shredding plant. The aim is to achieve greater sales increases in the future.

Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG said; “The fourth quarter and the year as a whole were mainly characterised by investments at our headquarters in Dillingen/Saar and the further increase in personnel to implement our roll-out plan. We are progressing as planned. As part of the fourth run, which is currently underway, we have started to convert the pyrolysis gas into electricity to power our own plant. We expect to start construction of our second plant in Perl-Besch in the second half of this year, and we are also making good progress with our partners in planning further plants in Europe.”

Pyrum’s own work capitalised amounted to EUR 11,757 thousand (2002: EUR 17,810 thousand) as the construction of the plant expansion in Dillingen progressed according to plan. The decrease corresponds to the lower material costs required for the production of our own work capitalised as the degree of completion of the plant expansion increases. As a result, total output decreased by 32 per cent year-on-year to EUR 12,934 thousand (2022: EUR 19,069 thousand).

In the financial year 2023, the company generated other operating income of EUR 585 thousand (2022: EUR 1,318 thousand), mainly resulting from investment grants of EUR 150 thousand and research grants of EUR 123 thousand. In the same period of the previous year, other operating income was dominated by research grants for the BlackCycle project. The preliminary consolidated net result for the year was EUR -9,610 thousand (2002: EUR -7,808 thousand).

The Tyre Recycling Podcast Episode #60 – Sustainable Solutions Management with Denise Kennedy

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The Tyre Recycling Podcast Episode #60 – Sustainable Solutions Management with Denise Kennedy

Tyre and Rubber Recycling Podcast #60 is now live on our Youtube Channel

In this episode, David Wilson meets with Denise Kennedy, a well respected consultant on tyre recycling and retreading, at the Las Vegas OTR Tire Conference to get an overview of the US tyre recycling and retreading sector.

Subjects cover Calcycle grants through retreading, to the creation of the Tire Industry Foundation.

 Chapters

00:12 Introduction

00:40  David Wilson and Denise Kennedy Intro

01:25 Tyre management in California

02:12 Calcycle Grants

02:44 Discussing ongoing projects

03:50 Retread contract

04:46 Key challenges

05:29 Environmental challenges growing

05:38 Recycling of OTR tyres

06:30 OTR devulcanisation

07:05 Mining tyres are a perfect source

07:33 Retreading in the circular economy

08:12 Critical that we support retreading

08:59 Sponsor – Eagle International

11:03 Tire Recycling Foundation

12:57 Need help on legislative issues

13:51 Summary

HEXPOL Compounding Invests in Devulcanisation

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HEXPOL Compounding Invests in Devulcanisation

The rubber compounding arm of the HEXPOL Group has announced an investment in a devulcanisation line in Europe

This allows them to offer mechanical devulcanisation of rubber in-house and supports the transition to a circular economy.

For years, HEXPOL Compounding has worked on using cured compound scrap and waste, which are unavoidable side products of rubber part production. In the past, the converter paid for the disposal of their rubber waste, which often ended in landfills or was incinerated. In some cases, rubber waste was ground and reused, but until now, it was mainly used as a filler in low-quality applications. Devulcanisation offers an opportunity to keep these valuable resources in circulation and reduce the demand for virgin materials and thus decrease the amount of unused scrap.

“HEXPOL´s target is to reprocess cured rubber from post-industrial sources and reuse it for typical rubber applications in the automotive or building and construction industry”, explains Carsten Rüter, President of HEXPOL Rubber Compounding Europe & Asia. “Instead of paying for disposal, we support our customers in transforming their rubber production offcuts into a new raw material with a reduced product carbon footprint.”

The devulcanisation process adds no additional chemicals. It involves solely the use of mechanical forces like shear, compression, and temperature to break down the crosslinking bonds of the cured rubber with the help of a specific extruder.

The investment will enable HEXPOL Compounding in Europe to produce several thousand tons of compounds with devulcanised rubber content per year. 

Ralph Wolkener, President HEXPOL Compounding Europe & Asia commented; “We are proud to offer a variety of compound solutions with recycled content already today. Soon, we will add rubber recycling to our services. Our customers are becoming our business partners in this process, which involves collecting and sorting their production side products, until HEXPOL transforms them into devulcanised raw materials again.” He adds, “We believe our devulcanisation process could also be extended to post-consumer rubber recycling”.

The new extruder will be installed at the HEXPOL Compounding site in the Czech Republic in late 2024, where it will provide devulcanisation services to the other European HEXPOL Compounding sites to ensure that a broad customer base can join the circle.  

“It is part of HEXPOL’s service to adjust compound recipes based on devulcanised rubber and other renewable raw materials to achieve the same performance as compounds based on standard raw materials”, adds Norbert Niemand, Managing Director at HEXPOL Lesina.

BCA Portable Tyre Recycling Reaches New Heights

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BCA Portable Tyre Recycling Reaches New Heights

BCA portable shredders designed for use with open-top walking floor trailers can streamline loading and unloading while minimising downtime

For recyclers shredding tyres, the loading and unloading of shredded materials from conventional scrap containers can be a logistical bottleneck in their operations, wasting labour and time. The challenge is that portable shredding systems have not been designed to take advantage of one of the recycling industry’s most labour-efficient types of containers: open-top walking floor semi-trailers, which simplify loading and unloading.

“Traditional portable shredders cannot reach the height of an open-top walking floor trailer. When loading scrap containers, typical portable shredder conveyors can only reach about 9’ high at best, while trailers can be up to 13’ high,” says John Neuens, Industrial Consultant for Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based BCA Industries, which designs and develops a wide variety of professional recycling equipment and accessories. “As a result, tyre recyclers have been limited to using roll-off trailers or dumpsters with these kinds of systems.”

Another difficulty the industry faces is an excessive amount of shredder downtime and associated costs for knife sharpening and maintenance due to the voluminous processing of bulky materials.

These obstacles are now being resolved with portable, high-volume shredder trailer systems specifically designed to work with open-top walking floor trailers. The portable shredding systems minimise production downtime and maintenance costs by utilising readily available off-the-shelf parts and quick-replace cutter heads, according to Neuens.

“Now, recyclers can rapidly shred tyres and reach the heights needed to load open-top walking floor trailers without moving any of the shredding equipment,” says Neuens.

He notes that the latest dual-shaft, low-speed, high-torque shear shredding systems can shred automotive and light-duty truck tyres at a volume of 4 to 5 tons per hour. Operators can also shred truck treads after sidewall removal.

Increasing Production Efficiency

Open-top walking floor trailers have been a widely used standard in the wider recycling industry for good reason. These trailers provide more efficient loading and unloading by utilising a series of hydraulically controlled metal slats on the floor that work together to move heavy or unwieldy cargo.

To increase tyre recycling productivity specifically, BCA Industries built a portable shredding system called the PD1000 IO X, designed for use with open-top walking floor trailers. The PD1000 IO X comprises the PD1000 shredder along with a PD1000 IO conveyor, a unique “double-jointed” system that hydraulically “unfolds” to a height of 13 feet.

Essentially, the system works together as two separate yet fully integrated units. The conveyor feeds tyres into the shredder’s large 36″ x 28″ cutting chamber where 2″ x 14.625″ 4-hook knives shred the material to the desired size. The larger unfolding section deposits the shredded material into the open top of the walking floor trailer.

To meet the industry’s need for true portability and ease of use, the PD1000 IO X system is transportable with a non-CDL vehicle such as a 1-ton pickup truck. The power unit is completely self-contained diesel/hydraulic system so does not require additional electrical connections or a concrete slab for use.

Operators can also use the PD1000 IO X to recycle plastics, pallets, electronic waste, construction/demolition waste, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, furniture, paper, and clothing.

Since shredder downtime is an issue for high-volume recyclers, the ideal system would minimise the need for costly repairs and maintenance.

However, with traditional high-torque shredders, the cost of repair and downtime can be excessive, particularly when waiting for an overseas supplier to refurbish or rebuild the cutting head. For this reason, some tyre recyclers keep a full-time millwright or mechanic on staff.

To reduce downtime and maintenance costs, the latest high-torque, portable shredder design eliminates “catastrophic cost” parts. The BCA Industries’ PD1000 shredder, for example, does away with the typical complex gearbox and instead utilises a double, heavy-duty chain drive. An inexpensive “off-the-shelf” American-made hydraulic system utilises dual motors that are readily available. A proprietary 6-key shaft design also eliminates the risk of conventional hex shaft “washout” along with its service problems.

When needed, maintainers can quickly and inexpensively replace every part of the cutting head. To minimise downtime, they can remove the shredder’s modular head from the system and swap it with a fresh head in less than one hour or maintain it safely at ground level.

BCA also offers a shredder head service programme in North America that can reduce downtime. With the programme, a forklift can remove the lightweight head. The head can then be shipped to the manufacturer utilising inexpensive LTL carriers, be factory-certified, and be returned within 7 to 14 days if an extra set of knives is purchased. The service programme eliminates the need to have highly skilled technicians on staff for shredder maintenance, reducing labour costs, and the rebuild comes with a factory warranty.

“The PD1000 IO X is designed to be the least expensive per ton system to operate,” says Neuens.

For tyre recyclers, the ability to utilise truly portable high-torque shredding systems, along with open-top walking floor semi-trailers, can now significantly increase the efficiency of loading, unloading, and production. Using shredders with simpler, more cost-effective designs can also substantially reduce maintenance and repair costs while further improving profitability.

Chetan Joshi Recycling Ventures Expand in Australia & India

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Chetan Joshi Recycling Ventures Expand in Australia & India

Indian recyclers continue to invest into tyre recycling verticals, expanding the existing capacities as well as setting-up new plants

With increasing demand for tyre shred in the domestic market, Indian recyclers are setting up tyre recycling units overseas, collect tyres, recycle them into shreds and ship them to India for further value addition.

India is the largest importer of scrap tyres globally and considerable volumes of scrap tyres are imported from Australia. Chetan Joshi-backed Tyre Collection Australia started in 2018 in Melbourne is also engaged in tyre recycling.

“We are installing second line at the Melbourne site to hike the tyre recycling capacity by three-times,” said Chetan Joshi, Managing Director, Tyre Collection Australia at the India Rubber Expo 2024 at Mumbai.

Currently, the Australian plant is functional on an SR-150 supplied by Fornnax Technology, with a capacity of ten tons per hour. “We are ordering a second primary shredder SR-200 HD, launched at IRE 2024, with a tyre shredding capacity of 25 ton per hour. Once the new line is functional, the capacity will be expanded by three-times to 35 ton per hour.” The high-capacity model enables the recycling of truck tyres.

Investment of  $2 million in Chittoor plant

Interestingly, Chetan Joshi, who is also a Chairperson of Maya Greentech is investing in a new tyre recycling plant in Southern part of India. “We are setting-up a new recycling plant with an investment of about $2 million, on a 7 acre plot at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. The new plant will be functional by the middle of 2024.”

The upcoming Chittoor site will be installed with two Fornnax Technology R-4000 HD secondary shredders. The Australian plant is functional on primary shredders. “The new plant imports tyre shreds from Australian plant for further value addition like downsizing to crumb,” informed Vineet Reddy, a partner in the Chittoor based tyre recycling venture and a founding member in Maya Greentech. The Chittoor based unit is registered as Maya Recyclage Pvt Ltd.

The strategy of hiking capacity in Australia and investing in new plant in India is to connect the Chittoor plant with supplies from Tyre Collection Australia. After recycling in Australia, the recycled shreds will be shipped to the Chittoor plant for further processing. Indian companies are taking advantage of expanding opportunities in the domestic market and increasing demand for tyre recycling in Australia.

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