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Recircle Awards Ceremony and Future of Retreading & Recycling Conference All Set for Bologna

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Recircle Awards Ceremony and Future of Retreading & Recycling Conference All Set for Bologna

The Awards Ceremony for the Recircle Awards 2023 is all set to take place on Thursday 16 November 2023 at the Futurmotive Expo & Talks event in Bologna, Italy. The ceremony, where 20 of this year’s 22 awards will be announced and presented to their deserving winners following this year’s edition of the now well-established Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference

The Awards Ceremony marks the culmination of an eight-month process, which commenced in March with the official launch of the third edition of the awards at TyreXpo Asia in Singapore, which featured the selection of the first eighteen award categories and the presentation of the first two awards to Christina Guth from the AZUR Network (Circular Economy Award) and Mr Chen Jet How, the ex-CEO of the Kit Loong Group, who was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Tyre Retreading Sector.

The Winners’ Awards Ceremony in Bologna will see all the remaining winners receive their well-deserved awards in a live ceremony, which will be streamed live around the world. This will be the first time that the awards winners will be announced live, in an in-person ceremony. The winners of the first two awards events were announced in virtual awards ceremonies.

The Recircle Awards Ceremony will take place in the Notturno Room at the Bologna Exhibition Centre immediately following the 2023 Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference, which will once again feature key speakers from the international tyre retreading and recycling sectors.

Speakers at the conference, which will take place at 14.30 pm are as follows:

Michael Schwaemmlein Technical Director – BIPAVER  – “Retreading Industry Labelling Proposal for C3 retreads”.

Krzysztof Wroblweski – CEO Contec – “The way to circularity in the automotive industry”.

Jon Visaisouk – Chief Operating Officer, Tyromer Inc.  “Moving Towards Tire-to-Tire Recycling: Reality of Circular Retreading”

Enrico Fiore  – CEO, Truyoins Ltd.  “Tyre-to-tyre-to tyre: the true virtuous circle of tyres”

Riccardo Giovannotti – Secretary General, GDSO – (Global Data Service Organisation for Tyres and Automotive Components) “Beyond tyre identification”

John Powath – IBP & Brian O’Connell – Chief Commercialisation Officer – Silpara Technologies – “Affordable Sustainability”

Hosting the Recircle Awards Ceremony and the Future of Retreading & Recycling Conference this year is Futurmotive Expo & Talks, the new event dedicated to technology and energy transition organised by Autopromotec.

The event will be divided into two parts, an exhibition and a conference, with a scientific committee that will identify the issues related to energy transition and innovation in the automotive sector. At the same time, Futurmotive will be a true exhibition dedicated to all businesses that are keen to meet at a European event that is the catalyst for 2023, with a space dedicated to networking with high-profile international buyers. Products and technologies related to innovation and energy transition will therefore have a clearly defined objective, visibility and focus.

During the three days of the trade show, Futurmotive – Expo & Talks will bring together participating companies in an exhibition space of approximately 25,000 square metres in Halls 14, 16 and 19 and in the 42 e 43 external areas, showcasing a full range of technological innovations and solutions to address global challenges in the automotive world, in a format designed to foster an effective interaction among companies, institutions and industry opinion leaders. The main areas of interest will be alternative fuel systems, components, equipment, tyres and new materials.

Renzo Servadei, Autopromotec managing director, provided a brief overview to the audience; “As we all know, one of the words that are most stressed in our time is “sustainability” and the automotive industry is put at the centre of this discussion. I believe that it is necessary to start thinking about sustainability in a broader way: it is a process that must certainly be addressed in terms of ecology, but also in terms of economy and community. In this context, as trade show organisers, we asked ourselves: what shall we do? How can we address such a complex issue? That’s how we thought about organising Futurmotive – Expo & Talks.”

Readers wishing to attend the Recircle Awards Ceremony and /or the Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference can do so free of charge via the following Eventbrite links

Future of Retreading & Recycling Conference

Recircle Awards Ceremony 2023

Punjab EPD Closes Nine Pyrolysis Plants

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Punjab EPD Closes Nine Pyrolysis Plants

In a joint operation, the Punjab Environment Protection Department (Pakistan) the administration of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and the police bulldozed nine pyrolysis plants that produce oil and carbon by burning car tyres at the Margalla Hills and arrested two suspects over violation of environment laws

According to The Express Tribune, around 400 tonnes of toxic carbon and 10 drums of oil produced from the pyrolysis plants were also seized during the joint raid.

The operation was supervised by EPD Deputy Director Maria Bibi and the Taxila Assistant Commissioner who were accompanied by a heavy contingent of police from Islamabad and Rawalpindi, in mid-October.

The establishment of these plants has been banned by the federal and provincial governments.

Despite the ban, residents of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had built these clandestine plants in the hills of Margalla, against whom a major operation was conducted as the result of information received by the authorities.

The EPD deputy director said the anti-smog operation was going on across the district. “Pyrolysis plants and stone crusher machines will not be allowed to be installed in the areas at the junction of the twin cities. Both of these produce toxic types of smog, which cannot be allowed,” she said.

“Now we are also taking action against smoke-emitting vehicles, brick kilns and factories,” she added. “Several kilns have been demolished in the district and heavy penalties will now be imposed.”

“By installing these plants at the confluence of the twin cities, the mafia takes advantage of the boundaries of the twin cities,” she said. “Now we have started joint operations in such areas to counter such activities,” she added.

InnoVent Renewables to Grow in the Americas

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InnoVent Renewables to Grow in the Americas

InnoVent Renewables has announced its formation with a corporate mission to drive renewable energy forward by mitigating the global environmental challenge of waste tyres

InnoVent Renewables has launched as a U.S.-based technology and operations company with a proprietary continuous pyrolysis technology that converts waste tyres, plastics, and biomass into valuable fuels and chemicals.

InnoVent’s exclusive pyrolysis technology is continuous, which gives a much higher efficiency compared to batch processing. It utilises the gas to preheat the tyres, thereby making it a Net Zero energy process. During the process valuable chemicals are recovered from the products, producing high-quality fuels. 

Vibhu Sharma

“We are thrilled to formally launch InnoVent Renewables and plan to ramp-up operations into early 2024,” noted InnoVent Renewables CEO Vibhu Sharma. “Our investors, strategic advisors, and management team are all fully committed to our success as we address the global challenge of waste tires. We firmly believe our proven process, deployed at scale globally, will have a huge positive impact on our climate and fill a clear environment need.”

With a solution to this environmental challenge, InnoVent has assembled a team of world-class executives each with more than 25 years of energy and chemical industry experience to drive early-stage growth. With current operations in Houston (USA), Pune (India), and Monterrey (Mexico), the company has aggressive growth plans across North America and Latin America, with future expansion opportunities in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

InnoVent Renewables has commenced planning for additional growth across North and Latin America through public-private partnerships with plans to open a commercial production plant in Monterrey, Mexico in 2024.

AZuR Colloquium 2023 Success

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AZuR Colloquium 2023 Success

The AZuR Colloquium offered a scientific exchange on new processes and possibilities of used tyre recycling in Gummersbach

At the second AZuR colloquium on the Gummersbach campus of the TH Cologne, 18 scientists exchanged ideas about new, future-oriented processes and possibilities for recycling ELT. The range of topics ranged from microwave-assisted devulcanisation of rubbers to ecosystem development for a circular tyre replacement business.

The number of participants almost doubled compared to the previous year. Researchers from the AZuR university partners TH Köln, Biochemical Institute for Environmental Carcinogens and HS Osnabrück took part, as did representatives from the University of Applied Sciences Windesheim, the Fraunhofer Institutes LBF, IMWS and UMSICHT, the FH Aachen and the University of Paderborn

AZuR network coordinator Christina Guth was pleased, saying; “two of the new university participants spontaneously decided to become partners, which further strengthens the scientific foundation of our joint commitment.”

 Plastics Technology (KTP) at the University of Paderborn has declared its membership in the AZuR, as has the Institute for Applied Polymer Chemistry (IAP) at the FH Aachen.

RISORCE to Build Recycling Plant in Liege

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RISORCE to Build Recycling Plant in Liege

RISORCE has generated 1.2m Euro investment to create a new tyre recycling plant in the Belgian province of Liege

RISORCE will deploy a pyrolysis process that mainly produces oil as a byproduct from the tyres, which will be sold as a raw material to European petrochemical companies.

Bernard van den Wouwer, Founder & CEO of RISORCE started; “RISORCE meets a need for local solutions in Belgium for processing tyre waste, while at the same time being firmly committed to a circular economy approach.

“We are offering a locally-based solution that is both technologically and environmentally robust. A real innovation”. 

The funding is raised from a group of investors that includes GREEN.er (Recytyre), Liege investment fund Noshaq, Wallonie Entreprendre and others. 

With plans to accommodate six waste tyre processing units on the site, the project will process 18,000 tons of tyre granules annually, equivalent to 2,400,000 tyres per year. 

The Benelux area is fast becoming a hub for tyre recycling, particularly though pyrolysis as companies vie for their share of the market – other players include CIRCTEC, Black Bear Carbon, and Pyrum to name but three, plus of course there are players such as Overpelt, VS Rubber, Rubber Resources and Tyromer all finding the central location ideal for reaching out to the end markets in the tyre and rubber industry.

Chris Lorquet, CEO of Recytyre, commented; “The traditional rubber recycling industry is at a turning point. It needs to reinvent itself. The future of material circularity lies in the chemical processing of tyre components. “ An oblique reference to the recently imposed ban on crumb rubber infill.

Lorquet continued; “The RISORCE pyrolysis project is a fine example of this. I am also very pleased that this initiative is based in Wallonia. The GREEN.er fund was created to support the development of such industries at a local level.”

Salvadori Unveils New Brand Identity

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Salvadori Unveils New Brand Identity

Salvadori Srl, one of the companies in Technical Rubber Company’s (TRC) global portfolio of businesses has unveiled a new identity

The new branding reflects the company’s transformation of its strategy to focus on envisioning and developing solutions for recycling products such as tyres, conveyor belts, and field turf when they have reached the end of their useful lives into new life-safe products which create new profit centres and revenue streams for their clients.

In recent years the company has evolved from being a retread and repair supply operation to become a leading specialist in recycling equipment manufacturing and supply.

Salvadori is focused on the development of strategic solutions purposefully created, designed, built, tested, and installed to achieve their clients’ objectives for the commercialisation of sustainable products made from these items formerly considered waste, thus Salvadori’s positioning statement: “Waste to Value.”

“While our business has dramatically transformed over the last several years, it became clear that perceptions of Salvadori have not evolved to keep pace with those changes,” said Gary Crawford, TRC Executive Vice President. “The evolution in Salvadori’s brand identity more appropriately conveys the experience and expertise we bring to bear on client challenges around end-of-life items like tyres and conveyor belts” added Crawford.

Elements of the new identity include the retention of the Salvadori name and unique logotype. With over 30 years in the industry, there is strong recognition of and equity in this important visual element. We also retained the Salvadori red which any equipment manufactured by Salvadori wears.

The bold addition to the new Salvadori visual identity is the incorporation of the universal “Recycling” symbol. This addition is a strong visual que that Salvadori’s primary focus is recycling. This removes any ambiguity about the sole purpose of the company. Market research confirmed the design is modern, visually strong, clearly conveys the company’s focus, and is memorable.

Recovered Carbon Black Conference Preview

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Recovered Carbon Black Conference Preview

The Recovered Carbon Black Conference is an annual conference that brings together innovators, experts, and industry leaders to discuss the latest developments in the recovered carbon black field

Enviro’s CEO, Thomas Sörensson, will participate in a panel discussion with business leaders on the topic of ongoing projects.

Other speakers at the event will come from both the pyrolysis sector and the tyre industry, with Michelin and Bridgestone having a solid presence. Continental and Hankook will also be speaking at the event. Speakers from the pyrolysis sector will include Robert Harper and Pieter ter Haar from Circtec, Tony Wibbeler and Frank Cremer from Bolder, Krzysztof Wróblewski from Contec and Royal Carbon Black’s Vishesh Agarwal.

There will also be representation from Cabot, Hexpol and other players in the Carbon Black sector.

The conference is an opportunity for those interested in the tyre pyrolysis sector to learn more about the state of the market, the latest technologies and the challenges and opportunities in putting recovered carbon black back into rubber products, in particular.

The Recovered Carbon Black Conference occurs on 6-8 November 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.

SDAB Launches the ELTRP Site

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SDAB Launches the ELTRP Site

SDAB has helped the global research sector referencing pre-existing or ongoing research , The End of Life Tyre Research Project aims to help spread information between researchers and investors

With the support of international organisations in tyre recycling, Swedish Tyre Recycling (SDAB) has implemented the End-of-Life Tyre Research Portal (ELTRP), the world’s first research portal for recycled tyre rubber.

Recycled tyre rubber is a thoroughly researched material, and the new research portal fulfils a need by collecting scientific facts about the material in an accessible and efficient manner.

Recycled tyre rubber is a material surrounded by perceptions and questions regarding its content and utility. This is an issue that the industry, in general, and SDAB specifically, consistently addresses. The End-of-Life Tyre Research Portal (ELTRP) is a vital tool in addressing the knowledge demand concerning the material.

Throughout the journey, it has become evident that perceptions often stem from a lack of information and knowledge, while there hasn’t been an easily accessible source of information about the material. The presence of ELTRP is fundamental for both the industry and for politicians, authorities, media, and the public, says Fredrik Ardefors, CEO of SDAB.

The research portal ELTRP enables easy and efficient retrieval of desired information and scientific facts about the material. Key focus areas encompass chemical composition, performance, material usage, health and the environment, and products. The portal also includes a glossary of terms commonly found in reports on recycled tyre rubber. The content in ELTRP is managed by SDAB in collaboration with a postdoctoral researcher (Ph.D.) who processes incoming reports and, following reviews, makes them searchable in the system. The technology and development behind the research portal are provided by the Swedish IT consulting company Sunstone Systems.

ELTRP has been established through close collaboration between SDAB and Sunstone Systems. In the development of ELTRP, Sunstone Systems’ extensive experience in delivering search systems for clients such as the Swedish Royal Library and several well-known media companies has been of great value, says Rikard Johansson, CEO of Sunstone Systems.

The research portal is built upon an advanced search engine that enables searching of both metadata and full-text reports. SDAB’s high standards for structured metadata management in both English and the original languages ensure that searching in ELTRP is straightforward and powerful.

The portal contributes to enhancing the ability to use the material safely and securely for both humans and the environment, based on the inherent properties of the material. It is a tool that supports the building and strengthening of trust in recycled tyre material and the industry, says Fredrik Ardefors.

ELTRP is open and accessible to all and will be regularly updated. Contributions of relevant research in the field are encouraged and welcomed to develop ELTRP into the central research portal for recycled tyre material.

The Portal can be accessed HERE

Enviro Develops Improved Recovered Carbon Black

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Enviro Develops Improved Recovered Carbon Black

Scandinavian Enviro Systems has developed a new type of recovered carbon black with improved dispersion properties

The new type of carbon black has been developed to meet demand from the tyre and rubber industry.

The new type of carbon black has been produced for some time at Enviro’s plant in Åsensbruk, Sweden, and has acquired properties enhancing its interaction with other chemicals and ingredients when manufacturing tyres and rubber parts, for example.

Thanks to the improved dispersion of the new type of recovered carbon black, end products such as rubber, tyres, plastics and pigments can potentially be produced with a more consistent and better outcome. In the long run, this improvement could result in the new type of recovered carbon black replacing a larger amount of virgin carbon black (higher degree of substitution) in a number of applications.

The new type of carbon black is aimed at customers and applications where recovered carbon black with improved dispersion properties can contribute to improved performance for the rubber compound.


According to the ISCC certification obtained by Enviro, the use of the company’s recovered carbon black will lead to a reduction in carbon emissions of up to 93 per cent compared with the use of the corresponding amount of virgin carbon black.

Pyrum Plans Czech Plant

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Pyrum Plans Czech Plant

Pyrum Innovations AG continues international expansion with construction of fifth Pyrum pyrolysis plant planned in the Czech Republic

Pyrum Innovations AG plans to build a Pyrum pyrolysis plant in the Czech Republic together with a Czech energy group. A consulting contract has been signed with a subsidiary of the group to prepare the permit for the construction of the tyre recycling plant and to submit the building application.

The new plant with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres per year is planned to be built in the Czech border region with Germany and is scheduled to start operations in 2025. The Czech partner, which is active in the field of energy and environmental services, already operates a power plant on the site and therefore has a gas turbine that will also generate electricity from the pyrolysis gas in the future. This means that synergies and the existing structures can be benefited from in the planning and implementation of the new plant.

Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG said; “We are looking forward to this groundbreaking project. Using the existing infrastructure to operate the new tyre recycling plant is an approach that fits perfectly with Pyrum’s commitment to sustainability. The plans also underline the ongoing internationalisation of our company. Together with our partner, we will contribute to the circular economy and provide a sustainable solution for ELT recycling in the Czech Republic.”

For the construction and operation of the new plant, a joint venture is to be established, in which Pyrum is expected to hold a 30 per cent stake. As part of the consulting contract, Pyrum will carry out the basic engineering and prepare parts of the approval documents for the new plant. The site also offers sufficient space for future capacity expansions. Therefore, the size of the plant is already being designed today to allow for a doubling of recycling capacity in 2027.

In addition to Pyrum’s main plant in Dillingen/Saar, the joint venture REVALIT GmbH and the already announced plans for the construction of pyrolysis plants together with SUEZ recycling and recovery UK Ltd in Great Britain and Thermo Lysi SA in Greece, the plans in the Czech Republic now represent the fifth concrete project in total for the construction of a pyrolysis plant.

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