News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Fornnax Technology – one of the world's leading manufacturer of shredding and recycling equipments – is delighted to invite you to visit their Stall at the TyreXpo Asia 2023 for your requirement of tire shredders and granulators. Tyrexpo Asia 2023 – part of the globally recognized Tyrexpo Series which include exhibitions in Thailand and Singapore – will bring in close to 6,000 potential buyers from across the region, providing the opportunity for leading and emerging international and regional suppliers in Tire, Equipment & Tools and Tire accessories market to showcase the latest technology and equipment, discuss best practices and solutions to drive operational efficiencies and profits for business.

ACI’s 8th World Elastomer Summit will be taking place in Lyon, France on the 1st-2nd March 2023. The two day event will bring together the senior executives from petrochemical companies, elastomers & rubbers producers, end-products manufacturers, technology providers, chemical intermediate suppliers, researchers, as well as other influential stakeholders from the value chain. Waste elastomers and End-of-Life tyres do not degrade and remain in the environment for a long time. Therefore, it is imperative to be able to re-use and recycle elastomers to avoid the negative effects to the environment. Additionally, the increase in elastomer production, applications and use also increases polymeric waste, and new, suitable and efficient processes are required to enable simple and sustainable recycling.

The Communications Department representative of Neusus Upcycling, Laura García, was featured in the 44th episode of The Tyre Recycling Podcast, which can now be viewed on YouTube. In 2019, Neusus Upcycling was established to provide a new purpose for end-of-life tire rubber. The company specializes in developing urban planning solutions that promote sustainability in cities. Neusus Upcycling envisions a future where end-of-life tires are properly managed and reintroduced into the circular economy.

As of February 1st, 2023, Michael Christensen joins Genan as the new Application Development Manager, marking the second team expansion for the company this year. “As Application Development Manager at Genan, Michael Christensen will be taking on the role as link-builder between our Sales, Innovation and Marketing Teams – and he will be cooperating closely with both our Production and Quality departments. This function requires both experience and product knowledge, and Michael’s many years in the industry make him the ideal candidate for this task. With a lot of innovative projects in the pipeline, his in-depth understanding of both business and products will be essential for the future development of these activities,” says Group CCO Thomas Ballegaard.

Zeppelin Systems, a plant engineering company based in Friedrichshafen and specializing in tire production and recycling, has formed a strategic partnership with Recykl Group, a Polish market leader in managing end-of-life tires. The partnership, aligned with the concept of an integrated circular economy, aims to improve the mechanical recycling of end-of-life tires and produce high-quality recyclates that can be directly integrated back into the production cycle for new tires. The partnership is expected to generate valuable synergetic effects in the development and marketing of technologies in the field of tire recycling.

Enviro (Scandinavian Enviro Systems) is to begin delivering recovered pyrolysis oil as part of the order from Preem that was announced in November of last year. Preem will use the oil as a raw material for production tests and the order value is estimated at approximately MSEK 2. Through production testing, Preem will determine how suitable the oil is for the production of different biofuels. These tests will take place at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil, which has already been granted a permit to conduct production tests of pyrolysis oil. This oil will be produced at Enviro’s plant in Åsensbruk where Enviro extracts for example oil from end-of-life vehicle tires using its proprietary and patented recycling technology.

The renowned in the tyre recycling industry British magazine Tyre & Rubber Recycling runs a podcast exposing interesting topics and announcing updates to the tyre recycling and pyrolysis industries. Tyre Recycling Podcast interviews key players from the tyre recycling and pyrolysis industry from around the world. Make sure to subscribe for Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazine to receive updates about its interviews! Episode 43 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features an interview with Dr. Ettore Musacchi, the President of ETRA. The episode covers the upcoming ETRA conference and discusses the potential crumb rubber ban. The episode is rounded off with reactions from Richard Wilson, a correspondent in the Tyre & Rubber Recycling field, and Ewan Scott, the editor of Tyre & Rubber Recycling.

Pyrum Innovations AG, a leading player in tire pyrolysis, has successfully installed two pyrolysis reactors for its production lines 2 and 3 at its main plant in Dillingen/Saar. This marks a significant milestone in the expansion of the plant and represents the first step towards increasing the recycling capacity of the facility. The CEO of Pyrum Innovations, Pascal Klein, stated that despite various challenges, such as supply chain disruptions, the chip shortage, and the impact of COVID-19, the company expects to complete the expansion on schedule.

Adele Rose, the Tyrewise’s Implementation Project manager, and the team at Tyrewise are only months away from seeing the roll-out of a nationwide product stewardship scheme for end-of-life tyres (ELTs) and they are already planning how to tackle entire cars. A four-month systems and process trial of Tyrewise was completed at the end of December from Hawke’s Bay and the programme governed by Auto Stewardship New Zealand (ASNZ) is expected to be officially launched in the end of 2023. The Tyrewise team is working hard with a number of businesses in the North Island on the systems and software trial. Rose says the trial was mainly focused on capturing data through software that tracks ELTs from their collection point all the way through to processing.