News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Nokian Tyres in North America started 2022 with ambition. It ended as a success despite unexpected challenges, thanks to strong partnerships, growth at the company’s North American factory, and popular products tailored to the needs of drivers in the region, said officials. “When we started 2022, the sky was the limit,” said Nokian Tyres Vice President of Sales Tommi Heinonen. “We were launching new products and the market was moving.” Then war broke out in Ukraine, clouding Nokian Tyres’ sales outlook and disrupting its supply chain.

Apollo Tyres has been one of the most vocal companies about sustainability among the tire makers that are not in the leading pack of OE suppliers. But Apollo has big ambitions to be part of the OE supplier club, and is rapidly building its sustainability credentials. Would you like to know about Apollo´s sustainability journey? Please join Mobility & Tire Webinar #40 free webinar presenting Rinika Grover, Head of Sustainability & CSR at Apollo Tyres and regular panellists Eduardo Minardi of Minardi Global, and David Shaw of Tire Industry Research.

On behalf of our Client, a South-Eastern European entity, we seek a suitable off-taker for the unmilled and non-pelletized (raw) recovered Carbon Black (rCB). The Client has over a decade of experience in the pyrolysis industry. The Client seeks immediate off-takers for the readily available 4,000 tons of raw rCB, which is stored in 600kg big bags. In addition, the Client can supply 600 to 800 tons of raw rCB per month. Test results can be shared on request.

The Yokohama Rubber Co. announced that it will supply ADVAN racing tires with a sustainable material content as the control tire for the Japanese Super Formula Championship from the 2023 season. The company has completed development of tires for use in dry conditions and will continue developing tires for wet conditions with the aim of supplying them from 2023. The dry condition tires being supplied by Yokohama Rubber use natural rubber and various naturally derived compounding agents including oil produced from oil palm nuts and orange peels, as well as recycled iron, rubber recycled from waste tires, and synthetic rubber produced using the mass balance method – a method that allows you to label a commercial product as a biomass-derived product based on the volume of biomass-derived raw materials used during the process of turning raw materials into final products and the distribution process.

Plans for the 2023 Recircle Awards have been revealed by Valebridge Media Services (VMS), a global media services agency with offices in Crewe, the United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The third annual Recircle Awards will recognize sustainable innovation, production methods, management, and services within the tyre retreading and recycling industries. A total of 22 awards, representing a broad and balanced variety of categories from the whole tyre business, will be presented at the Recircle Awards in 2023. Two of the category winners for 2023 will be revealed and awarded their prizes at a significant premiere ceremony that will take place on Wednesday, March 8 during the Tyrexpo Asia exhibition in Singapore.

After announcing the capability to demonstrate a 70% sustainable-material tire in January 2022, Goodyear, – one of the world's largest tire companies – working with its supply base, plans to sell a tire with up to 70% sustainable-material content in 2023. On January 4, Goodyear unveiled a demonstration tire comprised of 90% sustainable materials. This demonstration tire has passed all applicable regulatory testing as well as Goodyear’s internal testing. This demonstration tire also tested to have lower rolling resistance when compared to the reference tire, made with traditional materials. Lower rolling resistance means this demonstration tire has the potential to offer better fuel savings and carbon footprint reduction.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environment Protection Agency (KP EPA) in Pakistan's North West province has banned harmful gas-emitting tire pyrolysis units for a whole year throughout the region. According to a notification released by KP EPA, the order was made in the exercise of the authority granted by clause (XII) of Section 7 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Act 2014 and is now in effect.

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On behalf of our Client, we seek partners to establish end-of-life tire pyrolysis facilities in Europe. Our Client has more than a decade of commercially successful experience in the end-of-life tire pyrolysis industry. In addition, the Client will contribute its extensive knowledge of the ELT pyrolysis process and its products, as well as its knowledge of the international market. The Client is open to any form of partnership with: Existing ELT pyrolysis operators who wish to sell their business, incl. licenses and permits, or Entities seeking to replace or expand their existing ELT pyrolysis facility, or Companies in the planning phase, or Entities seeking partnerships or equity, or Entities willing to take up the responsibility for site procurement, necessary licenses & permits, construction, commissioning and operation of the plant, or Also open to other partnership terms.