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Black Bear – the Dutch tire upcycling company – has appointed Richard Dikkers as its new Commercial Director. Before joining Black Bear, Dikkers spent thirteen years at Oiltanking, most recently as Director New Business & Market Intelligence. In his new position he will support Black Bear in solving the global waste tire problem with the company’s circular economy-based business model.

Michelin has produced a new version of its motorcycle racing tire, with an even higher share of environmentally sustainable material ahead of the MotoE World Cup motorcycle racing series. The new version consists of an average of 40% sustainable material, a significant portion of which is recovered carbon black (rCB) supplied by Enviro. At the same time, Michelin has taken another step towards mass production of its tire with improved sustainability performance.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is a legally autonomous, independent EU authority which, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH), regulates the technical, scientific, and administrative aspects of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals. It is based in Helsinki, Finland, and ensures the registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals in a uniform procedure within the European Union. ECHA started its work in 2007.

To register for the summit, ACI offers a special 10% discount to all Weibold’s subsribers available via the promo code “CCBe2RB10”. For further information or to register your attendance contact Rohan Baryah on rbayrah@acieu.net or + 48 61 646 7022 quoting the promo code. The two-day event will bring together senior representatives of the different stakeholders involved in this sector, from producers, technology developers, rubber producers, chemical suppliers, researchers, as well as other influential stakeholders from the value chain.

Bolder Industries – an American renowned tire pyrolysis operator and recovered carbon black producer – has been granted two tax abatements by the Terre Haute City Council for setting up a new pyrolysis plant in the city. Bolder Industries Inc. is investing $40 million in the former Pyrolyx USA plant to start a used tire recycling operation.

On April 15, SK Energy and SK Networks announced that they will collaborate with Daeho Industries, Korea's leading retread tyre manufacturer, to develop a low-carbon circular system that utilizes scrap tyres. According to the agreement, the three parties will analyze the viability of the pyrolysis process that produces recovered carbon black and pyrolysis oil, as well as the measures to strengthen the collection and delivery system of waste tyres in South Korea.

Recently Ecolomondo announced plans to expand its production facilities with a new factory to be built near Shamrock, Texas. The Canadian company will invest C$110 million in the new factory, which will have six reactors and be capable of handle over 50,000 tons of tires every year.

On November 22, Michelin and Bridgestone publicly announced their collaboration on developing the recovered carbon black at the Smithers rCB Conference in Amsterdam. Following the announcement, some work has been done by the companies to reach the circular goals set at the conference. In April 2022, Bridgestone and Michelin issued a position paper on increasing the use of recovered carbon black in tires to achieve a more sustainable mobility ecosystem. In this article, we provide the original document below

ASTM International’s recovered carbon black (rCB) committee (D36) says it is developing a proposed standard that will be used to differentiate between different rCB products and provide quality control tool for producers and users. According to ASTM International member Pieter ter Haar, the proposed standard (WK81244) will explain how thermogravimetry (TGA), a type of thermal analysis, can be used to measure rCB bulk composition parameters. TGA can also measure organic residuals, ash content, and overall carbon content.