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Weibold is offering a 10% disount for everyone who is willing to attend the Recovered Carbon Black Congress 2020. To register with a discount, please enter Weibold's special voucher code "RCB20WD"! The conference will be held online on September 9-10 across two consecutive afternoon sessions (from 14:00 - 17:30 CEST), and will bring a cutting-edge program of the latest developments and key industry insights from experts at the top of their field.

Due to the global pandemic caused by the outbreak of Covid-19, the tire pyrolysis industry has diverse opinions about the fate of recovered carbon black (rCB) produced by pyrolysis plants. As rCB business largely depends on market dynamics of the virgin carbon black, one needs to analyze the carbon black industry to forecast rCB business opportunities. In this article, we would like to reassure our industry members engaged in pyrolysis and rCB production that despite disastrous impact of Covid-19, there are strong signs of recovery. Below, we cite articles recently published by the European Rubber Journal (ERJ), which give a great deal of hope to the industry.

Are you thinking about starting a tire recycling or pyrolysis business and don’t know where to start? Do you need help in carrying out a pre-feasibility study to see if your ideas prove commercially successful? Below we describe how Weibold’s Pre-Feasibility Study helps novices in the domain of tire recycling and pyrolysis to build a commercially successful business. To build a successful tire recycling or pyrolysis business, first of all one must identify markets and products and design sales channels, which will serve as a foundation to count profitability. This is a rather difficult task, as it is composed of many peculiar and field-specific details, whose research requires a big amount of time.

As circular economy concept and tire recycling are becoming more popular all over the world, the first issue that may arise is the need to secure the raw material, namely end-of-life tires (ELT). Normally, tire recycling companies source their feedstock from collection programs or directly from tire stockpiles. Local ELT stockpiles in developing countries eventually may have limited supplies, because if ELT regulations were not in place before, tires may have been simply landfilled or burnt.

A Swedish tire pyrolysis equipment manufacturer and operator Scandinavian Enviro Systems and the French global tire manufacturer Michelin, have extended the letter of intent regarding a strategic partnership which was announced in April 2020. Initially the parties expected that a final agreement would have been reached by mid-year 2020, but the negotiations have been somewhat delayed, partly due to the ongoing pandemic. Therefore, Enviro and Michelin are prolonging the letter of intent until the end of October this year where both companies assess that they will be able to provide more details at the latest. Simultaneously the exclusivity agreement is also prolonged until October 31 this year.

Some of the most important services of Weibold are Market Research reports. In Market Research and Market Reports Weibold provides tire recycling and tire pyrolysis companies with in-depth analyses of the latest trends, opportunities, risks and market developments in the industry. Weibold identifies demand for rubber powder, crumb rubber, fuel oil and other tire-derived raw materials on regional and international markets, finds promising applications for the raw materials, lists the most promising sales opportunities and gives exhaustive information on how to develop tire recycling or pyrolysis business given customers’ geographic locations, national and regional environmental regulations, feedstock supplies, market conditions and much more.

When it comes to tire recycling, it appears well-known that proper end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling techniques are utterly important for proper recovery of valuable materials and their reuse. However, it is equally important to: 1) Understand the life cycle of the end-of-life tire materials, 2) Assess footprint of different types of recycling / recovery on environment and quantifying and 3) Qualitatively and quantitively assess the effect that material and energy flows of a given product have on our communities, our planet, our health, economies, and the way we live. As a specialized consulting company, Weibold is competent in carrying out Life Cycle Assessment for circular economy concepts involving end-of-life tire recycling and pyrolysis products. Read our article below and submit your request at sales@weibold.com to inquire about our services.

Over 160 professionals from all over the world attended in Netzsch’ product presentation on "Efficient Fine Grinding of Recovered Carbon Black with Fluidized Bed Jet Mills” this June! The high participation shows that the tire pyrolysis industry is concerned about the value of their products and may be moving towards investment into rCB refinement technology. The overwhelmingly positive feedback from the session attests to the fact that operators are looking for ways to refine carbon fraction of their pyrolysis operation in order to reach broader markets and achieve higher prices.

SLTC – The Latin American Society of Rubber Technology (The Sociedad Latinoamericana de Tecnología del Caucho) – recently proudly announced the launch of their new Recycling Committee. SLTC highlighted its organizational scheme and general objectives, which we describe below. According to the SLTC, the Recycling Committee was born out of the need to find a place where all stakeholders related to tire recycling in Latin America can actively interact to enrich and develop the industry.