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Recovered carbon black can vary significantly depending on tire feedstock, pyrolysis conditions, milling, pelletizing and post-processing. These variations can influence handling, dispersion and final rubber performance, making quality control essential for producers seeking approval from tire and rubber manufacturers.

HITEC Luxembourg participated in Recovered Carbon Black Asia 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, marking the company’s first appearance at the Asian edition of the industry event. Over two days, the company engaged with more than 200 professionals from across the recovered carbon black value chain and demonstrated its Individual Pellet Hardness Tester, or IPHT, as a tool for evaluating pellet quality and consistency. HITEC emphasized that reliable batch-to-batch performance remains one of the central requirements for broader commercial adoption of recovered carbon black in tire, rubber and other industrial applications. The company also used the event to strengthen cooperation with regional partners CG Engineering in Thailand and Highest Instruments in China, reflecting growing demand in Asia for quality control, laboratory testing and process monitoring technologies supporting recovered carbon black production.

Bridgestone is expanding its work on recovered carbon black as part of its long-term goal to manufacture products using 100% sustainable materials by 2050, combining internal research with partnerships across the tire recycling, pyrolysis and carbon black industries. Speaking during the recovered carbon black symposium at the 2026 Global Polymer Summit in Louisville, Kentucky, Bridgestone representatives highlighted both the potential of rCB from end-of-life tire pyrolysis and the technical challenges that still limit broader adoption in new tires. The tire manufacturer is working on material qualification, performance consistency, specifications and advanced processing technologies while collaborating with carbon black producers, universities, pyrolysis companies and other tire manufacturers. Bridgestone sees recovered carbon black as an important circular raw material because it can return carbon already contained in end-of-life tires to tire manufacturing, reducing dependence on virgin fossil-based carbon black and helping establish tire-to-tire material loops.

Ecolomondo Corporation and four related companies remain subject to proceedings under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act as court-appointed monitor KPMG continues efforts to restructure or sell the tire recycling technology business. The Quebec Superior Court initially granted CCAA protection on May 21, 2026, covering Ecolomondo Corporation, Ecolomondo Environmental (Hawkesbury) Inc., Ecolomondo Environmental (Contrecoeur) Inc., 9083-5018 Québec Inc. and Ecolomondo Advanced Carbon Technologies Inc. Since then, the court has repeatedly extended the stay of proceedings while KPMG has stabilized operations and conducted a Sale and Investment Solicitation Process. A successful bid has been selected and KPMG has been working to finalize an asset purchase agreement with a potential purchaser. The most recently published court order on KPMG’s creditor information page extended the stay through October 9, 2026, while the monitor completed negotiations. The proceedings are particularly relevant to the tire recycling sector because Ecolomondo developed its proprietary Thermal Decomposition Process for recovering tire-derived oil, recovered carbon black, steel and other materials from end-of-life tires.

Following the restructuring, Niutech’s registered activities now formally cover resource recycling technology R&D, machinery research and development, specialized equipment manufacturing and new materials development. The expanded scope is intended to align the corporate structure more closely with the company’s activities in waste conversion technology and circular raw materials.

Enviro has resolved on a new directed issue of shares and warrants to Alumni Capital Limited under its existing equity-based financing agreement, raising approximately SEK 0.75 million before transaction costs. The tire recycling technology company will issue 10 million new shares at SEK 0.07479 per share together with 520,731 warrants issued free of charge. The financing follows a drawdown request under the agreement originally signed with Alumni Capital on May 22, 2026 and later amended on August 26 and September 2. Enviro said the capital is required to support its ongoing company reorganization and that a directed issue is more time- and cost-efficient than a conventional rights issue under the company’s current circumstances. The transaction will dilute existing shareholders by approximately 0.79%, with a further potential dilution of about 0.04% if all newly issued warrants are exercised.

Pyrum generated revenue of €1.743 million between January and June 2026, up from €1.267 million in the first half of 2025. Own work capitalized declined to €1.122 million from €5.214 million, reflecting the completion and transition of major plant components at the Dillingen site into regular operation. Total output consequently fell to €3.787 million from €6.712 million in the prior-year period. The change reflects Pyrum’s transition from construction and capitalization of new equipment toward commercial production at its expanded tire recycling facility.

>ECO Infinic's role at the event went beyond a booth: the company spoke on stage, sat on the event's advisory board, and came on as a sponsor — sharing the exhibitor and sponsor lineup with names like DoRight, Fornnax, RCB Nanotechnologies, KBR, Birla Carbon, Powerol, Neuman & Esser, HITEC Luxembourg, Gangjin Engineering, Hosokawa Micron Group, and Ecomak. It's a roster that spans reactor OEMs, recyclers, and downstream processors from across the recovered-material supply chain — a sign of how crowded, and how serious, this space has gotten.

If you are attending Future Tire Conference 2026 and would like to arrange a meeting with Robert to discuss recovered carbon black, tire pyrolysis oil, tire recycling and pyrolysis markets, project development, technology selection, or related industry topics, please contact us at sales@weibold.com.