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Rema Tip Top is a Germany-based global system provider of services and products in the field of conveying and processing technology as well as for tire repairs. The company has a global service network and offers a wide range of polymer products, rubber linings and coatings for industry and the automotive sector. For Rema Tip Top, there are hardly any technical or economic limits to a tire repair. A typical case, which occurs almost daily in repair shops: A car owner has driven into a screw or other sharp object and the tire thus has a typical puncture injury in the tread. This damage can be repaired. But with a residual profile of 50%, many vehicle owners are rather skeptical and tend to replace the tires.

A collaborative effort is underway, uniting companies and professionals across tire manufacturing, retailing, and recycling industries, as they seek a substantial grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The objective is to create a comprehensive system for generating Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for all recycled tire products originating from tire recycling processes. Led by the United States Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) and the Tire Industry Association Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation (TIA STREF), this collective initiative is focused on advancing sustainability practices within the tire industry.

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group – an international leader in mining tire management and supply, serving more than 150 mine sites across five continents – opened the doors its new off-the-road (OTR) tire retread and repair facility in Wabush, Newfoundland! According to Kal Tire, this state-of-the-art facility offers customers a range of solutions to help improve sustainability, tire life and fleet availability:

According to InsideWaste's article, Australia's New South Wales (NSW) Government's efforts to integrate recycled materials, particularly rubber from end-of-life tires, into procurement processes, aiming to advance Australia's circular economy. By mandating the use of recycled materials in government procurement policies, the initiative seeks to bolster demand for such materials and support the nation's resource recovery industry. James Erickson, a Senior Project Officer for Climate Change and Sustainability within the NSW Government, emphasizes the focus on materials with low recycling rates, including plastics, paper, cardboard, and tires.

Genan – Europe's largest tire recycling company – has expanded its sales team, hiring Key Account Manager Eduard Vogt from 1 January 2023. “We have been looking for a Key Account Manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for a while, and it has been worth the wait. It was very important for us to find the right person to take care of our key accounts – and so we have. With insightful experience and an inquiring mind, Eduard Vogt is the perfect match for our team – and for our customers,” says Thomas Ballegaard, Group CCO.

Ecopneus reaffirms its commitment to the extra target collection in 2024, ensuring efficiency, transparency, and strict management of financial resources. The Ministry of Environment and Energy Security has set an additional target for the collection of End-of-Life Tyres (ELTs) in 2024, urging the national ELT management system to increase the annual target by up to 10% (from 95% to 105% of the market input).

To create a custom tire for the brand-new concept car, the Lancia Pu+Ra HPE, Goodyear was chosen as the supplier of choice. Customization, aerodynamics, and design are at the core of the most recent partnership between Goodyear and the revived Lancia brand. Lancia Concept is the first vehicle of the new Lancia era, a 100% electric concept car that represents the vision of the brand in terms of design, interior home feeling, sustainability, electrification and technology.

Smithers recently announced that its annual event Carbon Black World – one of the world's leading forums for the carbon black value chain – is scheduled for November 10-12, in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. According to Smithers, the two-day conference regularly attracts an international audience that spans the entire carbon black value chain, including producers, end-users, and equipment solution providers from across the tire, rubber, plastics, compounds and ink industries all around the world.

CalRecycle is leading a transformative shift in California's Waste and Used Tire Program with the implementation of a new Electronic Mobile Manifesting System, developed in partnership with Diversys Software Inc. This transition from paper-based methods to digital e-manifests will streamline the tracking and management of over 50 million waste tires handled annually across the state.