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Enviro receives milestone compensation, reports improvements in H1 2024

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has announced a significant achievement in its joint venture project with the receipt of SEK 25.6 million (£1.9 million) as compensation for meeting a predefined milestone linked to the construction of its recycling plant in Uddevalla, Sweden. This compensation, which comprises equal parts cash and shares in the joint venture company, marks the first of several planned disbursements tied to the project’s progress. Enviro has also published its financial results for H1 2024.

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Contec bolsters growth plans with new CFO

Polish firm Contec, developer of the proprietary ‘Molten’ pyrolysis process for recovering carbon black, oil and steel from end-of-life tyres, has appointed Dominika Żelazek to the position of CFO. Referring to this “strategic move” that underscores the company’s “commitment to innovation and sustainable growth,” Contec says Żelazek comes on board at a time when it is preparing for “international expansion and fundraising efforts.”

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Russia’s Cordiant working to reduce rubber import dependence

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Tyre maker Cordiant has signed a letter of intent with major Russian polymer and rubber producer Sibur to replace natural rubber with synthetic isoprene rubber in the formulations of various types of tyres. Sibur explains that this joint initiative aims to develop the “technological sovereignty” in Russia’s transport industry by substituting imported natural rubber from Asia-Pacific countries.

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Orion installs tyre pyrolysis oil tanks at Polish plant

Specialty chemicals producer Orion S.A. is installing multiple tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland. The company states that this installation is its “latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black.”

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Financing round secures funds for Europe’s largest ELT pyrolysis plant

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Circtec, a specialist in pyrolysis technology for sustainable end-of-life tyre recycling, has secured €150 million in a recent financing round. Novo Holdings and A.P. Moller Holding spearheaded this initiative with a €75 million equity investment. The financing also includes €22.5 million in grants awarded by the Government of the Netherlands.

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Higher sales & net loss for Pyrum Innovations in 2023

Pyrolysis-based recycling specialist Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum) has released its annual and consolidated financial statements for the 2023 financial year, along with an update on the company’s progress in supply of recovered end-of-life tyre products to the tyre industry. CEO Pascal Klein commented that another eventful year lies behind the company.

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Yokohama Rubber engaging in sustainable procurement initiative

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The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has announced its participation in a venture spearheaded by the Japan Ministry of the Environment. This initiative, a component of the Japanese Government Cabinet Office’s BRIDGE programmes, aims at assessing and affirming the sustainable acquisition of natural capital from the ASEAN region.

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Sailun sets sights on 100% sustainable material usage by 2050

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Yuan Zhongxue, director of the National Engineering Research Center for Rubber and Tire and honorary chairman of the Sailun Group, announced sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the tyre maker during the recent 2024 China Rubber Conference. The SDGs aim to progressively increase the utilisation of sustainable materials in tyre production, targeting 40 per cent by 2030 and striving for 100 per cent by 2050. Additionally, Sailun aims to reduce per tyre energy consumption and carbon emissions by 30 per cent, compared to 2022 levels, by 2030.

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UK fleets could save over £300m annually with graphene-enhanced truck tyres, says Levidian

Levidian Nanosystems has presented a prototype truck tyre made with a butadiene rubber tread compound containing its net zero graphene, and reports that this compound “has been shown to deliver significant improvements in the mechanical and dynamic properties of the tyre.” The Cambridge-based firm is confident such tyres can deliver considerable fuel and CO2 savings.

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Hankook debuts ISCC certified iON tyre

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Together with two other South Korean firms, Hankook Tire & Technology has developed the country’s first tyre using cord fibre sourced from chemically recycled PET. The tyre maker partnered with SK chemicals and Hyosung Advanced Materials to develop Hankook iON tyres containing “circular recycled PET fibre tyre cords.” The resulting product is the first tyre to wear the ISCC Plus certification logo.

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Tyre recycling: Work to start on Enviro & Antin JV plant

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Uddevalla Municipality in Sweden has authorised Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) to proceed with the construction of its new joint venture end-of-life tyre recycling plant. This clearance comes after Enviro, Antin Infrastructure Partners, and Michelin reached a final decision on the project’s investment on 7 February. Having secured all essential environmental and construction approvals, Enviro anticipates commencing construction in the first quarter of 2024.

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Biomass butadiene plant inaugurated at Michelin site

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Together with partners IFPEN and Axens, Michelin has brought an industrial scale bio-based butadiene demonstrator plant into operation in France. The facility is located at Michelin’s Bassens site near Bordeaux. The aim is to develop and commercialise butadiene from plant biomass-derived ethanol as a replacement for petrochemical-based butadiene.

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Pyrum establishes subsidiary for second pyrolysis plant

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At the start of January, Pyrum Innovations established a wholly owned subsidiary to operate its second pyrolysis tyre recycling plant. This ‘Pyrum GreenFactory II GmbH’ facility is located in Perl-Besch on the Moselle, in Germany’s Saarland region, and will enter service by the end of 2025. Pyrum has modelled the plant on its main site in nearby Dillingen/Saar, and when operational it will double the company’s recycling capacity to 40,000 tonnes of used tyres per annum. Pyrum says it already starting to order certain plant components – those with “notoriously long delivery times” – in the first quarter of 2024.

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Toyo Tires presents 90% sustainable materials tyre

At this month’s Tokyo Auto salon, Toyo Tires presented a concept tyre that utilises 90 per cent sustainable materials. Prior to this Sustainable Concept Tyre, the highest ever usage rate of sustainable materials in a Toyo tyre was 50 per cent, as seen in the Open Country MT/R tyres that have seen action in the 2024 Dakar Rally. The tyre maker thus considers the new concept, which “dramatically surpasses this share,” a “step forward towards a more viable future mobility.”

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ISCC Plus certification for Asahi Kasei’s Asaprene

Asahi Kasei reports that, together with an affiliated company, it has acquired ISCC Plus sustainability certification for several products, including Asaprene solution polymerised SBR for applications such as tyre treads and casings.

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