Rubber Devulcanization

Rubber News magazine reports that the Malaysian conglomerate Petra Group is to invest $41.2 million to establish a Green Rubber business in the United Kingdom, according to a UK government statement. The magazine says one of the Kuala Lumpur-based group’s flagship entities, Green Rubber offers DeLink technology for devulcanizing used rubber tires to provide sustainable raw materials. According to the source, the project will involve “the development of a production facility creating 110 jobs” and was among a series of climate-focused inward investments—together worth $13.3 billion—announced Oct. 19 by the UK government.

Rubber News writes: “In response to European Rubber Journal’s inquiries, Steve Nieto, senior vice president of global sales at Green Rubber, said Green Rubber already had “extensive plans” to set up in the U.K. and “had initially chosen a site just outside Newcastle to be our facility servicing the wider European market.” The Brexit referendum, however, forced the company to delay their plans, Nieto said, due to the uncertainty of the situation.” “There is now far more clarity, and we are confident of the UK market and will be proceeding,” he added. A site for Green Rubber is yet to be determined, but the company has its sights set on a few locations. “We hope to be able to make a decision on the location by the first quarter of next year,” Nieto said, noting the first facility may be closer to the existing Petra Modular plant outside Birmingham, U.K. “The facility we set up will include our patented DeLink-based automated devulcanization process capable of producing 24,000 metric tons of (ground rubber) compound a year—each line can produce 12,000 (metric tons a year),” he said.

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• Tire Pyrolysis
• Recovered Carbon Black
• Pyrolysis Oil
• Retreading & Circular Tyre Manufacturing
• Crumb Rubberized Asphalt Paving
• Feasibility Studies
• Turn-Key Projects

Convert Waste Rubber into Sustainable Raw Materials

Petra Group is investing $41.2 million to build a Green Rubber devulcanization facility in the UK.

Klean Industries complements devulcanization with pyrolysis that recovers oil, rCB, and steel from end-of-life tires.

Why Choose Klean Industries’ Tire Pyrolysis?

✅ Converts whole or shredded scrap tires into value
✅ Recovers pyrolysis oil, rCB, and steel co-products
✅ Continuous, low-emission, commercial-scale process
✅ Feasibility study to de-risk your project

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