Klean Industries Sharpens Focus on Global Technology Licensing Through KBR Alliance

October 17, 2026

Klean Industries Inc. (“Klean”), a global leader in advanced tire recycling technologies, today announced a sharpened strategic focus on licensing its technology worldwide through its exclusive alliance with KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR).

Under the alliance, KBR licenses and delivers Klean’s TyreNova℠ tire pyrolysis technology globally — the advanced technology Klean acquired from Carbon Resources Recovery GmbH (CRR) in 2019 and deployed at scale. KBR leads global sales, marketing, engineering, and delivery; Klean drives technology development and project leadership.

“Building and operating plants built our reputation. Licensing TyreNova℠ through KBR is how we scale it to the world,” said Jesse Klinkhamer, CEO of Klean Industries. “The Boardman site did its job, it proved our feedstock and permitting strategy and secured offtake contracts that exceed the production capacity of several facilities worldwide. Now we’re deploying our capital where it can deliver the most positive impact for the emerging tire pyrolysis and recovered carbon black industries, and that’s global technology licensing.”

This sharpened focus follows Klean’s 2025 divestiture of its Boardman, Oregon site, acquired in 2018 for its proximity to an estimated 100 years of scrap-tire feedstock and its fully permitted status. Market conditions, including COVID-related delays, consolidation of the regional feedstock supply, and rising logistics costs, did not undermine the project’s viability, but they made licensing and joint-venture models the faster and lower cost deployment path for Klean’s capital.

Through the KBR alliance, Klean’s long-term ambition to roll out 15 or more facilities in the North America alone is now more achievable than ever, with KBR leading engineering and delivery. Klean is also advancing joint ventures and the Australian opportunity with Viva Energy, which is developing a large-scale tire pyrolysis oil facility capable of processing 80,000 tonnes of end-of-life tires annually for co-processing at its Geelong refinery.

Learn more:

License TyreNova℠ — Scale the Circular Revolution with Klean & KBR

Global Reach. Proven Technology. One Alliance That Delivers.

KBR’s global engineering expertise combined with Klean Industries’ patented TyreNova℠ tire pyrolysis platform sets a new industry benchmark for sustainable resource recovery. Together, we are transforming end-of-life tires into high-value commodities — recovered carbon black, renewable oils, and steel — while driving deep decarbonization across heavy industry.

Klean’s & KBR’s Combined Advantages:

✅ Proven TyreNova℠ IP & decades of pyrolysis leadership
✅ Global EPC capabilities for rapid deployment
✅ High-quality recovered carbon black & fuel-grade oil
✅ Circular manufacturing integration & carbon-credit potential
✅ Scalable, bankable, turnkey tire-to-resource systems

Ready to deploy next-generation tire recycling at global scale?

License TyreNova℠ through the Klean–KBR Alliance » GO.

About KBR

We deliver science, technology, and engineering solutions to governments and companies worldwide. KBR employs approximately 33,000 people in 33 countries who perform diverse, complex, and mission-critical roles.

KBR is proud to work with its customers worldwide to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services, ensuring consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.

For more information, please visit www.kbr.com » GO. 

About Klean Industries

Klean Industries (“Klean”) provides best-in-class technologies and solutions in the waste-to-value industry. Our international team of award-winning experts boasts decades of experience designing, engineering, and manufacturing top-quality equipment that converts waste streams into valuable energy and resources. Our unique products and services result from our combined expertise in recycling design, resource recovery, waste management, and energy generation projects. Our global project management experience secures schedules and budgets, enabling projects to be completed in less time and at a lower cost.

Klean uses proprietary technologies to rapidly develop projects that produce premium fuels, recovered carbon, and green hydrogen from various feedstocks. Our expertise and technical skills enable specialization in building projects utilizing advanced thermal conversion technologies, such as pyrolysis, gasification, and carbonization, which transform end-of-life tires, non-recycled plastics, and municipal solid waste into domestic energy, sustainable commodities, and new clean-tech jobs. We create a symbiosis between waste, resources, and energy. Klean Industries is the link between a low-carbon, closed-loop economy and the goal of zero waste being sent to landfills.

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