Klean Industries has partnered with Niersberger Group to design and construct a new fleet of tyre pyrolysis plants to produce recovered carbon black (rCB) and renewable fuels from end-of-life tires across Europe and beyond.

Klean Industries Inc (“Klean”), a leading equipment provider that owns a commercialized portfolio of intellectual properties and know-how focusing on the recovery of clean energy and resources from waste, is pleased to announce that it is continuing to expand its strategic partnership in the waste to value space with Niersberger Group (“Niersberger”). The Niersberger Group was established in 1921 and has been active in planning and implementing plants that not only generate green energy but also those that specialize in the recovery of valuable resources. Niersberger is one of Europe’s largest biogas engineering and construction companies and owns and operates over 30 plants across Germany. 

The KleanTeam has developed a strong relationship with Niersberger over the past decade. Niersberger has been instrumental in the design-build process for delivering commercial-scale pyrolysis technologies in the European Union. Niersberger has acted as an engineering, procurement, and construction (“EPC”) firm that designed, engineered and constructed one of Klean’s reference tire pyrolysis plants in Poland. Niersberger will assist with various services, including design, engineering support, and project construction services for Klean’s and its customer projects. It’s envisioned that the primary focus will be in Europe, with some selected projects outside the EU. Niersberger will assist in pre-engineering and detailed design and oversee the procurement process from Klean’s manufacturing partners in Germany. 

The initial framework for the two organizations is to identify areas where they can join forces to promote and support Klean’s desire to roll out several turn-key tire pyrolysis projects using Klean’s standardized and modular plant designs in a serial production format. Klean’s packaged units are prefabricated, dramatically reducing project development costs and construction timelines. Under this style of manufacturing, coordination with local contractors on the ground becomes less of a challenge with coordinated timing for the delivery of the balance of plant and the synchronization of equipment delivery. When managed well, all required upon completion and delivery of equipment is the completion of interfaces between the pipe-to-pipe design. All plants and equipment are factory assembled and tested before leaving the manufacturing floor, and so these process improvements also help combat supply chain challenges.

With the assistance of Niersberger, Klean’s expansion plans include the re-development of its fully permitted project located in Boardman, Oregon, which is now slated to break ground in 2023. This project will have an annual processing capacity of 60 KTPY in end-of-life tires (“ELT”) as feedstock. The project has an estimated capital cost of $150m and, when completed, will be the largest continuous tire pyrolysis plant in North America. Klean has secured all of its feedstock requirements which will be used to recover approximately 20 KTPA of recovered carbon black (“rCB”) and 25 KTPA of recovered fuel oil (“rFO”), both of which are upgraded and are presold on long-term contracts. Additionally, both parties are working to develop an identical project in Australia, which is now securing a site and entering detailed engineering over the next few months to deploy Klean’s technology into the Oceania region rapidly. Klean has over 30 tire pyrolysis projects under various stages of development around the globe, representing billions of dollars in infrastructure investments into creating a circular solution for the tire manufacturing and recycling sector.

As a part of this relationship, both Klean and Niersberger will also explore new business opportunities to integrate Klean’s patent-pending Klean Loop™ blockchain technology. The partnership will explore opportunities for total supply chain integration where all procurement partners can adapt the Klean Loop™ to co-ordinate a fully digital infrastructure that can track and trace all aspects of the supply chain from raw material acquisitions to equipment manufacturing and delivery of all parts and equipment while monitoring and tracing all carbon emissions throughout the supply chain. The parties also see an opportunity to improve the financial and environmental performance of several resource recovery applications, such as the application of the Klean Loop™ to biogas production plants, of which Niersberger is a leader in the development, design, engineering, and installation throughout Europe. The Klean Loop™ SaaS solution can provide additional economic transparency and environmental accountability to the waste management, resource recovery, and renewable energy sectors. The application is also powered by the Klean Loop’s artificial intelligence system called “Arnold,” which can forecast, track, and monetize commodities globally through a connected market-based exchange system. Klean intends to integrate all of its projects with the Klean Loop™ application going forward. The transparency of operations on the blockchain will dramatically increase the adoption cycle of the circular economy and of new products that feature a significantly lower carbon intensity than that of virgin-based resources. 

“Expanding upon management’s long-term relationship with Niersberger makes sense and is mutually beneficial as both parties’ skills complement each other. Developing resource recovery and clean energy projects with leading engineering providers such as Niersberger enhances Klean’s strategic focus. It provides further resilience in cost-effective strategies that enable projects to be delivered in less time and at lower costs. Together, supply chain challenges are reduced, as are project risks. Symbiotic relationships like this allow us to accelerate the creation of the circular, low carbon economy.” Jesse Klinkhamer, CEO of Klean Industries Inc.

“Niersberger has been around for over 100 years, and we are firm believers in the circular economy and have been first movers in adopting sustainability throughout our operations and our customers. Our major business is developing properties and plants powered by renewable resources. As a pioneer of zero waste solutions, Klean Industries has been working to create new value in the tire manufacturing, tire recycling, and carbon black manufacturing sectors for the past decade. I am confident that we can replicate this same model of success for other cities throughout Europe. We are excited to be partnering with Klean to support their pioneering vision of sustainability, and it’s why I am a proud shareholder of Klean Industries.”, commented Rainer Dippold, owner and former Managing Director of Niersberger Group.

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Building the Future of Tire Recycling with Niersberger

With engineering expertise and advanced pyrolysis technologies, Klean Industries and Niersberger are driving a new era of sustainable tire recycling that transforms waste into recovered carbon black and renewable fuels. We are delivering circular economy infrastructure ready to scale across Europe.

Project Highlights:

✅ Converts end-of-life tires into valuable circular commodities
✅ Reduces dependency on virgin carbon black and fossil fuels
✅ EPC-led execution with bankable project delivery
✅ Creates cleantech jobs and ESG-aligned investment pathways

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About Niersberger Group

The Niersberger Group (“Niersberger”) was established in 1921 and has a long tradition of successfully developing, planning, and building objects and plants that use chemical recycling to recover raw materials or generate energy based on renewable energy sources for several decades. Niersberger plans and implements plants that create green energy and recover resources. Niersberger is one of Europe’s largest biogas engineering and construction companies and owns and operates over 30 plants across Germany. The Niersberger Group consists of 25 individual companies in 3 European countries at 9 locations. The headquarters is in Erlangen, Germany. The Niersberger Group currently has 450 employees. 

For more information about Niersberger, visit www.niersberger.de.  

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 has decades of experience in designing, engineering, and manufacturing the highest-quality equipment to convert waste streams into valuable energy and resources. Klean’s unique products and services result from combined knowledge in the design of recycling, resource recovery, waste management, and power generation projects. Our global project management expertise safeguards timelines and budgets, enabling projects to be delivered quickly and at lower costs.

Klean uses proprietary technologies to rapidly develop projects that produce the highest quality fuels, recovered carbon blacks, and green hydrogen from various feedstocks. Our know-how and technical skills provide a specialization in building projects that use advanced thermal technologies such as pyrolysis, gasification, and carbonization, which convert end-of-life tires, waste plastics, and municipal solid waste into domestic energy, sustainable commodities, and new cleantech jobs. We create a symbiosis between waste, resources, and energy. Klean Industries is the link between the low carbon, circular economy, and the goal of zero waste to landfill.

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