Krakow, Poland — Klean Industries Inc. (“Klean”), a leading tire pyrolysis and recovered carbon black equipment manufacturer that designs, engineers, and builds projects for processing hydrocarbon-based waste such as end-of-life tires, is pleased to announce that its commercial tire pyrolysis reference plant that is operated by Reoil Sp. z o.o.  has signed an LOI with Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, a global tire manufacturer headquartered in Japan for the commercialization and use of recovered carbon black (rCB) in new tire manufacturing.

Through this agreement, the two companies will jointly develop products and applications that enable recovered carbon black to partially replace virgin carbon black that is derived from virgin hydrocarbons for use in new tire production.

About Sumitomo Rubber Industries

Sumitomo Rubber Group utilizes advanced proprietary rubber technologies to drive ongoing growth and development throughout their three main lines of business: Tires, Sports, and Industrial Products.

Among Sumitomo’s products are: tires (for passenger cars, trucks/buses, construction vehicles, agricultural vehicles, industrial vehicles, race/rally vehicles, and motorcycles), golf and tennis goods, rubber parts for medical applications, rubber parts for office equipment, vibration control dampers, floor coating, civil works & marine facilities, rubber water seals, artificial turf for sporting facilities, rubber gloves, gas hoses, portable wheelchair ramps, etc.

In February of 2023, Sumitomo Rubber announced an ambitious New Mid-Term Plan that aims to live up to its corporate philosophy as well as its purpose: Through innovation, we will create a future of joy and well-being for all. So that we may further enhance both our group’s economic value and their value to society.

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About Reoil

Reoil was one of the world’s pioneers in owning and operating a successful continuous pyrolysis technology, which it implemented in its first end-of-life tire recycling plant in Bukowno (Małopolskie, Poland) in 2016. Based on unique technology, Reoil produces rCB from end-of-life tires and supplies it to the tire industry.

Reoil processes 20,000 MT of end-of-life tires per annum and recently commenced increasing its plant’s capacity to 100,000 MT. The plant’s capacity expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

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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 top-quality equipment to convert waste streams into valuable energy and resources. Our unique products and services are a result of 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 a variety of feedstocks. Our know-how and technical skills provide specialization in building projects using advanced thermal conversion technologies such as pyrolysis, gasification, and carbonization that 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 to landfill.

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