Recovered carbon black from Enviro is introduced in a customer-specific rubber compound from Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda
Recovered carbon black from Scandinavian Enviro Systems (publ) (“Enviro” or “the Company”) will be introduced in a customer-specific rubber compound supplied by Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda. The introduction means that Enviro's carbon black takes a step into a new segment and is the result of successful production tests and a long-term collaboration between the parties. Volumes and dates for future deliveries remain to be determined.
N.B. The English text is an in-house translation of the original Swedish text. Should there be any disparities between the Swedish and the English text, the Swedish text shall prevail.
Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda manufactures rubber compounds for various companies in the rubber industry and intends to completely replace virgin carbon black with recovered carbon black from Enviro (Recovered Carbon Black, rCB) in one of its customer-specific rubber compounds.
“A transition to recovered carbon black gives the rubber mixture the same or better performance than when virgin carbon black is used, this is in line with Trelleborg's established goals of reducing emissions of CO2 (GWP) from both the company's processes and products”, says Carl Cumming, Material development manager at Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda AB, and continues:
“This is just one of several measures launched within Trelleborg to reduce negative climate impact and be at the forefront of introducing recovered and sustainable raw materials in the rubber industry.”
Recovered carbon black has, in light of the increasing topicality of climate and environmental issues, been used in more and more applications in the rubber industry and Enviro's recovered carbon black has previously been introduced as a replacement for virgin carbon black in applications such as seals, gaskets, plugs and solid tyres.
Enviro has also delivered recovered carbon black to Trelleborg Lanka for use in the manufacturing of solid tyres. Both Trelleborg Lanka and Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda are part of the industrial group Trelleborg, which is one of the world's largest producers of industrial rubber. The fact that Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda introduces Enviro's recovered carbon black, rCB, in a new application in the rubber industry means that Enviro's rCB is now being used in a, for Enviro, completely new market segment.
“Replacing fossil virgin carbon black with recovered carbon black results in greatly reduced CO2 emissions (GWP), almost 2,000 kilos of CO2 per tonne of recovered carbon black, which is an important goal for the rubber industry. We have long worked with Trelleborg Mixing Forsheda to introduce Enviro's rCB and it is very satisfying that our recovered carbon black can now be introduced in additional segments,” says Fredrik Olofsson, Sales manager at Enviro.
Enviro has developed a world-leading technology for recovering end-of-life tyres, which means that strategic and finite resources such as oil, steel and carbon black can be recovered. By using recovered carbon black instead of virgin carbon black in the production of new tyres and rubber components, emissions of climate-affecting carbon dioxide can be greatly reduced, while the recovery of other constituent resources means further reduced environmental impact. According to a life cycle analysis, LCA, conducted by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, the use of recovered carbon black can lead to between 79 and 84 percent lower emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide compared to production and use of virgin carbon black.
For further information, please contact:
Thomas Sörensson, CEO of Enviro, +46 (0)735-10 53 43, thomas.sorensson@envirosystems.se
Urban Folcker, Enviro CFO, +46 (0)760-00 13 11, urban.folcker@envirosystems.se
Alf Blomqvist, Chairman of the Board of Enviro, +46 (0)733 149 700, alf@blomqvistunlimited.com
Mangold Fondkommission AB, +46 (0)8 503 01 550, ca@mangold.se, is Enviro’s Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Stockholm.
Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB
Herkulesgatan 1K
SE-417 01 Gothenburg
info@envirosystems.se
www.envirosystems.se
Enviro is a company developing, building and operating industrial plants for material recovery from End of Life Tyres (ELT). The company has developed a process, based on a patented technology, where gas generated in the process is heating the tyres in absence of oxygen. This enables the materials in the tyres to decompose and be recovered instead of incinerated. Thus, a sustainable recovery of the resources Carbon black, Oil, Steel and Gas is obtained. The products are used in new products, replacing fossil resources to help the customers reach their sustainability targets. Enviro was founded in 2001, has its head office in Gothenburg and runs its own plant for ELT tyres in Åsensbruk, Sweden. The company is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market with Mangold Fondkommission AB, tel. +46 (0)8 5030 1550, ca@mangold.se, as its Certified Advisor. www.envirosystems.se
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