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RECIRCLE AWARDS 2021
Best Casing & Tyre Disposal Services Provider
In recognition of exceptional service from a tyre collection, tyre disposal or casing supply company.
Kargro Banden
Kargro Banden, based in Montfoort in the Netherlands, is among the world’s largest players in the circular processing of commercial truck tyres. With storage facilities in Montfoort and Emmeloord, Kargro stores up to 200,000 casings, exporting them to over 40 countries worldwide. Kargro Recycling is part of the larger Kargro Group, which incorporates car tyre casing company Lintire, the retreader Bandenplan Europe, and Kargro Recycling.
Kurz Karkassenhandel
Founded 65 years ago, Kurz Karkassenhandel claims to be Europe’s oldest trading company for used tyres and casings. The company operates sites at Landau/Pfalz and Wendlingen in Germany and employs 30 people. In addition to its traditional casing business the company also operates a tyre recycling facility incorporating a shredder plant and a fine grinding unit. The company has been a key player in ZARE, Germany’s Certified Tyre Disposal Network.
North West Casing Company
Founded in 2013 by Bill Phillips, who has nearly 25
years’ experience as Manager of Les Schwab Tire Centers retread plant, North West Casing Campany supplies quality truck tyre casings to retreaders throughout North America, including some of the leading players. The company is located in Gilbert, Arizona.
Tire Core Intl Ltd
Tirecore International, based in Santa Fe Springs, California is a leading casing dealer focusing on the supply of truck tyre casings for the retreading industry, both from the domestic market and overseas. The company, which handles nearly 100,000 tyres per annum, continues to expand under the management of Garry Drisdelle and is now enjoying an increased international demand for its services.
Vellco Tyre Control
Based in Weaverthorpe in Yorkshire in the UK, Vellco is a family owned tyre collection company and casing dealer and is one of the leading scrap tyre management companies in the UK. The company is a leading member of the Tyre Recovery Association. Vellco is currently in the midst of a major investment in its storage facilities at Weaverthorpe and has also been looking to expand its casing business on a global basis.
Best Tyre Derived Recycled Product
An award for the best new tyre derived recycled product.
Alprogetti – Climbing Gym
Alprogetti is an Italian engineering and design company engaged in the design of sports and leisure facilities. The company has used recycled rubber tiles manufactured using an innovative moulding technology that does not use polyurethane or any other binder, to provide acoustic dampening in a new Climbing Gym in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy.
CEVE-CINTEMAC – Roof Tiles
This Argentinian project has been led by CEVE (Experimental Center for Economic Housing Research) and CINTEMAC (Center for the development and transfer of materials and quality), who have developed a roof tile made from recycled tyres and plastics. The product’s innovation lies in its excellent resistance to hail and bending, its low water absorption and ease of assembly.
COMSA SAU – Neoballast
COMSA Corporación is the first largest unlisted Spanish group in the infrastructures and engineering sector. The Neoballast project, which was funded by a 1.59 million Euro grant from the EC under the “Fast Track to Innovation” (FTI) programme, is an initiative to improve the properties of railway ballast by coating conventional ballast aggregates with an advanced binder and rubber powder coming from recycled end-of-life tyres.
Shredded Tire – Echo Roof Blocks
The Echo Roof Block system was developed to resist hurricane force winds in order to bring 87% recycled content to roofing components that presently have zero percent recycled content. They are manufactured by mixing tyre chip, silica flume and cement slag.
Tyromer – Upgraded TDP-B
During 2020, Tyromer upgraded their TDP-B devulcanized rubber compound, manufactured from truck tyre treads, to provide enhanced performance characteristics (10MPa and 260% elongation at break.) without the use of devulcanization chemicals or chemical solvents.
VI Recircle Awards 2021