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EVENT
PREVIEWS
Christina Guth and Stephan Rau
Christina Guth addresses the audience
using conventional grinding techniques. Liquid nitrogen is sprayed directly onto the material to be ground, which is then fed into the mill to be ground. The technique ensures a stable process and improves the quality of the ground product.
RETREADING WORKING GROUP ACTIVITIES
One of the AZUR Partner Meetings was to report on the activities of the working groups that make up AZUR, including Chemical Recy- cling (e.g. pyrolysis) and retreading.
Heading up the retreading working group is Clemens Zimmermann from Marangoni, who presented some of the activities being under- taken by AZUR, whose stated aim is to achieve sustainable mobility transformation by promoting the retreading of branded new tyres.
Key projects include a project in conjunction with TH Koeln under the title Project Workshop Automotive Engineering that will help calculate tyre retreadability, the DEKRA certification of retread sustainability, and a planned activity at IAA Transportation in Han- nover later this year. A retreading workshop held during the event addressed how to make the most of this opportunity.
Clemens Zimmermann
Also discussed was Trend Auto 2030 Plus – Project Nero focused on car tyre retreading plus AZUR Network attendance at several indus- try events this year, including a presence at THE TIRE COLOGNE in June in conjunction with 16 AZUR Partners and a presence at the Tire Technology Expo in February this year.
The network’s attendance at the Innovation Show in Berlin on 5-6 June will be of particular importance. This is part of Germany’s En- vironment Week, and at 10 a.m. on June 5, the AZUR-Network will present the benefits of a tyre-friendly circular economy in the pres- ence of German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
NEW SCRAP TYRE RESOLUTION
Last but certainly not least, during the AZUR Partners Meeting, the network promoted a new Scrap Tyre Resolution, which it aims to present to the EU.
The Resolution states:
“Tyres are an irreplaceable product for our mobility and a valuable raw material that must be kept in the recycling cycle.
All tyres used in the European Union must be reused or Recycled in the European Union.
New tyres must be manufactured as sustainably as possible – old tyres must be kept in the recycling cycle as much as possible through retreading, material recycling or chemical recycling.
The basis of our economic trade must always be the recyclables pyr- amid.”
The Official Signing of this Resolution will take place on June 4th at THE TIRE COLOGNE. People who wish to support the Resolution can do so via the AZUR Network website.
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