Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has shared a progress update for the Infiniteria tyre recycling plant in Sweden, whose construction it is managing and coordinating. According to Enviro, the project is “progressing well” and the site in Uddevalla is now ready for the installation of production equipment.
Earlier this month, key employees of Infiniteria, the joint venture company established by Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) and Antin Infrastructure Partners, moved to the location in Sweden where the joint venture is establishing its first full-scale waste tyre recycling plant. They arrived at the site a little under a year since the project’s official groundbreaking. As of February 2025, most exterior plant components are in place, with the next phase of work involving the installation of key production equipment.
During the first week of the year, Greek firm Thermo Lysi SA gained approval to build a tyre recycling plant using Pyrum Innovations’ pyrolysis process. Having now obtained all necessary permits and licences for the construction of the new plant, nothing prevents the confirmation of a final investment decision. Pyrum Innovations expects that this decision to come in the first half of 2025.
After reporting triple-digit growth in its electric vehicle and automotive business in China during the first half of 2024, Eurogrip Laminations (EGLA) announced that it has agreed a partnership with China’s Hixih Rubber Industry Group. Italy-based EGLA turned over some 836 million euros in 2023.
Sailun Group and Tire Direct have broken ground on Aztema, their new joint venture factory in Mexico, with the partners laying a symbolic foundation stone at a ceremony on 15 May 2024. The first phase of construction at the Aztema plant will result in a facility with an initial capacity to produce 6 million car tyres a year; the partners plan to start production in March 2025.
The Inverness based tyre wholesaler acquired as part of Bond International’s recent deal to acquire Stepgrades Motor Accessories Limited from Halfords Group is forming a joint venture with long term Bond customer Goodtread Tyre Co, based in Alness in the Scottish Highlands. The two parties said the JV would strengthen their tyre distribution operations covering north and west Scotland and the islands, increasing the availability of stock as a result of Bond’s large stockholding, improving warehousing, and modernising Bond’s newly acquired Birkenshaw Distributors Ltd. Sandy MacKenzie and Mark Kelman from Goodtread Tyre Co will head the joint Inverness operation.
It has been a while since we last mentioned the KamaTyresKZ tyre factory in Kazakhstan, a joint venture between Russia’s Tatneft and vehicle manufacturer the Allur Group of Companies. The plant officially opened in December 2022 and is capable of making 3 million passenger vehicle tyres and 500,000 truck tyres a year at full capacity. KamaTyresKZ initially produced tyres under the Forza brand name but is now debuting a new brand – Attar.
Uddevalla Municipality in Sweden has authorised Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) to proceed with the construction of its new joint venture end-of-life tyre recycling plant. This clearance comes after Enviro, Antin Infrastructure Partners, and Michelin reached a final decision on the project’s investment on 7 February. Having secured all essential environmental and construction approvals, Enviro anticipates commencing construction in the first quarter of 2024.
Sailun Group is partnering to build a new factory in Mexico. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Sailun International Holding (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the Chinese firm signed a joint venture agreement with TD International Holding and Sapide CV (TD Mexico) on 15 December. The partners will build a facility capable of producing 6 million semi-steel radial tyres annually and are also considering the future establishment of capacity to produce 1.65 million all-steel radials a year.
Symbio, Michelin’s equally owned joint venture with automotive supplier Forvia and vehicle manufacturer Stellantis, has inaugurated its SymphonHy facility today. Located in Saint-Fons, within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, the site houses Symbio’s headquarters, a production plant, an innovation hub and the Symbio Hydrogen Academy.
TMD Friction and Hella have agreed to transfer the 50 per cent share currently held by TMD Friction in the brake joint venture Hella Pagid to Hella. Hella will thus become the sole shareholder of Hella Pagid. Founded in 2013, Hella Pagid, a joint venture between automotive supplier Hella and brake friction manufacturer TMD Friction, sells brake components and accessories on the global automotive aftermarket. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Recycling company Remondis Group recently signed a letter of intent with Pyrum Innovations. The partners intend to set up a plant for reclaiming raw materials from end-of-life tyres on a site in Bremen, Germany that’s owned by Weserport, a subsidiary of Remondis sister company Rhenus. This plant will be capable of recycling 20,000 tonnes of tyres annually.
Recently, Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord and Hixih Rubber entered an investment agreement. It is reported that the two parties are preparing to establish a joint venture to build a factory with an annual output of 50,000 tons of steel tyre cord. According to the agreement between the two parties, Xingda will be responsible for all operations and management of the joint venture company. The board of directors of the joint venture company consists of three directors, with the number of directors appointed by Xingda and Hixih being two and one.
German end-of-life tyre (ELT) recycling specialist Pyrum Innovations AG plans to build a Pyrum pyrolysis plant in the Czech Republic together with a local energy company. This facility, located near the border with Germany, will have the capacity to process 20,000 tonnes of ELTs a year and is scheduled to start operations in 2025.
On 30 August, the first tyre rolled off the production line in the second phase of the Thailand factory run by Huayi, which owns the Double Coin brand. Tyrepress China learned that the project’s second phase involves the production capacity of 300,000 all-steel radial tyres and officially started construction in March this year. If the second phase reaches capacity, the annual production capacity of Huayi’s Thailand factory will be increased to 1.5 million pieces.
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