Tyromer’s devulcanisation technology uses twin-screw extrusion to carefully process ELT rubber crumb and other waste rubber – with encouraging results. Since 2016, a facility within AirBoss Rubber has supplied tire-derived product (TDP) to KAL Tire, which has used it in an OTR retread compound with 20% content. OTR, truck and passenger tires with 15-20% TDP are currently on road trials in North America and Europe and a passenger car tire maker is optimising a tire compound with 30% TDP. A second TDP facility is starting up in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to supply a top American brand. With financial support from the Dutch government, a third TDP plant has been built in The Netherlands to supply a top brand in the EU. In an update for E4S IV, Tyromer reported making “ a ton of progress [this year] as travel has opened up and we were able to get our facilities off the ground.”