Tyromer chosen as Top 100 private companies in North American by Red Herring
Tyromer chosen as Top 100 private companies in North American by Red Herring On June 14, 2017, Tyromer Inc. was named a winner of the 2017 Red Herring Top 100 North America event in Los Angeles, California, being recognized as one of the continent’s most exciting and innovative private technology companies. Sam Visaisouk, CEO, Tyromer Inc. thanks Red Herring and its judges for selecting the company a Top 100. Among the selection criteria were: social contribution, disruptiveness of the solution in its respective markets, market size, market maturity, growth rate, branding, CEO/Team quality, experience and track record. Globally over one billion scrap tires are generated this year, and more next year. Not much scrap tire rubber is reused in tire manufacturing even though the tire industry consumes more than 50% of the global rubber supply. Tyromer provides a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable solution to the global scrap tire problem using its patented supercritical carbon dioxide extrusion technology to devulcanize scrap tire rubber to produce TDP (Tire-Derived Polymer) for reuse in tire manufacturing. It is now possible to implement a circular economy in the tire industry.
Tyromer honored with prestigious 2018 James L. White Award
Tyromer honored with prestigious 2018 James L. White Award Tyromer Inc. congratulates Professor Costas Tzoganakis, the inventor of its patented supercritical carbon dioxide assisted twin-screw extrusion technology for rubber devulcanization, for receiving the prestigious 2018 James L. White Award: Prof. Costas Tzoganakis is the recipient of the 2018 James L. White Award from the Polymer Processing Society. The award is for an innovative development in the field of polymer processing technologies with recent commercial impact. It aims to recognize originality, innovation and creativity among researcher(s) or inventor(s) in the science and technology of processing polymers and polymeric products. Prof. Tzoganakis received the award during the 34th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society in Taipei May 21-25, 2018 in recognition of his Tyromer ® rubber devulcanization work.With Professor Tzoganakis’ invention, waste tire rubber can be reused in tire manufacturing to enable a circular economy that is socially responsible, environmental sustainable and financially viable.
Tyromer Wins 2018 BIG Sustainability Leadership Award
Tyromer Wins 2018 BIG Sustainability Leadership Award PHILADELPHIA, July 17, 2018 – Tyromer Inc. has won a 2018 Sustainability Leadership Award from Business Intelligence Group (BIG). Headquartered in New Jersey, USA, BIG Awards seek to recognize companies and individuals with persistence, vision, and creativity. “We are proud to recognize Tyromer Inc. for their socially responsible and environmentally sustainable effort on waste tire recycling,” said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer, Business Intelligence Group. “Our judges felt that their vision and strategy make a significant impact in driving the circular economy in the tire industry, and gave Tyromer the highest rating as reflected by the Sustainability Leadership Award. Congratulations!” The BIG Award for Sustainability Leadership continues the company’s upwards trajectory. Earlier this year Tyromer won an Edison Award Gold Medal, considered the “Oscars of Innovation,” in the category of Resource Re-use. Additionally, the Company was named one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Companies by Silicon Review Magazine. Despite Tyromer’s global outlook, CEO Sam Visaisouk hasn’t forgotten its Ontario roots. “Our success thus far would not have been possible without the University of Waterloo, Ontario Centres of Excellence and Michelin Development, all of whom gave us the early support for our vision to return waste tire rubber to new tires,” he says, adding, “Sustainability happens when we care.” The company uses the non-chemical solvent rubber devulcanization technology for which Professor Costas Tzoganakis was named the winner of the prestigious 2018 James. L. White Innovation Award by the Polymer Processing Society. The Tyromer Waterloo, Ontario plant is the first non-chemical commercial scrap tire rubber devulcanization operation in the world. It represents the “Best Practice” in scrap tire management where scrap tire rubber is reused for its original intended purpose. Currently, most scrap tires are burned for their fuel value, some are ground into crumb rubber and downcycled into fill for playgrounds and rubber mats, for example. Tyromer will change that, with its upcoming plant in Windsor, Ontario, to provide devulcanized scrap tire rubber for new passenger and truck tires, and numerous licensed plants under development around the world.
Tyromer Wins 2018 Edison Awards Gold Medal
Tyromer Wins the 2018 Edison Awards Gold Medal in the Energy & Sustainability – Resource Re-use Category. New York City, NY – April 11, 2018 – From the 2018 Edison Awards: “We are proud to announce the Winners for the 2018 Edison Awards™. These Gold, Silver and Bronze Winners were chosen as the “best of the best” by the world’s top senior business executives, academics, and innovation professionals. Being recognized with an Edison Award™ is one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of innovation and business success. The Edison Awards honor excellence in new product and service development, marketing, human-centered design and innovation. We congratulate all of our winners for their accomplishment! Successful innovation is a team effort. It is people working together to create game changing marketplace success and value. This is what the Edison Awards has celebrated for over 30 years.” Tyromer wishes to thank the “Team” – all those who have collaborated, assisted, advised and contributed to creating its game changing approach to manage the global scrap tire problem and to bring sustainability to the tire industry. About Tyromer: Tyromer Inc. uses a supercritical carbon dioxide assisted reactive extrusion technology invented by Professor Costas Tzoganakis of the University of Waterloo to provide a non-chemical industrial process to convert scrap tire rubber into TDP (Tire-Derived Polymer) for reuse in tires.
Tyromer again makes Top 10 of Elastomers for Sustainability (E4S) by ERJ
Tyromer again makes Top 10 of Elastomers for Sustainability (E4S) by ERJ LONDON, December 15, 2021 – Tyromer has managed to make the top 10 of European Rubber Journal’s 4th update to their Top 10 Elastomers for Sustainability ranking. The Canadian company is proud to once again be considered amongst some of the largest and most powerful companies in the rubber and polymer industry. Tyromer——Tire to Tire Recycling 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.”