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​​​​​​​Pyrum Innovations AG: Homburg City Council votes unanimously for new Pyrum plant - Seite 2

Like the Pyrum main plant in Dillingen, the new plant in Homburg will consist of three pyrolysis reactors, which will have a processing capacity of around 20,000 tonnes of ELT per year once completed. The location offers numerous valuable advantages: In addition to the proximity to the Michelin plant in Homburg - from which Pyrum has already been recycling ELT for three years and with which the cooperation can now be expanded - and to BASF in Ludwigshafen - a strategic partner since autumn 2020 and a buyer of Pyrum's pyrolysis oil - the site has a railway siding that enables environmentally friendly logistics. In addition, the new plant will free up capacities at the Dillingen plant that can be used for tyre acceptance from Luxembourg without having to build a separate plant in the neighbouring country.

 

About Pyrum Innovations AG

Pyrum Innovations AG is active in the attractive recycling market for end-of-life tyres with its patented pyrolysis technology. Pyrum's pyrolysis process is energy self-sufficient and, according to the Fraunhofer Institute, saves significantly more CO₂ emissions than today's standard recycling processes for end-of-life tyres - especially compared to incineration in cement plants - and produces new raw materials such as pyrolysis oil, gas and recovered carbon black from the waste used as input materials. In this way, Pyrum closes the recyclable material loop and pursues a completely sustainable business model. As a pioneer, Pyrum Innovations AG was the first company in the end-of-life tyre recycling sector to receive REACH registration from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for the pyrolysis oil it produces. This means that the oil is recognised as an official raw material that can be used in production processes. In addition, Pyrum has received ISCC PLUS certification for the pyrolysis oil and the recovered carbon black. Both products are thus considered sustainable and renewable raw materials. These achievements have also been recognised by international experts in the tyre industry. For example, Pyrum won the Best Tyre Recycling Innovation category at the inaugural Recircle Awards and has been nominated for the “Grand Prix Mittelstand” (“Großer Preis des Mittelstandes”) from the German state of Saarland.