Reoil Joins Zeppelin Systems Sustainable Tire Alliance | Klean Industries IP Ownership Clarified
Reoil has announced its participation in Zeppelin Systems’ Sustainable Tire Alliance. Still, Klean Industries reaffirms that Reoil does not hold a license or legal rights to use Klean’s technology outside of Bukovno, Poland. Reoil can not sell, distribute, replicate, or commercially use Klean’s patented tire pyrolysis technologies without additional licensing.
Friedrichshafen, Germany — Over the past few weeks, Friedrichshafen-based plant engineering firm Zeppelin Systems has released various reports on new partner alliances in tire recycling. Now, just in time for the start of the Tire Technology Expo trade fair in Hanover from March 21 to 23, 2023, the company is revealing what lies behind these many partnerships. Under the newly founded “Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance” umbrella, Zeppelin Systems and its international partners strive to shape a sustainable future for the tire industry and make even better use of existing potential. Polish company ReOil came on board as a new partner on March 13, 2023.
Each of Zeppelin Systems’ partners contributes its individual, innovative, technical, and technological expertise to the tire production value and process chain. For example, French company Regom sorts old tires using artificial intelligence. In contrast, the Italian technology group RubberJet & Vertech uses high-pressure water jet technology to break down old tires into their components with little environmental impact. Polish Group Rezykl recycles old tires into high-quality secondary raw materials and develops stabilizers for asphalt mixes from textile fibers. German company Entex devulcanizes rubber using a planetary roller extruder, while Nano Technologies refines raw recovered carbon black. “From sustainable material recycling to raw material recycling and cleaning and refinement of recycled materials, to extraction of high-quality secondary raw materials, the Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance combines all forms of expertise in this field under one umbrella,” explains Guido Veit, Vice President Sales for Polyolefins, Rubber, and Silos at Zeppelin Systems GmbH. “In conjunction with Zeppelin Systems’ excellent turnkey plant engineering solutions, this creates the perfect symbiosis for the sustainable tire production of both today and the future,” adds Dr. Markus Vöge, CEO of Zeppelin Systems GmbH.
A new partner on board: Poland-based company ReOil
The Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance acquired another partner in the form of Polish company ReOil on March 13, 2023. This company operates in raw material recycling and breaks down used tires into raw materials such as steel and oil, as well as recovered carbon black (rCB) through continuous pyrolysis. In 2010, the company built Europe’s largest plant for recycling old used tires using pyrolysis in 2015 (in the Polish city of Bukowno). Since then, the facility has been recycling around 20,000 tons of used tires every year, with another plant that will triple capacity to around 60,000 tons per year currently in the planning phase. Another notable thing about ReOil is that the company holds several necessary certifications, such as ISCC EU, ISCC PLUS, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 – proving the highly economical and environmentally friendly nature of the pyrolysis process used by ReOil.
The concept behind the Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance
To support the circular economy in the tire production sector, the quantity of high-quality tire recyclates available for producing new tires needs to be dramatically increased. Zeppelin Systems, an integrated solution provider with many years of experience in the tire industry, and the Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance, a superordinate technology network, provide all the solutions needed to achieve this from a single source. Their approach involves huge production quantities and previously untapped potential, which must be returned to the tire-to-tire production cycle.
As a long-standing solution provider for the industry, Zeppelin Systems is very well-equipped to work at this scale! Customers receive solutions from Zeppelin Systems tailored to tire manufacturers’ needs in terms of all tire recycling tasks, the rubber mixing process, and the handling of recycled materials. In addition, the Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance acts as a single source of customer products and services. This is hugely beneficial for both sides because Zeppelin Systems is familiar with the requirements and challenges of the market. On this basis, the newly-founded Zeppelin Sustainable Tire Alliance can build bridges between manufacturers and industry. Through the combined expertise of the technology group, customers can access holistic tire recycling solutions on a sustainable basis, from a single source, and always at the cutting edge. At the same time, the Alliance helps to promote the circular economy and conserve the earth’s valuable resources.
Protecting Innovation in Tire Recycling Technologies
While Reoil’s involvement in Zeppelin’s Sustainable Tire Alliance may seem promising, Klean Industries emphasizes that Reoil does not have the right to expand or license Klean’s proprietary tire pyrolysis technologies.
Key Facts to Know:
✔ Klean Industries owns all core IP used in the Reoil facility
✔ Reoil is bound by a German court injunction and limited operational license
✔ Any new commercial expansion requires a Klean-issued license
✔ Unauthorized use will constitute legal and financial risk
About Reoil
Reoil has been operating since 2015 using its continuous tire pyrolysis process. In the following years, the technology was improved to complete process continuity in 2019, and in 2020, Reoil achieved a positive financial result. In 2023, Reoil reached revenues of more than €12 million with an EBITDA of €5.8 million, allowing it to finance ongoing development and prepare for investment in a second plant (engineering, permits, site preparation) without involving external investors.
In 2020, Reoil purchased an 11-hectare site on which a new plant with an additional capacity of up to 60,000 tons of ELT, which is being developed in cooperation with Zeppelin Systems G.m.b.H., will be implemented starting in 2024.
About Klean Industries
Klean Industries (“Klean”) provides best-in-class technologies and solutions in the waste-to-value industry. Our international team of award-winning experts has decades of experience designing, engineering, and manufacturing the highest-quality equipment to convert waste streams into valuable energy and resources. Our unique products and services result from combined knowledge in the design of recycling, resource recovery, waste management, and power generation projects. Our global project management expertise safeguards timelines and budgets, enabling projects to be delivered in less time and at lower costs.
Klean uses proprietary technologies to rapidly develop projects that produce the highest quality fuels, recovered carbon blacks, and green hydrogen from various feedstocks. Our know-how and technical skills provide a specialization in building projects that use advanced thermal technologies such as pyrolysis, gasification, and carbonization, which convert end-of-life tires, waste plastics, and municipal solid waste into domestic energy, sustainable commodities, and new cleantech jobs. We create a symbiosis between waste, resources, and energy. By creating a symbiosis between waste, resources, and energy, Klean Industries is the link between the low carbon, circular economy, and the goal of zero waste to landfill.
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