Tirex close to completion of fracturing mill

ERJ staff report (DS)

Westport, Connecticut -- The Tirex Corp. has said Simpro SpA's manufacturing of Tirex's “fracturing mill” section of its tyre recycling technology in Simpro's Brazilian factory is now 70% finished and is expected be completed in Italy before the fourth quarter of this year.

“In addition to our recent announcement of Simpro's signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to build the first commercial TCS System in Malaysia, the completion of the 'fracturing mill' marks another milestone as we move forward in production,” according to Tirex CEO, John Threshie.

Tirex said its TCS (Tirex Cryo System) process freezes scrap tyre pieces with cold air rather than liquid nitrogen, and then “breaks” the rubber into granules in a “fracturing mill”, instead of cutting and shredding it. This process separates the marketable strands of steel and fiber from the frozen ground rubber in an, economically-attractive process. The process is US and Canadian patented.

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Press release from Tirex