Enviro advances tire pyrolysis JV with staff moving to local site
4 Feb 2025
Infiniteria, joint venture company with Antin and Michelin, to be based in Uddevalla, Sweden
Stockholm – Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has advanced a joint venture project with Antin Infrastructure Partners and Michelin, now officially named Infiniteria.
Several key personnel from Enviro are moving to the site outside Uddevalla, Sweden, where the JV company is establishing its first full-scale waste tire pyrolysis plant, the Swedish recycler announced 3 Feb.
Among the personnel are Fredrik Alpner, plant general manager, and 10 other individuals who have until now been sharing premises with Enviro at its headquarters in Frihamnen, Gothenburg.
Infiniteria started the construction of the Uddevalla plant, based on Enviro's technology, a year ago.
Over the past 12 months, most of the exterior parts of the plant have been completed and the next phase will involve the installation of key production equipment, Enviro said.
The facility will have capacity to recycle 34.5 kilotonnes per annum of waste tires, equal to 40% of the annual ELT arisings in Sweden. (ERJ report)
According to Enviro, the company has already signed long-term binding agreements for the delivery of recovered carbon black and oil from the plant valued at SEK2 billion (€170 million).
Formed in March 2023, the JV has ambitious plans to construct end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling units across Europe with a total processing capacity of 1 million tonnes by 2030.
The transfer of personnel marks “the beginning of a new period in the establishment of full-scale plants," said Fredrik Emilson, CEO of Enviro.
