reRubber made the top 20 tire recyclers in America!

 

Among the companies on the 2010 Largest Scrap Tire Processors List, the company atop the list has staked a claim on that top spot by a considerable margin.

Growing to a large extent through acquisition, Pittsburgh-based Liberty Tire Recycling has assembled a multi-state organization that collects and processes several times more PTEs (passenger tire equivalents) than the other companies on the list. (For more information on Liberty Tire’s operations, see “Mass Production,” starting on page 32.)

At the same time that Liberty has been assembling its multi-region organization, other scrap tire processing companies that have maintained a steady presence on the “20 Largest” list also have been investing in their businesses.

In Moreno Valley, Calif., in 2009, BAS Recycling Inc. took delivery of new processing equipment purchased from Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sarasota, Fla.

The multi-stage system installed at BAS “is capable of processing passenger car, truck tires and super single truck tires at production rates of 12,000 pounds or more per hour,” according to a news release from Columbus McKinnon (CM).

In Ontario, Calif., a newcomer to the list, reRubber LLC, is planning an expansion in 2011. According to reRubber President and CEO JD Wang, the company will be opening a second facility in 2010 as it continues to produce crumb rubber in a variety of sizes (including 10-30 mesh, 30-50 mesh and minus-50 mesh) for several end markets.

Another Golden State recycler has been helped by a government loan. In March 2010, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery awarded a $635,000 loan to Tri-C Manufacturing Inc., West Sacramento, Calif. The loan enabled Tri-C to buy tire recycling equipment to expand its processing capacity to 2.6 million PTEs yearly.

[ full article from Recycling Today ]

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