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Posted in Industry News on Jul 3rd, 2012
A significant milestone for SRI and I, we inked our term sheet with Agensi Innovasi Malaysia and QuestMark Group. An important step for us but marking the begining of our journey and the challenges to come. The excitement at the prospect of moving ahead with greater momentum is palpable, the entire team is galvanized [...]
Posted in Industry News, Opinion on Jun 16th, 2011
The ultimate model which addresses all possible aspects of environmental sustainability in rubber recycling is still Devulcanization but should start right from the collection of tires. This means the starting point should be at the tire collection centers or in the US possibly at the landfills. Here we are not talking about solid waste management [...]
Posted in Industry News on Mar 2nd, 2011
RUBBER ASIA MARCH – APRIL 2011 It did not come as a surprise when Sekhar Research Innovations (SRI) Sdn Bhd won the cleantech innovation award from the international technology consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan. SRI’s devulcanising process, which is a closed-loop rubber recycling solution that can match the volume requirements of rubber manufacturing, is not [...]
Posted in Industry News, Opinion on Feb 1st, 2011
By GEOFFREY YEOW star2green@thestar.com.my TYRES. They are on our cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles. Yet, how many of us actually know what happens to them once they outlive their usefulness? The issue of scrap tyre recycling is often placed down the pecking order after the primary worries of illegal logging, open burning and other forms [...]
Posted in Opinion on Jan 18th, 2011
Two industry organizations are objecting to a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would designate scrap tires as a “solid waste.” If the regulations are adopted, manufacturers that currently utilize tire-derived fuel (TDF) — such as cement kilns and paper mills — will have to operate under the tougher standards directed at commercial [...]
Posted in Opinion on Jan 8th, 2011
The smell of a burning tire is unforgettably putrid, but so far recycling technology has been unable to resurrect dead wheels. Millions and millions get discarded every year. Now a Malaysian startup says they have an answer. Read More
Posted in Opinion on Jan 3rd, 2011
Moving aggressively forward in our work with tyre manufacturers in 2011. While we may be at varying stages of evaluation with several tyre manufacturers globally we are breaking into 2011 straight into tyre building trials with a major producer. This effectively means a fast forward in terms of our move to addressing the global scrap [...]
Posted in Opinion on Nov 19th, 2010
The misconception that End of Life passenger car tires have no real value needs to be challenged and corrected. Today there are a few plants scattered around the world that crumb the material but it looks like the vast majority are incinerated as tire derived fuel (TDF). The approach to tire recycling thus far has [...]
Posted in Opinion on Oct 14th, 2010
The 12th of October 2010 was an interesting day, there we were signing our agreement with the MRB (Malaysian Rubber Board) at the same time as agreements were being signed with MARDEC and FELDA represented by their CEO’s. While it was nice to be operating on the same level as these enormous companies, it really [...]
Posted in Opinion on Nov 24th, 2009
A few days ago I saw an interesting article about a big rubber scrap (tire) rubber recycling operation being set up in Houston. Actually what was interesting was the way in which they justified the process and it’s viability, they were trying to compare the production of crumb as a superior recycling solution to the [...]
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