Pyrum’s Second German Plant Regains Momentum Following Early Delays

Pyrum Innovations has announced that its planned tire recycling plant at Perl-Besch, Germany is moving ahead after delays caused by the need to prove stable production at its flagship end-of-life tire pyrolysis plant in Dillingen. According to CEO Pascal Klein, the company has achieved stable production of recovered carbon black (rCB) that meets customer quality requirements. The Dillingen plant is now producing “stable oil, stable gas, stable energy, and stable rCB,” with product quality and process reliability established. The remaining 10% of the Dillingen ramp-up is the quantity of rCB that comes out at the end, which can be addressed by increasing volume. To increase throughput, Pyrum is installing two additional conveying lines between the mill and pelletiser over the summer. Work at Perl-Besch slowed during the first quarter, but Pyrum used the time to redesign the next generation of its plants through a value engineering programme, aiming to simplify construction, shorten build times, and offset inflationary pressures. The revised engineering is expected to be completed by the end of June, after which Pyrum plans to begin ordering equipment for the Perl-Besch project. The improvements will also support the company’s planned projects in the Czech Republic and Greece, both of which had been awaiting proof of stable production at Dillingen.