Recovered Carbon Black Conference returned in 2023, with over 380 rCB representatives. As Europe's leading rCB industry event, the conference provides a unique opportunity for delegates to get the latest industry information and network face-to-face with global experts
2023 highlights included:
2023 Workshop "Introduction to recovered Carbon Black" | Monday 6 November 2023:
"Introduction to recovered Carbon Black" is an introductory workshop to recovered carbon black that will give you all required knowledge to put the conference presentations into the correct context.
If you attend the recovered Carbon Black Conference 2023 as a subject matter expert or as an industry newcomer and you require a good overview on recovered carbon black and the tire pyrolysis industry, this workshop is for you.
Fabien Gaboriaud has a PhD in Materials Science and has spent his entire career in Research and Development in the materials domain. For 13 years he was a researcher at CNRS (Centre National Recherche Scientifique) Nancy University and for 14 years he worked in different positions in Michelin’s R&D Group. Fabien has been Material Research Director since 2017, with responsibility for developing disruptive material innovations for tyre applications, as well as for the new division of high tech materials - in particular within the domaines of hydrogen, medical and flexible composites. In July 2023 Fabien was appointed as Senior Vice President Sustainable Materials and Circularity for the Michelin Group.
Aatif joined Cabot in 2013 in the company’s purification solutions business, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in global marketing and global product management. Since 2019, he has served as the vice president of marketing and strategy in Cabot’s reinforcement materials business, where he leads the global marketing team, driving both organic and inorganic strategies for the group. Prior to joining Cabot, Aatif worked in business development and mergers and acquisitions management at Avery Dennison Corporation. Aatif holds a BTech in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and an MA in business administration.
Dr. Xin Tan graduated with her Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science from the University of Akron in 2017. She joined Dow Shanghai in 2018, where she successively served as the technical support and application development scientist for EPDM and APAC application technology leader of hot melt adhesive. She has built extensive expertise in industrial rubber applications including weatherstrip, hoses, belts, molded rubber goods, TPV, rubber chemical masterbatch, etc. Xin joined Cabot in 2022 as Sr. Scientist working on the research and application development of sustainable reinforcement materials and elastomer composites. She has nine papers published on peer reviewed technical journals and five patent applications.
Andrea Ravasio is the R&D Director Europe & Asia at HEXPOL COMPOUNDING, responsible for R&D operations of thermoset elastomers related business units. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry with thesis on post-metallocene catalysis for olefin polymerization in 2008. But he has always been passionate of all polymer chemistry. Working in the rubber field allows him to explore and practice with plenty of different materials in the most diverse applications. Recently, he is actively involved in the transition phase to sustainable rubber compounds at HEXPOL.
Yusuf Güner graduated with a BSc and MSc from the Middle East Technical University Chemistry Department in 1998 and 2003 respectively. He joined Standard Profil Group in 2003 where he has worked in different positions, most recently as R&D Materials Expert. Yusuf lectures on Extrusion Technology at Düzce University where he is also doing his Phd in the Composite Materials Technology Research Group. He has over 20 years of experience in rubber formulations and has had ten international articles published.
Daniel joined Continental in 2017 and has held several positions in material and product development in Continental’s tires business sector. Since 2021, he is leading the development of sustainable materials within Continental’s business sector ContiTech. In this context, he passionately works on strategic as well as operational topics and drives the implementation of more sustainable materials into ContiTech’s material and product portfolio. Daniel is a trained chemist with a PhD in material- and nanochemistry.
Loïc graduated from the National School of Chemistry, Montpellier with a specialisation in Material Chemistry in 2011 and started a PhD with Hutchinson and the IMP laboratory in the INSA Lyon on the development of additives for the adhesion of silicone elastomers onto metals. In 2014 he joined the Research and Innovation Center at Hutchinson as Research Engineer and is in charge of the development of rubber materials to fulfil customers’ specifications and to develop new concepts/properties; he is also responsible for textiles. In 2021 Loïc took charge of the “sustainability program” for rubber formulation with the benchmark and assessment of new raw materials for the development of lower carbon footprint rubber formulations.
Vishesh Agarwal is CEO of Royal Carbon Black Ltd and has been involved in the management of the group since 2011. He is also a Director of the Association for Rubber & Tyre Recyclers across India (AIRTRA) and a committee member of both the NITI Aayog report on the circular economy in tyre recycling and the Ministry of Environment, Forest (MoEF) report on EPR for tyres. He is a panel member on BIS for making crumb rubber standards, a convenor of the BIS panel on rCB and a member of the ASTM committee on rCB. Mr Agarwal is a graduate of Babson College in Boston, USA.
In April 2022 Frank joined Bolder Industries as Technical Sales Manager, BolderBlack Europe where is responsible for sourcing clients and selling BolderBlack to the EU market.
Frank’s career started in a lab for Melchert Electronik (electroplating), Degussa, Evonik and Orion Engineered Carbons. He then moved on to sales with Azelis, Black Bear and Philips Carbon Black Ltd (now PCBL Ltd.).
Frank has a chemical and technical background and work in the Carbon Black industries since 1994.
His Carbon Black journey started at Degussa AG in the QC lab (Carbon Black and Carbon Black oil) and moved then to QM and R&D (CB production). In 2011 he moved to the R&D and application department and trained customers and employees in using and producing Carbon Black. At this stage he was the deputy head of the application department (Rubber, Specialties and R&D).
Frank has also an education as a firefighter and was the deputy head of the Kalscheuren plant fire department from Orion Engineered Carbons in Cologne.
Frank lives in Germany, speaks German, English and French. He enjoys time with his family, music, cooking and hiking in his spare time.
Until 2019 he was involved in the volunteer fire brigade as Fire Chief Inspector in his home town.
Prof. Dr. Jorge Lacayo-Pineda is Head of the Expert Field for Materials Evaluation at Continental, Tires, and has hold different executive positions in the Materials Labs of Continental since 1998. He is Honorary Professor at the Leibniz University of Hanover and Visiting Professor at the Qingdao University of Science & Technology. He is Chairman of Sub-Committee D11.20 Rubber Compounding Materials & Processes of ASTM International, member of the US Delegation to ISO TC 45 – Rubber & Rubber Products, Convener of the ISO Working Group TC45/SC2/WG5 Chemical Tests of Rubber, and member of the Board Council of the German Rubber Society.
Pieter ter Haar is an expert in recovered carbon black (rCB), pyrolysis, and is a former rubber compounder. He has extensive expertise managing R&D for rCB companies in Europe and North America. After obtaining his Chemistry degree from the Hanze University (Groningen, the Netherlands) he worked as a Rubber Compounder for Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Belting in the Netherlands, where he was in charge of sustainability development of rubber compounds. Pieter joined Pyrolyx/cct Stegelitz in 2015 to develop, build, and manage the first R&D competence center fully dedicated to rCB research. He is one of the founding members of ASTM committee D36 on recovered carbon black, and in his current role as Vice Chair, he leads various task groups within the committee. Pieter is currently president of Terhaar Consulting Inc. in Ontario Canada and consults internationally on various topics related to sustainability, pyrolysis and recovered Carbon Black and is part of the advisory committee for “Recovered Carbon Black World”.
Katie Tuttle is a Global Marketing Manager for Sustainable Solutions at Cabot Corporation, responsible for overall program management and execution of sustainability related initiatives within the Reinforcement Materials business segment. Katie received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Master of Business Administration from The University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School. Katie brings 10+ years of experience within the chemical industry, specifically in the plastics and automotive value chains, where she's held various roles in engineering and commercial functions.
