Recovered Carbon Black Conference is returning in 2023, over 280 rCB representatives joined us at Recovered Carbon Black Conference 2022 as it sold out a month before. 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 includes:
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.
Educated at Oxford and The Royal Military Academy, Robert Harper has been an industrial technology entrepreneur in the circular chemicals and renewable energy sectors for 14 years. This has involved innovating and scaling several plant technologies from lab concept through to scaled production and the production of novel sustainable fuels and circular chemicals under long-term contracts with several major multinationals. He is the Co-founder and Deputy CEO of Circtec, in which role he is currently focussed on deploying a new flagship plant scale-up in the Netherlands. He pioneered the first ever REACh registration for tyre pyrolysis products in 2015 and the first ever ISCC registration for tyre pyrolysis products in 2017. In 2021 Circtec and Birla Carbon announced a long-term supply agreement and partnership for sustainability. Circtec has 2 operational plants and a third under construction, and holds full permits for 250,000 tonnes per year of end-of-life tyre processing capacity in Europe.
Thomas has been leading the transformation of Enviro since 2016, from an innovative technology company to an industrialization- and commercialization focused pioneer. In addition to heading Enviro he is a member of the board of the Joint Venture company where also Antin Infrastructure Partners and Michelin are represented. The JV is the first large scale tire recycling group in the world and will build capacity of 1-million-ton ELT per year in Europe. Thomas has international experience through multiple senior positions in Sweden and China, where he also was a member of the board of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. He has a Diploma in Management, Marketing and Economics from IHM Business School in Gothenburg, Diploma in Designing and Executing Strategies (Harvard Executive Program), Sustainable Business Strategy (Harvard Business School Online), Certificate of Circular Economy – Sustainable material management (Lund University), Impact Measurement & Management for the SDG:s, business (Duke University).
Pierre Laurent has been working for Michelin as a material designer in various domains for the past ten years. He is now in charge of developing new reinforcing fillers with a strong focus on sustainability and performances. Pierre holds an chemical engineering degree and a PhD in organometallic chemistry.
- Mr. Musaio has been working at Bridgestone since ‘95.
- He has 18 years in R&D - Head of compounding & materials development.
- Also, he has 8 years in Procurement - Head BSEMIA Direct/ Indirect Procurement.
-Since Jan’21 Mr. Musaio is undertaking the role of Head of End of Life Tires & Circular Economy (BSEMIA).
Tony leads Bolder Industries with a great passion for protecting our environment, creating innovative products, and enhancing the lives of our employees. He founded Bolder Industries in 2011 after seeing inefficiencies in the recycling industry while operating three landfills in Central Florida. Drawing on his past experiences in the innovative field of medical devices, Tony looked for new and better ways to handle waste streams.
Tony graduated from Ball State University with a degree in Industrial Manufacturing Technology. He has led Bolder Industries to numerous business awards, including Environmental Leader’s “Top Product of the Year” for BolderBlack® and “Breakout Company of the Year” from the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association. Outside of the office, Tony loves to ski, mountain bike, and cheer for Bronco’s football. Leveraging his past experiences in the field of medical devices and the recycling industry, Mr. Wibbeler founded Bolder Industries in 2011 to develop innovative, closed-loop solutions to reduce and recycle various waste streams starting with waste tires. He has led Bolder Industries to numerous business and innovation awards, including Environmental Leader’s “Top Product of the Year,” “Breakout Company of the Year,” from the Colorado Cleantech Industries Association, and “Energy Manufacturer of the Year” from the Colorado Manufacturing Awards.
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.
