Recovered Carbon Black Europe

7:45am

Registration and welcome refreshments

8:30am

Smithers welcome

8:35am

SESSION 1: rCB MARKET OVERVIEW AND INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

Chair’s opening presentation

Martin Von Wolfersdorff | Principal Advisor, Wolfersdorff Consulting

8:55am

The Year in Carbon Black, with a focus on Europe

Paul Ita | President, Notch Consulting

9:20am

Tyre company outlook

tbc

9:45am

Update on ASTM Committee D36 on rCB

10:10am

Networking refreshment break

10:55am

Keynote CEO panel session: current demands and future outlook

Moderator:
David Shaw, CEO, Tire Industry Research
Panellists:
Tony Wibbeler, CEO, Bolder Industries
Pascal Klein, Co-founder and CEO, Pyrum Innovations AG
Robert Harper, CEO, Circtec

11:40am

EU Regulatory tools to tackle illegal ELT exports and enable a single market for recycled materials

The current situation of illegal exports of End-of-Life Tyres (ELT) from Europe to countries with less stringent environmental and treatment obligations implies the loss of valuable materials for the European Market and create serious environmental and health risks. However, the Waste Shipment Regulation aims to ensure that the EU does not export its waste challenges to third countries and contributes to environmentally sound management of waste. This presentation will discuss the regulatory tools that the EU could leverage to avoid these exports and enable a single market recycled materials.

12:00pm

BB&G’s pathway & learnings to close the loop in the tire industry

12:20pm

20 years challenge in tire pyrolysis industry

12:50pm

Networking lunch break

1:50pm

SESSION 2: APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTS AND DELIVERY TO MARKET

The Tire Materials Development Cycle: Why it takes 3 to 5 years to get a new material into a tire

2:15pm

RCB Purification Methods and Automotive Coatings Applications RCB Purification Methods and Automotive Coatings Applications

2:40pm

The industrial revolution of rCB has begun

3:05pm

Afternoon networking refreshment break

3:50pm

SESSION 3: ELT FEEDSTOCKS

Sorting for better recycling

How can we sort 1,200 tires an hour ?

What do we do with sorted tires ?
Why is sorting essential for pyrolysis ?
How can we improve the quality of output flows to move from waste to product ? More specifically, how can sorting improve rCB quality ?
How to bring traceability to tire recycling ?
What advantages will the Digital Product Passport, via RFID, bring to tire sorting ?

4:15pm

Securing the Future of ELT Feedstock: Unlocking Value Across the rCB Supply Chain

4:40pm

rCB performance improvements through End of Life Tires collection, selection and deconstruction. The impact on circularity measures

5:05pm

Chairs summary and end of day one

5:15pm

Networking drinks reception

8:00am

Welcome refreshments

8:35am

SESSION 4: rCB CHARACTERISATION

Driving Standardization and Performance: Aligning rCB Specifications with Industry Needs

9:00am

Raman Spectroscopy: A Valuable Tool for Characterization of Recovered Carbon Black

9:25am

Dispersion Kinetics of Carbonaceous Materials in Elastomer Mixing

9:50am

Benchmarking the Black: Unraveling Rheological and Physical Performance in recovered Carbon Black (rCB) Rubber Compounds

10:15am

Morning networking refreshment break

8:45am

Chair’s welcome

11:00am

SESSION 5: TPO UPDATES AND APPLICATIONS

TPO Market update / overview

1:30pm

rCB for Beginners & Experts

Led by Martin Von Wolfersdorff, Principal Advisor of Wolfersdorff Consulting

Tuesday 4 November 2025 | 14:00 - 17:00 CET | Barcelona, Spain

Workshop Agenda

13:30 - Workshop registration / refreshments

14:00 - Workshop Introduction

14:15 - Introduction to rCB

This session will explain rCB in easy terms also to non-technical colleagues, investors and everyone attending Recovered Carbon Black Europe for the first time.
Why does rCB unlock business viability of tyre pyrolysis technology?
How does curating ELT feedstocks help rCB production?
Is rCB a commodity yet?
Can it be sold?
What is the supply & demand and who are the customers?
We will cover all of these questions and of course any other questions you might have.

15:00 - Current state of rCB

This session will analyse the current state, show mega-trends in the industry and give company success stories and application examples.
rCB terminology, standards and specifications, which are currently under review in the June ASTM meetings, will be important topics.
We will also invite rCB companies in the audience to briefly introduce themselves to the workshop community.

15:45 - Refreshment Break

16:00 - Future of rCB

Here we will discuss new technologies, new concepts, new applications and new ideas, such as ELT feedstock sorting, ash leaching, activation and new process technologies.
It will again be possible to contribute your innovation and to introduce your company on the day.

16:45 - Q&A

17:00 - End of Workshop

More presenters will be announced soon, if you have some words to say or want to introduce yourself in the workshop as an attendee, we will have microphones for that!

Tickets are €449 in-conjunction with your conference ticket!

Speakers

Agenda