German end-of-life tyre (ELT) recycler Pyrum Innovations said it plans to start construction on a new plant in Perl-Besch, Germany on 14 November.
The facility will have a nameplate recycling capacity of 22,000 t/yr of ELTs and is scheduled to begin operations in 2027. Pyrum said site preparations are complete and long lead-time components have been ordered. Once operational, Perl-Besch will be the firm's largest plant and will more than double its current recycling capacity.
Pyrum is also expanding its tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO) and recovered carbon black (rCB) plant in Dillingen, Germany by adding two new pyrolysis reactors. But after lower-than-expected output, the company said in an earlier statement it had postponed major investments in plant components from the second half of 2025 to the first half of 2026.
The firm has also faced throughput bottlenecks at Dillingen's rCB unit. While the grinding process has reached its target of 1,650 kg/hr, the pelletisation stage has lagged. Pyrum said the issue is related to the transport of material between the two stages and said it is working on a solution.
Once expanded, the Dillingen plant will have a nameplate capacity of 20,000 t/yr of TPO, up from 6,600 t/yr currently.
