The products featured in Building Design Construction’s annual 101 Top Products report are reader selected. These are the products that consumers ask about and want to know more about, report developers said. Cosmos Rx, the newest flooring product in the Ecore International Commercial Rx Collection, was among the top picks. Cosmos Rx is sound absorbent […]

Replacing an athletic floor often creates a transition problem when the new floor rises 1/2 inch or more above the existing floor substrate California-based, SafePath Products solves the transition problem with recycled rubber transition ramps designed and engineered to meet specifications for safety and ADA compliance. The company makes recycled rubber CourtEdge™ reducer ramps ranging […]

When tire recyclers and stakeholders from across the tire industry gathered at the Scrap Tire Recycling Conference in Greenville, South Carolina in December 2019, changes in tire manufacturing—from new tire design technologies, to computerized tracking sensors— and their effect on tire processing and recycling took center stage. In a session addressing Future Tire Technologies & […]

New service includes tire recycling Get Spiffy, an on-demand car care, technology, and service company is expanding to enter the tire services market. Spiffy got its start improving the car wash and detailing customer experience, before branching out into maintenance services in 2017. Today Spiffy services over 1,000 vehicles per day, and estimates, 5-10 percent […]

The 2020 Scrap Tire & Rubber Users Directory is the one resource industry professionals rely on to locate scrap tire processors, recycled rubber reprocessors, product manufactuers, materials suppliers and a full range of processing machinery and ancillary equipment producers. The directory gives you access to the latest company and market details for more than 2,000 […]

PRTI®, a Franklinton, North Carolina-based thermal demanufacturing technology developer has agreed to sell a majority controlling position in the company to Energen Global LTD, based in Malta, with offices in the UK. The transaction, at an undisclosed value, returns capital to PRTI’s shareholders and provides growth funds for its rapid national expansion, PRTI said in […]

By Steve Meldrum Safe and sustainable recycling of tires has emerged as a top priority for tire manufacturers globally. With an estimated one billion ‘End of Life’ (EOL) tires generated every year, it has become imperative for manufacturers to focus on EOL tires, especially since most of them originate from passenger vehicles. A tire is […]

Sustainable apparel developer and manufacturer Frank And Oak has launched Nevasca, a winter boot made with recycled materials including recycled rubber and plant-dyed leather. Named after the Portuguese word for ’snowstorm’, the Nevasca boot is handcrafted and ethically made in a factory outside the city of Porto, Portugal. Billed as a “high-performance winter boot traditionally […]