Bolder Industries Expands U.S. Capacity

New Terre Haute buildout and European project advance global supply network for BolderBlack® and BolderOil™

As global demand soars for proven circular raw materials, Bolder Industries, circular solutions provider for the rubber, plastics, and petrochemical industries, announced it is expanding both its U.S. and European operations at the 2025 Global Polymer Summit in Cleveland last month, saying it is scaling its global footprint to meet this demand.

Since 2019, through its Maryville, Missouri facility, Bolder has delivered commercially proven solutions across more than 3,000 applications in tires, rubber, plastics, and coatings. Building on this momentum, the company is investing in its Terre Haute, Indiana facility and its Antwerp, Belgium project in the Port of Antwerp’s NextGen District.

The Terre Haute expansion, scheduled for completion in 2026, will feature four proprietary reactors within its 66,000-square-foot facility. The site will recycle 6.6 million end-of-life tires annually, producing nearly 18,000 MT of BolderBlack® and 21,000 MT of BolderOil™, delivering sustainable alternatives to virgin carbon black and fossil-based oils.

In Europe, Bolder is advancing its Antwerp facility through the N2TR: NextGen Thermal Tire Re-use Project, co-funded by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Slated for full capacity in Spring 2027, the site will anchor a global supply network.

“Too often, ‘innovation’ stops at the pilot stage. Our success is measured in thousands of metric tons, not truckloads, because manufacturers need dependable supply to make sustainability a real part of their business,” said Tony Wibbeler, founder and CEO of Bolder Industries.

Nate Murphy, Head of Technology at Bolder Industries said its customers’ formulations demand consistency and performance that match or exceed virgin materials.  Bolder’s flagship BolderBlack® product meets strict performance specs, while BolderOil™ delivers the right chemistry. Both products are ISCC PLUS certified, he said.

“We’ve built our process to scale without compromising on those technical parameters, so the results you get in the lab are the same results you see in production — whether that’s 30 metric tons or 3,000.”

Together, Bolder’s U.S. and EU expansions create a resilient supply network that helps manufacturers achieve performance and sustainability goals while scaling circularity worldwide. Made entirely from post-consumer and post-industrial end-of-life tires and carefully curated scrap rubber, Bolder products cut lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 85 percent compared to traditional production methods.

Leading brands use Bolder’s products across the automotive, construction, and consumer goods sectors. The company is ISO 9001 certified and holds a Silver EcoVadis rating.

© Scrap Tire News, October 2025