Proven technology with more than 20 years of experience

At the end of the '70s, the idea of establishing a plant for the recycling of scrap tyres was born. The automotive industry was booming and the waste problem with very slowly degrading scrap tyres in landfills and nature started to be addressed.

During the '80s the idea was further developed, and in 1990, the first plant for recycling of scrap tyres became a reality in Viborg, Denmark. Through the '90s the plant was continually improved and adjusted accordingly. The input capacity of the Danish plant was 35,000 tonnes of mixed scrap tyres (passenger car, van, truck, tractor and big earth moving tyres). By 2011 the capacity has been doubled to 70,000 tonnes of tyre input.

In 2003, on the basis of the knowledge and experiences gained from the Danish plant, Genan opened a larger (input capacity 65,000 tonnes a year) recycling plant in Oranienburg on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany.

5 years later, in 2008, a plant with a similar capacity opened in Dorsten, NRW, Germany.

The Genan plant strategy in Germany has been completed in 2010 when another 70,000 tonnes plant has started operation in Kammlach, Bavaria.

Genan is now expanding its operations with its first plant in the USA, the world's largest of its kind, in Houston, Texas, USA.
 

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