Over its lifetime, a tyre will have to be extremely sturdy in order to take the bumps and the heat that occur during driving. A strong and durable steel construction within the tyre is simply a matter of life and death for the driver. The tyre manufacturers know this, and therefore they never compromise on the quality of the steel.
The Genan technology includes an after treatment of the steel fraction, which makes it very clean and therefore extremely suitable for remelting in steel works. In addition to this, the steel fraction is compressed quite a lot to a density of approximately 800 kg/m3 compared to the standard 300 kg/m3.
This makes storage, transportation and handling much easier and very cost effective.
Genan steel conforms to well known standards for recycled steel, e.g. the German “Stahlschrottpreise index Sorte 2” which reports market prices on a regular basis.