Scrap Tire News

14 • STN June 2013 Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.com www.libertytire.com • 412.562.1700 Protecting the environment is in our roots. Liberty Tire Recycling is the first and only crumb rubber manufacturer to receive GREENGUARD Synthetic Turf Certification for infill products. GREENGUARD Environmental Institute is an independent organization that strives to improve public health and quality of life through programs that reduce chemical exposure and improve indoor air quality. Liberty Tire Recycling is dedicated to developing products and processes that are good for the environment, our future, and you. LTR Scrap Tire News Ad_Jan 2013_v3_Layout 1 3/4/13 9:27 AM Page 1 New Name, Expansion On Tap For SC Tire Recycler Viva Recycling, which set up shop in Moncks Corner, SC in 2011 as Tire International, plans to use $15.7 million in fi- nancing provided by the S.C. Jobs-Economic Development Authority (EDA) to expand operations. The company manufactures products from recycled rubber, derived from scrap tires. Their products, marketed under the well-established PermaLife brand include playground cover, rubber mulch, various molded flooring products, infill for artificial playing fields, infill for equestrian use and industrial products used in asphalt and other applications. The company is using the economic development funding to renovate, retool and expand operations at the existing rubber recycling plant on the site. The expansion is creating 60 jobs and setting a goal to sur- pass 100 new jobs by the end of 2013, EDA's press release stated. "With EDA's help we've created a zero-discharge plant that is both environmentally and economically responsible, and we're bringing new jobs to the community," Marty Sergi, CFO of Viva, said in a news release. "We've taken a failing business and converted it into a thriving enterprise, now fully in com- pliance with the state's environmental laws." u Dash Multi-Corp Expands Business Dash Multi-Corp Inc. expanded its polyurethane tire-relat- ed business with the acquisition of Pathway Polymers, Inc. and Arnco Inc. last month. Pathway Polymers, a supplier of polyurethane tire fill mate- rial and equipment, will be part of the Dash tire fill busi- ness in the polyurethane systems business unit. Pathway has executive offices in Alpharetta, Ga., an a manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tenn. Company officials said Pathway's business is complemen- tary to the tire fill business of Dash's Arnco unit, which Dash's parent company Arsenal Capital Partners, acquired May 1. Pathway Polymers invented TyrFil, the first polyurethane tire fill material used to replace air in tires to "flatproof" them. Pathway also owns a patented AutoFil Recycler Sys- tem to recycle post-consumer tire fill and pneumatic tires. Last year, Dash opened an 80,000-square-foot rubber recycling facility in Portland, OR with capacity to process 5 million tires a year to produce crumb rubber which it uses in the manufac- ture of recycled rubber products. Sales of its rubber products, which are used in gyms and sports tracks, grew 7 percent last year, according to the St. Louis Business Journal . u