The Future Of Molded and Extruded Rubber Recycling Rubber Recycling 2004 October 2022 Mary B' Sikora

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The Future Of Molded and Extruded Rubber
Recycling Rubber Recycling 2004October
20-22Mary B. Sikora
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Scope

• 70 U.S. manufacturers of molded and extruded
  recycled rubber products
• 23 Canadian manufacturers of molded and extruded
  recycled rubber products
• consumed approximately 325 lbs. of recycled
  rubber in 2003
• historically growing market

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Molded Extruded Products

• Year Market Demand
• 1995 74 million lbs.
• 1996 140 million lbs.
• 1997 170 million lbs.
• 1998 190 million lbs.
• 1999 213 million lbs.
• 2000 256 million lbs.
• 2001 307 million lbs.
• 2002 304 million lbs.
• 2003 325 million lbs.
• Source Scrap Tire Rubber Users Directory

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Market Characteristics

• complex network of products and service offerings
• variety distribution and production strategies
• multiple target markets
• difficult to track recycled rubber use
• market size and scope difficult to quantify
• potential growth 40 or more in the next five
  years

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Growth Drivers

• increasing supply of high quality ground rubber
• the ability of ground rubber producers to meet
  manufacturers specifications
• newly improved moisture-curing urethane binders
  and other additives
• greater industry experience in compounding with
  recycling rubber
• innovations in equipment molding technologies
• education and training efforts

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Challenges

• high capital costs
• competition for rubber supply
• supply / demand imbalances
• cost-effective distribution
• consistent supply of quality material
• increasing demand for all black materials
• particle distribution affecting quality

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Marketing Challenges

• Enough product ideas
• Uniqueness
• color
• creating a different aspect
• using recycled effectively
• branding

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Future

• develop products that people can use
• continuous improvement programs
• ISO certification
• standards / specifications
• best practices
• high quality and high service levels
• relationship with suppliers, competitors,
  customers
• new product development
• RCC and other programs