'Clean and Green' rubber recycling equipment rolling into place at new production plant

Scrap tire disposal is on the move with efforts underway at a recycling facility sited on the U.S.-Canadian border. Magnum D’Or Resources, Inc. reports that initial shipments of equipment from its German supplier – Artech Recyclingtechnik – have arrived at the company’s new Recycling-Canada facility.

“Currently, we have received and accepted the first 11 sea-land containers of equipment at our facility in Magog, Quebec. Other ancillary equipment will continue to arrive over the next few months,” says Magnum CEO Joseph Glusic.

The company will soon begin fulfilling its open contracts by first producing nuggets, and then shift into production of finer grade rubber granules as it brings additional equipment on-line. Magnum plans to produce pure crumb rubber and ultra-fine rubber powders from the facility later this year or early next year.

“The time schedule for producing our most highly refined and cost effective products is dependent upon a number of parameters that include equipment delivery, set-up, training, fine tuning and verification of production volume quality control. Therefore, we will be ramping up production and producing various rubber products as we continuously add to and refine our operations,” says Glusic.

“Since each phase of the plant will produce a more refined product than the previous, it makes good sense to start production of our most basic products first, perfect our operation, then move on to the next step,” he adds.

“Magnum is positioning itself to be a comprehensive producer of disintegrated and reconstituted rubber products generated from scrap tires and other waste polymeric substances. It will be building, acquiring, and developing facilities and networks that provide cradle-to-grave product control and process to fulfill environmentally friendly green cycle of life products,” Glusic continues.

“At the same time, our business model will allow us to produce increasing amounts of revenue and earnings; this translates directly to the company bottom-line profit while being an eco-friendly entity and good neighbor for our planet.”

Magog is a rubber and plastics center that sits in the Estrie region and in the MRC Memphremagog. It benefits from an exceptional geographic location since it is situated on the Canadian-American border, according to Glusic. The facility is housed in 98,000-plus sq. ft. mixed use building located within the Technology Center of Magog on some 10 acres of land.

The plant will accommodate production lines for both nuggets and buffings. Magnum will be creating an array of ultra-fine rubber powders, EPDM powders, EPDM compounds, thermoplastics, and thermoplastics elastomers.

Magnum owns a number of patents for the re-composition of rubber, the production of EPDM powders, and EPDM compounds that “could potentially revolutionize the rubber recycling industry in North America and China,” says Glusic. The company also provides turnkey recycling plants, operational assistance, consulting services, waste management technology and heavy recycling equipment supplies for producing raw materials.