Tires

PolyDyne™ ground rubber compound produced from end-of-life tires provides compound cost savings, lower cost compound options, reduced landfill costs and supports circular and sustainable materials use

Lehigh’s technically advanced Micronized Rubber Powder (MRP) PolyDyne™, is used in a wide range of applications including passenger OEM and replacement passenger, truck, bus, agricultural, motorcycle and OTR. In addition, PolyDyne™ is used in a variety of tire compounds including traditional carbon black, low rolling resistance silica based and natural rubber.

PolyDyne™ is currently being incorporated into tires around the world, including North America, Europe, Asia and South America. To date, over 500+ million tires have been manufactured using Lehigh’s micronized rubber powder. Seven of the top ten tire companies use PolyDyne™ over 40 plants in 15 countries.

Benefits

Cost Reduction - Cost reduction product, reduces raw material costs by up to 30 percent while maintaining performance and safety

Cost Reduction

Cost reduction product, reduces raw material costs by up to 30 percent while maintaining performance and safety

Sustainability - Sustainable and renewable material in a circular process

Sustainability

Sustainable and renewable material in a circular process

Performance - Improved performance in targeted product applications

Performance

Improved performance in targeted product applications

What Tire Companies Are Saying About PolyDyne™


INNOVATE TO WIDEN OUR LEAD IN PRODUCT AND SERVICE PERFORMANCE

Contribute to the development of a circular economy by increasing the percentage of renewable or recycled materials in our tires to 30%.

Source: https://www.michelin.com/eng/sustainable-development/performance-and-responsibility/ambitions-for-2020

Michelin

Recycled Ground Rubber

Made from ground-up post consumer tires, it contributes to 5% of the tread compound in the Ecopia Tire

 

Source: BridgestoneTire.com

Bridgestone


We have a number of efforts going on in that direction[sustainability]. One of them is to recycle rubber. We are already using recycled rubber.

- Goodyear Chief Technical Officer, Jean-Claude Kihn

Source: TireBusiness.com

Goodyear

Percent usage of recycled rubber doubled between 2008 - 2016.

Source: Yokohama 2015 CSR Report

Yokohama

Our new eco-friendly tires, "ENASAVE 100"-the world's first* tires to be 100% free of fossil resources such as petroleum or coal.

Sumitomo

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Industrial Rubber

Lehigh’s PolyDyne® MRP which comes in a variety of chemistries (SBR/NR, Nitrile, and EPDM) are versatile and effective solutions for a wide range of industrial rubber applications.

Construction products

Lehigh has designed the MRP product ranges to deliver significant value across a variety of markets while reducing the environmental impact of end-of-life tires. It all comes down to a simple, compelling proposition: green for free.

Asphalt

Lehigh Technologies produces a number of products that are used to create the industries most robust Rubber Modified Asphalt (RMA) systems.

Plastics & Polyurethanes

Lehigh’s micronized rubber powders (MRP) are ideal additives for plastic applications that require the inherent benefits of rubber, such as flexibility and durability.

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