Support your sustainability goals without compromising on tire performance
You need to deliver on ambitious sustainability and performance targets while maintaining quality, durability, and cost competitiveness.
Rubber BioRefine is a molecular biorefining platform designed to help tire manufacturers see inside their materials with greater precision and build toward next-generation recycled, virgin-grade rubber.
WHAT WE OFFER TODAY
Better insight into tire compounds
Through Rubber BioRefine Imaging, Akin provides precision molecular imaging that helps tire manufacturers understand how critical compounds are distributed within rubber materials, earlier in the development process, where it has the most impact.
WHY IT MATTERS
A smarter route to more sustainable tire development
Tire wear particles are now the primary source of microplastics in environments like the Netherlands, and incoming EU Euro 7 standards are tightening compound performance requirements further. Better material insight isn't just an R&D advantage; it's becoming a compliance necessity.
Tire wear particles are the largest single source of microplastics in the Dutch environment. Source: RIVM, 2023.
Rubber BioRefine Imaging gives manufacturers precise visibility into how critical compounds are distributed within rubber materials, earlier in the development process, where it has the most impact. Well-blended formulations improve durability and reduce wear rates. Seeing that distribution at the molecular level means better decisions on compound selection, faster validation cycles, and a more defensible path toward the sustainability targets the industry is being held to.
It also creates a foundation for what comes next. Rubber BioRefine Recovery, currently in development, is designed to take that same molecular precision and apply it to upgrading recycled rubber into virgin-like material streams. Manufacturers who understand their materials better today will be better positioned to qualify and integrate higher-value recycled inputs tomorrow.
Why work with Akin
Akin combines expertise in molecular science, biotechnology, and engineering, backed by scientific partners at the Elastomer Competence Centre at the University of Twente, and supported by Rabobank and the Circular Rubber Platform.
Explore how Rubber BioRefine could support your tire development
Whether you're evaluating new compounds, improving formulation insight, or building toward more sustainable tire development, we'd be glad to talk.