- Plant to be built on the Moselle near the border triangle
- Planned recycling capacity of 22,400 tonnes of end-of-life tyres per year
- Groundbreaking will take place in July 2025
- Planned commissioning in early 2027
- Financing talks at an advanced stage
Dillingen /Saar, 26 June 2025 – The Pyrum GreenFactory II GmbH yesterday received approval for the early start of construction of the new Pyrum plant in Perl-Besch. Pyrum GreenFactory II GmbH is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Pyrum AG. Subsidiaries of Pyrum Innovations AG (ISIN: DE000A2G8ZX8), which was founded last year to operate the new Pyrum plant. With the new plant, Pyrum is expanding its Recycling capacities in Saarland – it is already the second own location that the company will build and operate independently.
Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG: „Now that these authorisations have been granted, nothing stands in the way of the ground-breaking ceremony. Our second own plant marks the next important step in our Rollout plan. We are delighted to finally be able to move on to the construction phase. With the new plant, we are not only doubling our recycling capacities, but are also setting another example for the future. Sustainable tyre recycling.”
The plant is to be built on an area of around 25,000 m2 at the new site in Perl-Besch near the border triangle between Germany, France and Luxembourg and will have an annual production capacity of Recycling capacity of 22,400 tonnes of used tyres have. The convenient location with direct links to the Moselle, existing railway lines and the nearby motorway offers ideal logistical conditions for the delivery of used tyres and the removal of the products produced. Various delivery routes are currently being examined in order to make operations as efficient and environmentally friendly as possible. Now that approval has been granted for the early start of construction, the first Tenders begin.
Kai Winkelmann, CFO of Pyrum Innovations AG, adds: “To finance the equity portion of the new plants in Perl-Besch and in the Czech Republic, the first part of the Credit line from BASF of EUR 25 million, which was agreed at the end of 2023. In addition, we are in advanced, positive discussions with various financing partners, including a European bank. Major bank. If the financing talks are successfully concluded, both projects would be fully financed and the basis for accessing the second part of the loan committed by BASF in the amount of a further EUR 25 million created. This would provide the company with additional financing in the high double-digit million range for further projects in the rollout plan.”
The Ground-breaking ceremony for the second Pyrum-owned plant will take place in July 2025 at the new site in Perl-Besch. Further information on the start of construction will be published shortly. The Commissioning is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2027 if construction progresses according to plan.
