Stephan Rau

With a Dipl. -Ing. and master's in mechanical engineering, Stephan Rau started at Magna Car Top Systems as a test engineer in 2000. He moved to Michelin Reifenwerke in 2006, where he undertook various roles – technical account manager truck, test manager, Michelin Challenge Bibdendum and head of product and motorsports communication. Rau has been managing technical director at the German Rubber Manufacturer's Association since moving from Michelin Reifenwerke in 2013.

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Presentation

Where have all the tires gone?

The circular economy for used tires is a good example of recycling that works. Keeping it that way depends on reliable market statistics. The German Rubber Manufacturers Association (wdk) has been recording the volume of used tires in Germany for almost a quarter of a century and draws important conclusions from this. However, waste tire disposal companies and recyclers have been recording dwindling volumes on the German market for some time. It is suspected that these quantities are being exported to non-EU countries to be incinerated or recycled using environmentally unsound methods.