Yogesh Gaikwad

Yogesh Gaikwad, a technical consultant for carbon black, recently joined the Weibold team. Gaikwad has 13+ years of experience in chemicals and material science. Throughout his career, he has been analyzing petroleum products and participating in leading R&D projects in the carbon black industry. An MSc graduate in inorganic chemistry from the University of Mumbai, Gaikwad has worked with carbon black production technologies and feedstock, focusing on final product applications. Working as a lab analyst, quality assurance officer, research associate, laboratory manager, technical and product development manager, he has supported Gharda Chemicals, Geo Chemical Laboratories, Birla Carbon, Phillips Carbon Black and BKT Carbon. Working with Weibold, Gaikwad is actively involved in pyrolysis technology evaluation studies, pyrolysis plant upgrade projects, recovered carbon black market research, rCB quality standardization and other activities related to tire pyrolysis and recovered carbon black.

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Presentation

rCB volume update and its suitability for tire manufacturers

The tire pyrolysis industry has been gaining a lot of momentum. There are confirmed projects in Europe which will see increases in recovered Carbon Black supplies from 62,400 to 693,900 tons within this decade. The presentation will give an update about the serious projects/volumes/timelines on the one hand, and an overview of the progress and success the rCB manufacturers have with supplying rCB to the tire industry and related industries. It will also discuss barriers of entry (looked at from both sides: from the tire manufacturer's and from the rCB manufacturer's point of view).