Bolder Industries

Bolder Industries delivers transformative solutions for the rubber, plastics, and petrochemical industries that address global problems by providing sustainable, circular products from end-of-life tires (ELTs).

Our flagship product: BolderBlack is a sustainable carbon black alternative that replaces petroleum-derived carbon black as a rubber reinforcing agent and a black pigment in plastics. BolderBlack is 100% produced from post-consumer or post-industrial tires and rubber scrap.

Purpose

Bolder Industries was founded on, and continues to be guided by, four core principles:

REDUCE unnecessary landfilling or worse, lower greenhouse gas emissions, limit power consumption and water usage

CREATE local jobs

FOSTER a team/family environment

GENERATE profits (and have fun doing it!)

N2TR: Next Gen Thermal Tire Re-use

Bolder Industries is leading the NextGen Thermal Tire Re-use project (N2TR), a transformative initiative co-funded by the European Union Emissions Trading System - Innovation Fund.

Located in the NextGen District at the Port of Antwerp, this facility will apply Bolder’s proven, proprietary pyrolysis process to convert end-of-life tires into high-quality recovered carbon black (BolderBlack®), oil (BolderOil™), and gas, recovering 98% of each tire’s material content. This traceable, circular recycling process reduces lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 85% compared to virgin carbon black production and overcomes key technical barriers, enabling consistent quality. 

The project will process approximately 6 million tires annually, create more than 50 local jobs, and contribute to Europe’s climate targets, industrial resilience, and energy independence.