Research & Development at Contec with Klaudia Końska & Introducing Our New COO: The Contec Monthly #22
Welcome to the Contec Monthly, a newsletter published on LinkedIn for the greater recovered Carbon Black and tire recycling community. We feature blog articles on circularity in tire manufacturing, trending industry news, and more. Don't forget to subscribe to stay in touch!
In this edition, we highlight our commitment to producing high-quality recovered Carbon Black feedstock through a state-of-the-art R&D process. Junior R&D Manager, Klaudia Końska, gives an interview with more details.
Junior R&D Manager Klaudia Końska Tells Us About Contec's R&D Process ??
The final recovered circular products depend on the feedstock quality. At Contec, the intersection of collaboration, high-quality feedstock, and research and development enables us to ensure the quality and consistency of our products.
Our Junior R&D Manager, Klaudia Konska, tells us more about the process:
What is the secret to a productive collaboration and R&D process?
You need a clear goal. Once the product is defined, you can break the project into manageable milestones and allocate the resources to achieve these steps.?
What have been the greatest challenges so far?
One of our greatest challenges has been linking the recovered Carbon Black with commercially available standards to ensure the quality of our products. Even when some instruments were available on the market, only a few people had the experience to validate materials like rCB. Therefore, we needed to develop every method used in our lab.
Where would you like to see rCB being used in the future?
According to the policy of the circular economy, which we support at Contec, tires are the most important application. But at this stage, any other application that reduces the usage of fossil fuels is very important and helps the industry grow.
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Wojciech Paruzel is Contec's new COO ??
We're taking the next step in our expansion plans by onboarding?Wojciech Paruzel as Chief Operations Officer.
Previously, Wojciech Paruzel established operational standards in plants in Poland, China, Mexico, and Germany. With a huge experience leading international teams in Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, and Croatia, Paruzel's expertise will be crucial as we prepare for the?completion of our plant expansion work in Szczecin.
"I joined Contec because I admire their innovative approach to solving the problem of how recycled end-of-life tires can add value to emerging products in various industries. I see the potential in Contec to introduce groundbreaking technologies and strategies that can truly change how we interact with our natural environment."
As we aim to accelerate the transformation of the manufacturing industry towards carbon neutrality, Paruzel’s expertise in scaling businesses, serving customers, and fostering inclusive environments for employees will be key to support during the next phase of our growth plans.?
Welcome to the team!
Read our blog post to see the rest of our interview with Wojciech and connect with him on LinkedIn to stay in the loop.
The latest news in circular manufacturing ??
Every Friday, we publish three trending articles about the circular economy in our industry. Don’t miss what was published in the last month:
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