Siemens now in European tyre recycling alliance to advance digital transformation 

What happened: Siemens AG joined the Alliance for the Future of Tyres to strengthen efforts toward a sustainable and circular tyre industry through digitalization and automation. Siemens brings expertise in industrial automation, digital engineering and data-driven process optimization to the European-wide AZuR network. The partnership targets the full lifecycle of tyres from production and use to recycling and recovery 

Why it matters: Digital twins enable simulation of processes from individual tyres to complete production and recycling facilities. This allows testing of developments, process adjustments and new procedures without physical prototypes. The focus sits on the end-of-life segment of tyres where digital solutions support plant design and operations for tyre recycling and retreading.

Industry context: The collaboration aims to accelerate development of sustainable processes through targeted digitalization. Data tracking technologies support transparent documentation across all tyre life phases. The approach addresses circular economy requirements in the tyre sector.

Our take: Automation providers and core circular economy participants coming together is a partnership that could compress development cycles for new processing methods and also allow value creation in waste stream optimization.