first Edition
NextLap – 1st. Edition
For the course of 9 months, innovators and several industry partners have collaborated and worked on new solutions, with the guidance and insights of Valorpneu and Genan.
NextLap
ALUMNI
NextLap selected 14 startups to pilot innovative and ready-to-implement solutions focused on the end-of-life tyres and their derived components – rubber, steel, and textile.
Meet the Innovators from the first edition:
Arduro Sustainable Rubber Inc.
Manufacturing company that converts waste tires back into their primary components (rubber, carbon black and steel).
CITEVE
Development of nonwoven textile structures with enhanced acoustic and insulation performance, flammability, thermal insulation, vibration and impact absorption.
Greenrail
Railway composed sleeper, that uses 35 tons of ELT and plastic per km.
Hanger
Pretends to build buckets made from recycled tires to facilitate the transport of wetsuits.
Pavnext
Pavement device for speed reduction areas that converts vehicles’ kinetic energy into electrical which can be used for road illumination or traffic light signs, supporting road safety and optimizing energy consumption.
Rubber Link
Produces new pieces using devulcanization process, that can also be used as modifier polymer for asphalt.
RUCONBAR
Sustainable concrete noise barrier, composed of a ELT rubber absorbing layer.
SAFERUP-UNIBO-RISE SDAB PROTECTVU
Rubber pavement that reduces vulnerable road users’ injuries through durable, softer, and greener materials to the environment.
Space Blue Limited
Graphene enhanced recycled rubber floor mat for different purposes (e.g. anti-fatigue and anti-slip for gyms, homes, playgrounds).
Tintex
Development of different solutions for Thermal insulation, Greenroofs, ELT Processes.
Van Dyck
Sustainable rubber flooring for different purposes (e.g. gyms, playgrounds).
VESO Green Composites
Development and manufacture of solutions using bio-based and reused materials.
