Sustainable Feedstock Solutions

OUR Partners

BDI - BioEnergy International

In January 2024, the Rieckermann Group announced that they are pursuing a strategic investment in BDI-BioEnergy International (BDI). JR New Horizons, Rieckermann’s strategic investment arm, has secured equal shares in the company alongside EOSS and Kanzler Verfahrenstechnik (KVT), a long-term trusted business partner of Rieckermann. This investment unites the commitment and vision of a circular economy and decarbonization through green production.

With their additional know-how, Rieckermann is now able to provide comprehensive solutions for the conversion of waste to valuable products, e.g. biofuels, to their customers across Asia and the Middle East. BDI´s Biofuels plants can process a remarkable variety of waste oil streams including used cooking oils, animal fats, and other fatty feedstocks from any source.

Leveraging BDI´s expertise, Rieckermann can further provide advanced plastic chemical recycling solutions and retrofits of existing industrial Biofuel plants for increased raw material flexibility and product quality. Customers in the growing market for renewable fuels can be served with innovative processing solutions for hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO), as well as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).

BB&G

In May 2025, together with Prismore Capital and BDI-BioEnergy International GmbH, JR New Horizons GmbH have jointly acquired Grupo BB&G’s advanced tire pyrolysis technology through BB&G Recycling, a newly formed subsidiary. This strategic investment includes patents, know-how, a commercial plant in Portugal, and a collaboration agreement with industry leaders, Bridgestone EMEA and Versalis (ENI).

The innovative tire pyrolysis technology converts end-of-life tires into valuable products through a proprietary pyrolysis process. This process produces tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) and recovered carbon black (rCB), both of which can be utilized to manufacture new tires or alternative rubber-based products such as seals and compound-based plastic products.

This collaboration underscores the commitment of Rieckermann to driving sustainable innovation and addressing critical environmental challenges. By combining their expertise and resources, the joint venture is poised to make a significant impact on the tire recycling industry, promoting a circular economy and delivering high-quality, sustainable solutions to the market.

OUR TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS FOR CHEMICAL RECYCLING

for End-of-Life Tires

Company BB&G pioneered the tire pyrolysis process in Europe in the last 20 years. Since that time the company has developed into a well-known ELT Pyrolysis technology provider with a commercial plant in operation.

The two main products of this chemical recycling process are tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) and recovered carbon black (rCB).

The permanent focus on the highest quality of TPO and rCB has driven the technology development and made BB&G a unique specialist in this field.

The pyrolysis of BB&G is well established and is on the way to become an important step of the tire life cycle. Both pyrolysis products can be used as substitution of fossil based feedstocks for the production of new tires. This makes tire manufacturing more sustainable. Two worldwide known companies, Bridgestone EMEA and ENI Versalis, are partnering with BB&G in Europe on TPO off-take, this helps to close the circle.

end-of-life tire diagram

End-of-life tire pyrolysis

Press release: September 2nd 2024:

Bridgestone > Bridgestone announces the collaboration with ENI Versalis

ENI > ENI Versais confirms the collaboration with Bridgestone

Your advantages with BB&G tire pyrolysis are:

Fully certified technology and products
- End-of-waste stature for Portugal
- ISCC Plus certification (including GHG emission calculation)
- REACH certification

High quality products: TPO and rCB (proven by market leaders)
Best profitability through high TPO and rCB quality

for Plastics: SynCycle®

SynCycle

Well-known market trends in plastic recycling and the ultimate technical experience with the processing of pyrolysis made BDI look into chemical recycling. This is the short story how the SynCycle® technology was born.

SynCycle® provides a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution for key players in the plastics industry by chemically converting plastic waste into a valuable product: Pyrolysis circular oil.

This solution being an add-on to conventional mechanical recycling for plastics allows to process rejected polyolefinic waste. The circular oil can be used as a fossil-based feedstock substitute for production of new plastics.

The basic process is illustrated in the graphic below:
SynCycle diagram
Your advantages with BDI’s SynCycle®:

Modular design for adaptable plant capacity
Decentralized installation reduces transport emissions
Tailor-made plant solutions for specific needs
Scalable systems with multi-line expansion
Compact processing unit and combination of extruder and reactor for space efficiency
Advanced reactor system with multiple adjustable temperature zones
Localized value creation for economic and environmental benefits
High production capacity of 8000 tons per year, feedstock-dependent

BIOFUELS

BioDiesel - Multifeedstock

BioDiesel Multifeedstock

The BDI multi-feedstock process is engineered to convert a wide variety of waste and crude oils, including animal fats, used cooking oil (UCO), palm oil mill effluent (POME), grease trap waste, and all grades of crude palm oil (CPO), into high-quality biodiesel that meets and exceeds the EN 14214 standard.

The multi-feedstock technology can efficiently process feedstocks with free fatty acid (FFA) content of up to 30%; with additional processing units, levels of up to even 70% are also feasible. High conversion yields and superior biodiesel quality are comb¬ined with low operating and maintenance costs, offering a highly economical and sustainable solution for modern biofuel production.

The basic process is illustrated in the graphic below:
BioDiesel Multifeedstock diagram
Your advantages with BDI’s multi-feedstock technology:

Highest feedstock flexibility
Customized design
30 years of experience with waste-based feedstocks
Improved product yield
Improved OPEX

BioDiesel - RepCAT®

BioDiesel RepCAT

The BDI RepCAT® technology name stands for “Repeatable Catalyst” – a newly developed know-how for turning any hard to process fatty feedstock into the highest quality biodiesel.

With our technology you can process feedstock with very high contamination and FFA content (e.g. trap grease, black grease, acid oils from soap stock splitting and others). The unique technology with a recyclable catalyst allows to obtain above specs biodiesel and distilled glycerin.

The basic process is reflected in the block scheme below:

BioDiesel RepCAT

Your advantages with BDI’s RepCAT®:

Unlimited feedstock flexibility
Continuous process
Customized design
Analytical management based on 30 years of experience with waste oils
One distillation system to obtain:
- Biodiesel with quality exceeding market standards (improved water content, reduced monoglyceride content, etc.)
- Distilled quality Glycerin
- BHA (bio-heating agent = secondary quality biofuels)

Advanced Pre-Treatment

Advanced Pre-treatment

Latest trends in biofuels, the production of renewable diesel (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), have attracted many technology providers to develop the process for waste oils purification. This step is necessary for the further introduction of these feedstock oils for hydrotreatment (to ensure long lasting of highly sensitive hydrogenation catalysts).

Why are we different?

BDI has been developing purification technologies for contaminated waste oils for almost 30 years. The proof of our expertise are multiple successful installations in the biofuel sector. This unique expertise is applied in advanced pretreatment technology which targets not only high-quality UCO but much more challenging feedstocks like POME, animal fats and trap greases.

Main steps of the pretreatment process:

Advanced Pretreatment diagram

Your advantages with BDI’s advanced pretreatment process:

A customized solution designed for wide feedstocks range
Superior yield and OPEX
Waste oils process know-how transfer
Variable capacity: 50 – 600 kt/y
IModular design

BioDiesel - RetroFit

BioDiesel Retrofit

The BDI RetroFit program modernizes and optimizes existing biodiesel or waste oils pre-treatment plants. The BDI team has a long history and a related reference list of implemented revamping projects: Starting from plant inspection for bottleneck identification, BDI offers comprehensive solutions for the optimization of the plant operation built by any biodiesel technology provider.

What are the main reasons to go for RetroFit?

Integration of alternative feedstocks to improve plant profitability
Optimization of OPEX and plant efficiency
Products and by-products quality increase

Main steps of the RetroFIT process:

BioDiesel RetroFIT diagram

Your advantages with BDI’s advanced pretreatment process:

Extended experience in retrofit projects (awareness of possible bottlenecks)
Individual master concept for each plant
Waste feedstock integration solution from the market leader
Multiple designs for every process unit: modular, container-installed, skid mounted, built-in for existing plants.
Increase of overall profitability

breakdown of production costs