- Business
- Tinna Rubber and Infrastructure Limited (TINNARUBR.BO), founded in 1987 and headquartered in New Delhi, India, specializes in recycling end-of-life tires into value-added rubber products; it manufactures crumb rubber powder, micronized rubber powder, high tensile reclaim rubber, coated rubber powder, crumb rubber modifier, crumb rubber and polymer modified bitumen, bitumen emulsions, steel abrasives, reclaimed rubber compounds, cut wire shots, polymer composites, thermoplastic rubber compounds, thermoplastic elastomers, and thermoplastic vulcanizates; the company operates five state-of-the-art recycling plants across India with pan-India presence and exports to international markets including Europe, Russia, and serves industries such as road construction, tire and auto parts, conveyor belts, rubber mats, gym tiles, and sports surfaces. In 2024, the company diversified into masterbatches, polymer compounds, and composites through new facilities including a passenger car radial tire recycling plant at Varle, Maharashtra, and a polymer composites/TPR/TPV plant at Panipat, Haryana; it completed the acquisition of Global Recycle LLC in Oman for INR 127.5 million and signed a joint venture agreement with Lionshare Holdings Ltd. and Mbodla Investments Ltd. for operations in South Africa, where Phase 1 capex is completed with exports of 24,000 end-of-life tires underway and breakeven expected by March 2026; additionally, Tinna established Tinna Rubber Arabia Ltd. in Saudi Arabia with a 13,000-square-meter plot allocated for a 24,000 MT per annum tire recycling plant targeting mid-FY27 operations, invested INR 450 million in greenfield projects, upgraded its credit rating to BB+ by CARE, introduced an ESOP scheme, and partnered with ITTAC/ATMA on the Crumb Rubber Project.