SRI’s CEO, Gopinath B. Sekhar, started the company with the primary objective to develop a process that enables the complete ecological reuse of materials from scrap tyres, including whole tyre rubber, in the manufacture of premium rubber products like new and retread tyres.
From the outset, Mr. Sekhar understood that in order for a devulcanization process to be accepted and commercialized, it must meet the rubber industry’s needs both commercially and technically. This goal has driven SRI to develop towards viability in terms of batch size and cure times while maintaining compatibility with existing machinery, infrastructure and process flow.
SRI has achieved innovations in parallel and as a by product of our research in the development of our recycled rubber compound (SRI Compound). These include several filed and patent pending technologies in addition to our core developments in the devulcanization of tyre rubber, SRI Activation Process – SRI Compound. These additional innovations include:
- Development of liquid rubber (low molecular compound).
- Development of deproteinized Latex, solid rubber.
- Next Generation SRI NR Latex Foam.
To date, SRI has Licensed our process for North America to a publicly listed tyre recycling company that owns the largest known tyre landfill in the World, located in Colorado, USA. In 2008, SRI successfully utilized our recycled rubber compound (SRI Compound Masterbatch) in the manufacture of a light truck tyre at full commercial scale. These tyres have been tested by the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia and are currently undergoing On The Road testing, having reached 10,000 kilometers without issue.
SRI currently has upwards of 20 staff in Malaysia operating two locations, Petaling Jaya HQ and Laboratory at an undisclosed location within the Klang Valley.
SRI is well placed to be a global leader in the development and manufacture of new generation of recycling technologies, specialized additives and compounds.
Sekhar Research Innovations Sdn Bhd (SRI) was founded by the doyen of modern Rubber Technology, the late Tan Sri Dr. B.C. Sekhar. Dr. Sekhar was responsible for modernizing Malaysia’s rubber industry, having spent 50 years in rubber and agricultural innovation.
