RECYCLING and industrial biotechnology innovator, Recircle, has relocated to Daresbury Science Park, near Warrington, with a new, tailor-made workspace combining laboratory spaces with modern offices.
Recircle’s work is dedicated to keeping valuable rubber materials within the resource stream by transforming end-of-life rubber waste into premium quality and high-performing compounds. Its breakthroughs are helping to minimise deforestation and the demand for the harmful oils present in rubber manufacturing.
Quadrupling its existing operational capacity, the 5,000sq. ft. facility empowers Recircle’s work across biotechnology, engineering, polymer science and rubber technology. It also represents the first time Recircle’s unique suite of laboratories has been situated under one roof.
Its rubber lab brings together advanced material testing instruments and sensitive analytical equipment. They ensure Recircle’s quality and rubber material developmental research is fully controlled and characterised in-house.
In its biotechnology labs, the specifically crafted environments allow the business to conduct fundamental research into testing and recycling, a cold room for temperature-sensitive experiments and a suite of equipment including an ultracentrifuge, shaker reactors, and bioreactors.
The location of the new site is vital. Housed in an energy-efficient building featuring carbon-neutral materials, the new facility ties into Recircle’s vision for sustainability. It also sees the business neighbouring like-minded life science operators, establishing a community feel to Daresbury Science Park.
Dr Barry Van Bergen, CEO of Recircle said: “The new workspace is an exciting milestone for Recircle as it brings together all our advanced biotech research and rubber recycling technology in one state-of-the-art facility. Our people are what make Recircle great and you can feel real energy and enthusiasm in the team in the new space.
“The design encourages collaboration and knowledge transfer, and it helps us attract, retain, and motivate our amazing team. We are continuing to grow, invest in the local area and build on our commitment to delivering desperately needed sustainability solutions for the world’s rubber.”
Recircle has already hired new staff and is expecting to double its staff over the next 12 months.
