Home Key Figures Video Product Range Contacts Downloads Language Watson Brown HSM Devulcanization Rubber Recycling/Devulcanization Take-over of Watson Brown HSM Devulcanization: REP Group Acquires Watson Brown HSM GmbH Corbas, September 11, 2013. - REP international, leader in the rubber injection molding machine with the head office being located in Lyon-Corbas, France, has just concluded the acquisition of the patented HSM devulcanization technology on an exclusive right basis, as well as the devulcanization center Watson-Brown HSM-Berlin. This center is equipped with an operational devulcanization line and a test laboratory operated by a team of 6 persons. Bruno Tabar, CEO of the REP group announces that "REP International will carry on with the development of the HSM technology, its implementation in the center of Berlin and promote a sales offer of devulcanization machines and a devulcanization service on the international market with compounders and processors". READ MORE... Valorize Your Production Scraps What does rubber devulcanization mean? In a context of tensions regarding raw material provisioning and prices and increasing environmental constraints, valorizing production scraps constitutes both a business and an environmental challenge. Reversed vulcanization reaction Reversing the vulcanization has been for decades perceived to be an irreversible reaction. This was before relying on Watson Brown who have developed a patented solution, the "HSM devulcanization technology" allowing for the reversal of the rubber vulcanization process, i.e the recovery of cured rubber. READ MORE... OUR COMPANY Overview and History Business Sectors Worldwide Locations International Press Review Video OUR PRODUCTS High-Technology Range Custom-Built Range Budget Range Compression Range OUR SERVICES Aftersales Process Development Training Reconditioning Rubber Recycling/Devulcanization LATEST NEWS Trade Fair Agenda Events REP goes Russian Latest Updates YOU ARE HERE: HOME RUBBER RECYCLING/DEVULCANIZATION TOP QUALITY APPROACH CONTACT US ACCESS MAP TO LYON CORBAS SITE MAP LEGAL NOTICE