January

Entyr receives Australian patent for thermal desorption reactor process

December

Pearl Global changes the name to Entyr and undergoes a process of rebrand

Over 2 million tyres processed through Pearl’s patented thermal desorption process

Pearl implements strategy to full commercialisation

July

Independent scientific studies show Pearl Global’s recovered carbon product superior for asphalt production

February

New CEO appointed

October

Pearl commissions 4th thermal desorption unit

2010

Gary Foster and Phil Erasmus, the inventor of the technology, approached BHP about a potential waste treatment issue. Bert Huys and Drew Drennan worked in the Environment department for BHP’s Iron Ore Division. The group discussed a few ideas and agreed that a better solution was needed for processing waste tyres. The Pearl team was formed

2010-2015

The Pearl team spent seven years investigating methods to overcome the environmental problems that use aggressive pyrolysis methods in processing end of life rubber and other waste products. They identified thermal desorption as a clean and viable process and worked together to build a prototype thermal desorption unit (TDU)

November

First TDU prototype operated successfully under a Works Approval under Part V of the Western Australian Environmental Protection Act (1986)

May

Pearl is awarded a $1.3 million cash grant by Australian Research Council. Combining this with $830,000 in-kind contributions from universities of WA, Curtin and Newcastle, and Pearl cash and in-kind contributions totaling $1.37 million, Pearl enters a $3.5 million investment program to develop its technology to the next stage and produce even more valuable products