ATLANTIS RUBBER POWDERS - Key Persons
Chris has 38 years' experience in the rubber industry and has worked in capacities of technical, production and general management in the South African rubber industry.
He co-founded two rubber roller recovering operations from 2000 to 2005. Thereafter he moved back to Europe and in 2006 was invited to join DSM Elastomers as an applied rubber technical expert. He joined Black Bear Carbon as a co-founder in 2011 with the shared vision of producing high quality recovered carbon black (RCB) from end-of-life tyres.
In 2019 he co-founded Atlantis Rubber Powders BV (Netherlands) with the shared vision of producing Functionalized Micronized Rubber Powder (FMRP), facilitating the mass re-use of waste tyres into new tyres. His knowledge of applied rubber science/technology and rubber compounding coupled with his in-depth understanding of customer needs help ensure that ARP is focused on producing products that the market requires.
Justin is an experienced Project Developer with 15 years of experience focused specifically on the waste to energy and renewable energy industries.
His tenure includes 4 years as COO of a local project development company which saw him heading the project development team on a variety of utility scale renewable energy projects, as well as the early stages of establishment of a renewable energy trading company with the largest private PPA in Africa.
His responsibilities included the running of the O&M division within the Group which was responsible for the operations and maintenance of the largest Concentrated Photo Voltaic Power Plant in Africa. In 2019 he co-founded Atlantis Rubber Powders BV (Netherlands) with the shared vision of producing Functionalized Micronized Rubber Powder (FMRP), facilitating the mass re-use of waste tyres into new tyres.