About TheCompanyDirectories
Tobest assist catalogusers, five separatedirectories areprovidedon the followingpages:
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Tire-DerivedProductManufacturers
–This directory includesmanufacturers of finishedproducts and also
marketing firms that ownproperty rights and control productionwhomay contract withothers tomanufacture
products.
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Tire-DerivedMaterial/Feedstock Suppliers
–This directory includes scrap tireprocessors producing crumb
rubber, shreddedor chipped tires and/or used, whole tiresmeeting stated specifications. It also includes
compounders that incorporate crumb rubber into rawmaterial formulations formanufacturers.
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Retreaders
–This directory includes firms that retreadworn tires for reuse.
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Tire-DerivedProduct Installers/California LicensedContractors
–This directory includes firms specializing in
design and installationof civil engineeringprojects, tire-derivedplayground surfaces, synthetic turf, rubberized
asphalt andother tire-derivedproducts.
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List of All Firms Included in theCatalog
–This directory lists all firms included in this catalog, alongwith the type
of firm somoredetailed information canbe found in theother directories above.
Companiesmay appear inmultipledirectories dependingon their products and services.
Criteria for Inclusion in this Catalog
Tobe included, a companymust:
• Have a validCaliforniabusiness license andoperateout of aphysical address in the state;
• Demonstrate that listedproductsmanufactured, installedor sold inCalifornia aremadewith100percent California-
generatedwaste tires, unlessCalRecycledetermines that the required crumb rubber specification is not currently
available inCalifornia;
• Hold a validCaliforniaContractor’s License, if listed as a tire-derivedproduct installer/contractor;
• Own the rights to their products.Marketing firms are included if theyown theproduct rights anduse contract
manufacturers toproduceproductsmeeting the criteria above.Marketing, distribution andbrokering firmswhodo
not ownproduct rights arenot included.
CalRecycle’s intent is toequitably represent all California firms satisfying these criteria. CalRecycle reserves the right
toexclude firms if their status anduseof California tires cannot be confirmed, and toexclude theuseofmarketing
materials that it determines donotmeet thequality standards typically used in this industry, or which contain claims of a
questionableor falsenature. CalRecycle also reserves the right to limit thenumber of sell sheets, Internet addresses and
other information included for each company.
AppendixA -CompanyDirectories
