Company Details: Classic Rubber Flooring, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Application Areas: Tyre Recycling
Establishment Year: 2019
Total Employees: 40-50 employees

Mr. Kalpesh Patel, founder, and owner of Classic Rubber Flooring, has all praise for Fornnax as he says, “After we heard about the output of the products and tyre recycling machinery of Fornnax from many customers, we ordered our first machinery from Fornnax. We placed the order last year in 2019 of the granulation stage providing 1.5 ton/hour and included one no. of Granulator TR-1400 with other attachments to produce crumb rubber granules.”

Sneak Peek into Company Details
Classic Rubber Flooring Company based in Gujarat, is one of the popular Indian companies established in 2014 to produce and supply Rubber Flooring Tiles. It was founded to preserve natural resources using creative engineering. The company has come a long way and well known as a manufacturer, supplier, importer, and exporter of the Rubber Flooring and Rubber Flooring Tiles. The range of products include rubber flooring tiles, rubber tiles, rubber gym flooring, rubber mat, rubber floor tile, rubber granulator, playground rubber tiles, red rubber flooring tiles, and much more. Classic Rubber’s products are environment-friendly and safe, cost-effective, simple, and require low maintenance. These rubber products are used in various sectors and they are anti-slip, which provides comfort as well as protection to the company’s clients. The products produced by Classic Rubber Flooring Company have already received many accolades for offering top-quality products to the customers.

Another major achievement of the company is that they export goods to the major market players in domestic as well as international market. It is consumer-oriented so the complete focus is on giving 100% satisfaction to its clients. Classic Rubber Flooring also works closely with its clients to offer customized rubber flooring, designed as per the required colors and designer patterns.

Classic Rubber Focuses to Become Famed Tyre Recycler
The owner and founder of Classic Rubber Flooring, Mr. Kalpesh Patel, is involved in the company’s work from the very beginning. The company earns a great reputation in the tyre recycling business under his guidance and mentorship, and strives to maintain this reputation forever.

Classic Rubber Flooring background dates back to the year 2014 when they were searching for the raw material sources in India. There were many questions in front of them. Like, how much crumb rubber granules were available in the market? Is there a market base for rubber flooring tiles, rubber tiles, rubber gym flooring, rubber mat, rubber floor tile, rubber granulator, playground rubber tiles, and red rubber flooring tiles? Are these made by ‘tyre recycling’ crumb rubber granules?

So, after seeking answers to all these questions and doing complete research and development of the market, the results came out to be positive. Classic Rubber Flooring found that although there are a few crumb rubber suppliers in India, but there is a huge market for recycled products. Classic Rubber noticed that there is a great demand for the products made from the crumb rubber granules. The companies involved in this work are using standardized purity and quality mark to produce the products.

Thus, Classic Rubber Flooring decided to purchase the ‘Crumb Rubber’ from one of India’s largest crumb rubber manufacturer who was using the European Equipment. But, their team realized that the output product quality was not that good as ‘crumb rubber’ were irregular in size and its textile availability was also not up to the mark. At the same time, Classic Rubber Flooring was familiar with Fornnax equipment and the technology used by us.

Therefore, their team started purchasing the ‘crumb rubber granules’ from the client who was using Fornnax equipment. They were highly satisfied and the products they received were of premium quality. These crumb rubber granules were 99.9% steel and textile-free with proper shape and size. The product quality was excellent as compared to those clients who were using European or Chinese machinery or equipment.

Fornnax - Providing Customized Solutions For Every Business
Within a few years, Classic Rubber Flooring became India’s No.1 Rubber Flooring Tiles manufacturers and suppliers. They started exporting their products to foreign countries and purchased Fornnax machinery to produce products like Rubber Mat, Rubber Flooring Tiles, Playground Rubber Tiles, and Rubber Gym Flooring. The company produced 3 times more products as compared to what they produced in 2018.

But, Classic Rubber Flooring Company required 3 to 4 times of the quality rubber as the raw material to manufacture the above-cited products. The problem was they were not able to get the raw material timely. However, the company found that 20-30 mm of steel free rubber mulch is available as compared to the crumb rubber raw material. This happened because there were many tyre recycling plants based in Gujarat who were using 100MT/Day tyre recycling plant from Fornnax.

So, to get flexibility in obtaining the raw material, Classic Rubber Flooring thought on further expansion plans. The company now thought of getting an in-house tyre recycling crumb rubber plant. Their team searched for many suppliers based on power efficiency, low-level downtime, and easy maintenance, and was abreast of the Fornnax’s machinery and the output it renders. Classic Rubber team is highly experienced and possesses full knowledge about crumb rubber applications, so they opted for Fornnax Machinery.

According to the owner and founder of Classic Rubber Flooring, Mr. Kalpesh Patel, “Fornnax was the strongest partner from the beginning and a first choice. The reason being, Fornnax has extensive experience in the recycling industry, and their machinery provides quality output too. It is excellent in shape and size as compared to the European machinery. Fornnax delivery and installation time used for tyre recycling plants are also counted by us.”

Fornnax - Famous Pioneer in Tyre Recycling in the Region
In 2019, Classic Rubber Flooring acquired the Fornnax turn-key Tyre Recycling Plant that was CRM-1500-Granulation Stage with a capacity of 1.5 tons/hour. The CRM-1500-Granulation Stage Plant is designed for recycling to reduce rubber mulch to a high-quality rubber granulates of various sizes.

In addition, the output material produced by this machinery is 99.9% free of liberated steel wire and textile. Moreover, the dimensions of the input tyres are 20 to 30 mm and 98% steel free. The Fornnax Tyre Recycling Crumb Rubber Plant Granulation Stage CRM-1500 that produces crumb rubber 1.5 ton/hour includes the one Granulator TR-1400 along with the PLC Panel. This plant also consists of stability silo, separation systems, and the Pneumatic Conveying system.

With the help of this plant, Classic Rubber will be able to produce more rubber mulch like 0.8 to 4 mm size rubber granules and crumb rubber. These will be 99.9% steel and fiber-free too. The stability silo in the plant supports a continuous flow of the Rubber Mulch to the Granulator TR-1400 and helps in achieving optimum capacity.

Granulator TR-1400 ensures fine granulation of the rubber granules. These machines are equipped well with the exchangeable screen that possesses different hole sizes to see the actual output size. In case the workers want different output sizes, they can change the screen. Moreover, Granulator TR-1400 used for the granulation stage enables the liberation of up to 99.9% of the textile contained in the Rubber Mulch. The fiber separation system in the plant separates the liberated textile up to 90% and removes it in the Classifier. If there are any traces of textiles left, then it is separated in the separation table and steel from the Drum magnet.

Long-Lasting Partnership With Fornnax Mr. Kalpesh Patel appreciates the support of Mr. Milan, who is the representative of Fornnax. He says, “In technical matters, I am working closely with after-sales service head manager Mr. Milan. He has given full support to our firm, along with other local engineers from Fornnax. Mr. Milan is just a phone call away for any plant maintenance and running-related issues.”

Classic Rubber production manager Mr. Gopal Nayak who is involved in the project from the beginning, shares his thoughts saying, “The professional customers pay utmost attention to the reputation of the supplier within the industry. The manufacturer company provides great after-sales service related to spare parts or answer the questions that its clients may have. Besides, the three consumption rates are important such as power consumption per produced ton, time consumption for knife change, and the knife adjustment.”

Mr. Kalpesh has some kind words about Fornnax, “I have heard great things about Fornnax from its competitors as well as the clients. Fornnax has high-quality machinery producing excellent material.”