Liberty Tire Recycling acquires Lakin Tire

Liberty Tire Recycling acquires Lakin Tire
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Liberty Tire Recycling, Pittsburgh, has acquired Lakin Tire with support from its majority equity sponsor The Carlyle Group. 

Lakin, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, and with operations focused throughout the Western United States and the Northeast, is a tire removal and recycling company. Combined, the two companies collect more than 180 million tires per year and recycle about 2.6 billion pounds of rubber into sustainable products. 

According to a news release from Liberty Tire on the acquisition, Thomas Womble, CEO of Liberty Tire, will continue to lead the combined business, while key leaders of Lakin, including Bob Lakin and Sean Lakin, will take on expanded roles within Liberty to drive continued customer service. Bob Lakin will maintain an equity ownership stake in Liberty.

The merger will unite two complementary businesses, which share a focus on safety, service, quality and innovation, in order to leverage their respective strengths, share best practices and expand their combined geographic reach, the company states.

“Similar to Liberty, Lakin has a long heritage of providing outstanding customer service and has a deep commitment to sustainability,” Womble says. “Lakin’s culture of service and sustainability is a great match for Liberty’s innovative tire processing and recycling capabilities, which will enable the combined company to drive increased sustainable reuse of scrap tires.”

“From the time my great-grandfather started Lakin Tire over 100 years ago, we’ve provided best-in-class customer service with environmentally-friendly tire recycling solutions,” says Bob Lakin, who will become executive director at Liberty Tire. “Partnering with Liberty is an exciting step in the growth trajectory of our company, as their innovative technology will allow us to deliver our solutions to even more customers nationwide.”

Equity for the investment came from Carlyle Strategic Partners IV and a key group of co-investors in Liberty.

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Source: Recycling Today
Liberty Tire Recycling acquires Lakin Tire
<![CDATA[Liberty Tire Recycling, Pittsburgh, has acquired Lakin Tire with support from its majority equity sponsor The Carlyle Group. Lakin, headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, California, and with operations focused throughout the Western United States and the Northeast, is a tire removal and recycling company. Combined, the two companies collect more than 180 million tires per year and recycle about 2.6 billion pounds of rubber into sustainable products. According to a news release from Liberty Tire on the acquisition, Thomas Womble, CEO of Liberty Tire, will continue to lead the combined business, while key leaders of Lakin, including Bob Lakin and Sean Lakin, will take on expanded roles within Liberty to drive continued customer service. Bob Lakin will maintain an equity ownership stake in Liberty.The merger will unite two complementary businesses, which share a focus on safety, service, quality and innovation, in order to leverage their respective strengths, share best practices and expand their combined geographic reach, the company states.“Similar to Liberty, Lakin has a long heritage of providing outstanding customer service and has a deep commitment to sustainability,” Womble says. “Lakin’s culture of service and sustainability is a great match for Liberty’s innovative tire processing and recycling capabilities, which will enable the…