Liberty Tire Recycling Hires Director

Pittsburgh-based Liberty Tire Recycling, a provider of tire recycling services in North America, has appointed Timothy Leighty as director of quality. In his new role with the company, Leighty will oversee quality assurance, process improvement, safety and compliance initiatives.

“As a consultant and senior executive for several successful companies based in the scrap tire and crumb rubber industry, Tim has proven his worth as an expert in the processes necessary to ensure zero-defect quality standards,” says Jeffrey Kendall, CEO of Liberty Tire Recycling. “We are excited to welcome Tim to the Liberty Tire Recycling team and look forward to his contributions as we grow and expand our market share in the tire recycling industry.”

Leighty has more than 25 years of experience in the tire recycling industry, serving as a consultant and senior-level executive. He joined the industry in February 1988 as a member of the management team with Baker Rubber Co. Inc. He was director of operations at Baker when he left in 1993 to start his own consulting firm, Recycling Technologies Inc., which, according to a press release, he later developed into a state-of-the-art processing facility along with his partners and co-founders. The company was sold to investors as Recycling Technologies International in 2002, with Leighty serving as president. In 2007, he began working with Emanuel Tire Co. Inc. as a consultant and later as director of operations. And in 2009, he consulted for High Tread International Inc., later joining the company as production manager of crumb rubber operations.