Recyclus appoints managing director

Technology Minerals Plc, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has announced its 49-percent-owned battery recycling business unit, Recyclus Group Ltd., has appointed Matthew Taylor as group managing director.

Technology Minerals says it is developing the U.K.’s “first listed, sustainable circular economy for battery metals, using cutting-edge technology to recycle, recover and re-use battery [materials].” It says Recyclus will focus on lithium-ion battery recycling.

Taylor has more than 40 years of experience working in industrial and manufacturing sectors in the U.K., including avionics, automotive, consumer and professional power tools, power generation engineering and marine and aero engineering, according to Recyclus.

His former employers include Smith Kenyon Ltd. and Cummins Power Generation. At Cummins, he was involved in managing a supply chain covering facilities in the U.K., China, India, Mexico, Singapore, the United States, Germany and Romania.

“It’s great to formally join the team at Recyclus at such a formative stage in the company’s evolution and particularly as we enter the first growth stage of the business,” Taylor says. “The team are well versed in how the proprietary technology at play here can form such an important role in the U.K. battery ecosystem as we take on the lead role in the industrial scale-up in lithium-ion battery recycling. I look forward to joining the team and driving the development of solutions for battery testing and take-back recycling, with a clear focus on surpassing our customer's needs and requirements.”

Robin Brundle, chair of Technology Minerals and a director of Recyclus, says “Matthew is well practiced in building transformational businesses in key industrial sectors and his appointment comes at a very appropriate stage for Recyclus Group.”