Northwest Missouri State will continue to work with Carbolytic Materials at the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Maryville.

The Board of Regents approved to continue the partnership Thursday with the company that manufactures ApexCM, a carbon black replacement.

“We are pleased that Carbolytic Materials Company wished to renew its lease,” said Dr. Charles McAdams, dean of Northwest’s College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the CIE Advisory Board. “While Northwest is committed to the economic development of our region, CMC has made an important investment in the Maryville community with the building of its $19 million dollar plant. CMC continues to use the CIE for laboratory analysis and research and development. As their business grows it is anticipated that CMC’s footprint and use of the CIE will expand as well.”

The agreement allows the company to stay for another year. CMC is the first tenant of the building and is the first company to successfully recover a carbon black alternative from existing rubber products like tires.

They recycle the tires into carbon pellets or powder for use in plastics and rubber.