ROSI
ROSI is a French deep-tech company operating the world's first industrial-scale recycling line for end-of-life photovoltaic panels, recovering high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and glass for PV manufacturers, glass makers, and precious metals refiners across Europe.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersGrenoble, France
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What ROSI does
ROSI is a French deep-tech and industrial recycling company founded in 2017 in Grenoble that operates the world's first commercial-scale end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) module recycling line. The company applies a proprietary combination of pyrolysis, mechanical sorting, and mild chemical processes to recover high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and high-transparency glass from decommissioned solar panels and from PV manufacturing scrap, including kerf silicon powder lost during wafer sawing. Recovery rates are reported at up to 95-99% across the active materials, with less than 1% disposable waste. The company's technology platform underpins both its recycling service operations and its broader ambition to enable a European circular economy for PV and adjacent materials industries.
ROSI serves a diversified industrial B2B customer base: PV manufacturers (e.g., Solarge, Yingli Solar) seeking sustainable manufacturing-scrap recycling; glass manufacturers (AGC Glass Europe) sourcing recycled glass cullets; precious metals refiners (METALOR) receiving recycled silver; and national eco-organizations and collection partners (Soren in France, SENS eRecycling in Switzerland, Waste Experts and CEF in the UK) channeling end-of-life panels into ROSI facilities. The company generates revenue through transaction-fee-based recycling services and the sale of recovered circular materials (silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, glass), with multi-year enterprise contracts and quote-based pricing rather than published price lists.
The operating footprint comprises ROSI Alpes (operational since June 2023, Saint-Honoré, France, ramping to 10,000 tonnes/year), ROSI Iberia (under development in Teruel, Spain, 10,000 tonnes/year target under the EU Innovation Fund's INSPIRE-PV project), ROSI Elbe (Germany, site director appointed March 2024), and the planned ROSI@RHE project at Evonik's Rheinfelden site. ROSI has raised over €30 million cumulatively across EIC grants, Bpifrance, a Series A in 2022, and a €20M+ Series B in April 2026 led by InnoEnergy with CMA CGM, EIC, and G3T. The company is recognized as one of Europe's highest-potential deep-tech scale-ups (EIC Scaling Club, French Tech 2030, World CleanTech StartUPs Awards 2024) and operates in a structurally expanding market projected to reach 60 million tonnes of cumulative global PV waste by 2050.
ROSI firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ROSI
- Legal name
- ROSI SAS
- Website
- https://rosi-solar.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- ROSI is a French deep-tech company operating the world's first industrial-scale recycling line for end-of-life photovoltaic panels, recovering high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and glass for PV manufacturers, glass makers, and precious metals refiners across Europe.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ROSI industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Photovoltaic Recycling Services
- NAICS
- Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining (33141), Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) (331492)
- SIC
- Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)
- akta.pro primary industry
- PV & Energy Device Recycling (Solar Panels, Inverters, Power Electronics) (EUAIAIAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- PV Balance-of-System (BOS) Recycling (Inverters, Racking, Wiring, Transformers) (EUAMALAB), E-Waste & Electronics Metal Recovery (ITAD, Circuit Boards, Precious Metal Recovery) (IMAKAMAG), Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF)
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Where ROSI is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Grenoble
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices5 records
Markets served
ROSI business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Recycling Services for End-of-Life Solar Panels: ROSI charges fees for recycling end-of-life photovoltaic panels collected by partner organizations. Revenue comes from processing fees paid by eco-organizations (Soren), collection partners (SENS eRecycling, Waste Experts), and direct industrial customers. The company recovers high-purity materials that are sold as secondary raw materials.
- Recycling of Manufacturing Scrap: Provides high-value recycling solutions for PV manufacturers to improve sustainability of their production by reducing scrap materials and out-of-specification products. Generates revenue from processing fees and material recovery.
- Sales of Circular Materials: ROSI sells recovered high-value raw materials including high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum frames, and high-transparency glass cullets to industrial customers. Materials are compatible with high purity requirements and low impact targets of PV manufacturers and other industries.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Custom industrial recycling solutions |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels5 records
ROSI product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ROSI develops and operates proprietary industrial recycling processes that recover high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and glass from end-of-life photovoltaic modules and PV manufacturing scrap (including kerf loss). The company sells these recovered secondary raw materials back to PV manufacturers, glass producers, and precious-metals refiners while offering paid recycling services to eco-organizations and PV asset operators across Europe.
Product overview
ROSI offers a comprehensive circular economy platform for the photovoltaic industry, consisting of recycling services (end-of-life solar panels and manufacturing scrap) and a portfolio of recycled material products. The platform is supported by multiple industrial facilities across Europe (ROSI Alpes in France, ROSI Iberia in Spain, ROSI Elbe in Germany) and the INSPIRE-PV project. The product portfolio includes circular materials: high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminium, glass, and advanced materials. ROSI operates the world's first industrial-scale plant capable of recovering high-purity silicon and silver from end-of-life photovoltaic modules.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- ROSI Energy Iberia: Spanish subsidiary entity for large-scale photovoltaic module recycling operations in Spain
- ROSI Alpes
- ROSI Elbe
Products and services
- End-of-Life Solar Panel Recycling Industrial-scale recycling service for end-of-life photovoltaic modules that recovers high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and glass. Used by PV asset owners, eco-organizations, and collection partners across Europe.
- Manufacturing Scrap Recycling Recycling service for PV manufacturers that processes production waste and out-of-specification products to recover valuable raw materials and improve manufacturing sustainability.
- Kerf Recycling Process that cleans and remelts high-purity silicon contained in kerf (silicone powder wasted during wafer sawing) to address the ~30% polysilicon loss in PV manufacturing and reduce its carbon footprint.
- Circular High-Purity Silicon Recovered high-purity silicon from end-of-life PV panels and kerf, sold to PV manufacturers and other industries needing low-carbon silicon inputs.
- Circular High-Purity Silver Recycled silver fingers from PV modules supplied to precious-metals refiners such as METALOR for transformation into high-technicality silver alloys and powders.
- Circular Copper Secondary copper ribbons recovered from photovoltaic panels, sold as secondary raw material to industrial customers.
- Circular Aluminium Frames Secondary aluminium frames recovered from end-of-life solar panels, compatible with most standard furnaces.
- Circular Solar-Grade Glass Cullets High-transparency solar-grade glass cullets sold to flat glass manufacturers such as AGC Glass Europe as secondary raw material, requiring 25% less energy than virgin glass production.
- Advanced Materials from Recycled Inputs New products with advanced properties designed from ROSI's recycled materials, intended for industrial customers seeking low-impact secondary inputs.
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 99% material recovery rate for raw materials including glass, silicon, silver, copper, and thin-film components
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Companies that use ROSI
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
ROSI technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
ROSI partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and minor.
- EvonikstrategicROSI@RHE project planned at Evonik site in Rheinfelden, Germany. Project aims to develop first-of-its-kind integrated plant for photovoltaic module recycling and high-quality silicon reuse. Collaboration with Evonik is key to building truly circular photovoltaic value chain in Europe.
- SorencoreROSI Alpes re-selected by eco-organisation Soren to recycle solar panels collected in France for coming years. Partnership reflects proactive strategy to position France as pioneer in high-value-added recycling. Critical materials extracted and purified are reintroduced into European industrial value chains.
- SENS eRecyclingstrategicPartnership to collect and recycle Swiss solar panels. SENS eRecycling officially welcomes ROSI as new partner for photovoltaic panels recycling. Collaboration embodies high-value recycling concept - recovering all valuable materials from glass and aluminum to critical resources like high-purity silicon, silver, and copper.
- Waste Experts and CEFstrategicExclusive partnership for UK-wide collection and treatment solution for solar panel recycling. Waste Experts and CEF (City Electrical Factors) offer nationwide collection capabilities for end-of-life solar panels. End-of-life panels processed at ROSI facility recovering up to 95% of PV module value.
- AGC Glass EuropecoreStrategic partnership to advance circularity in the glass industry. AGC Glass Europe, part of global AGC Group and leader in flat glass manufacturing, will integrate high volumes of photovoltaic glass recycled by ROSI into production. Partnership contributes to more circular, low carbon production practices. Recycling of glass requires 25% less energy than virgin glass production.
- SolargestrategicPartnership to make solar panels more sustainable. ROSI recycles broken photovoltaic cells and manufacturing waste from Solarge's solar panel manufacturing plant. All recycled materials reduce unnecessary mineral extraction and metallurgy activities.
- Arc en Ciel recyclageminorCollaboration with French family business founded in 1936 specializing in overall management of waste and recoverable materials. Partnership creates symbiosis in photovoltaic module recycling for recovery of high-quality secondary raw materials, particularly copper.
- METALORcorePartnership for refining and revalorization of silver recovered from end-of-life photovoltaic modules. METALOR, member of TANAKA group and Swiss-based leading refiner of precious metals, extracts all precious metal from ROSI's recycled silver fingers and transforms it into high technicality silver alloys and powders for industry.
- LuxChemTechstrategicStrategic partnership to usher in new era of photovoltaic recycling in Germany, Europe's largest market. Collaboration combines skills of two pioneering companies in this field.
- Yingli SolarstrategicStrategic partnership with renowned manufacturer of high-quality solar panels. Together committed to shaping circular solar energy economy in Europe, strengthening ROSI's position as industry leader.
- SiemensstrategicPartnership to deploy ROSI's end-of-life photovoltaic panel recycling activities on larger scale in Germany. Presented collaboration at Élysée Palace during 60th anniversary of Élysée Treaty. Doris Birkhofer, President of Siemens France, accompanied ROSI President Yun Luo.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves10 records
Expansion highlights6 records
ROSI competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- SolarCycle: US-based startup focused on high-value recycling of end-of-life solar panels, recovering silver, silicon, copper, and glass. Comparable to ROSI in technology focus and end markets, though operating primarily in the US rather than Europe.
- Rinovasol: German PV recycling startup developing processes to recover high-purity materials from end-of-life photovoltaic modules. Closest European direct peer to ROSI in technology and customer segment.
Broad incumbents
- Veolia: Global environmental services leader with growing activity in PV panel and battery recycling. Comparable through overlapping materials recovery capabilities and customer base in European waste management, though PV recycling is a small part of a much broader portfolio.
- First Solar: Major PV module manufacturer with an established module recycling and reuse program for its own CdTe and Series 7 modules. Relevant as a vertically integrated PV recycler and potential competitive entrant into silicon-based PV recycling.
- Umicore: Belgian materials technology and recycling group specializing in precious metals refining, including silver recovery. Comparable to ROSI through its silver refining value chain and broader circular materials positioning.
- Boliden: Swedish metals producer with significant non-ferrous metals smelting and refining operations, including electronic scrap and complex materials recovery. Comparable through secondary refining of non-ferrous metals (copper, lead, zinc) from recycled feedstocks.
- Wacker Chemie: German polysilicon and silicon-based materials manufacturer with active interest in PV value chain circularity. Comparable as a potential vertical integration counterparty for ROSI's recovered silicon and as a kerf-recycling adjacency.
Emerging players
- Ascend Elements: US-based battery materials recycler producing high-purity critical materials (lithium, cobalt, nickel) from end-of-life batteries. Comparable as an emerging circular-materials platform addressing end-of-life clean-tech products, though in batteries rather than PV.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
ROSI social profiles
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ROSI leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
ROSI subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries3 records
ROSI funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds7 records
Investors8 records
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ROSI M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about ROSI
What does ROSI do?
ROSI develops and operates proprietary industrial recycling processes that recover high-purity silicon, silver, copper, aluminum, and glass from end-of-life photovoltaic modules and PV manufacturing scrap (including kerf loss). The company sells these recovered secondary raw materials back to PV manufacturers, glass producers, and precious-metals refiners while offering paid recycling services to eco-organizations and PV asset operators across Europe.
Is ROSI a public or private company?
ROSI is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was ROSI founded?
ROSI was founded in 2017. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is ROSI based?
ROSI is headquartered in Grenoble, France, in the Europe region.
How does ROSI make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Recycling Services for End-of-Life Solar Panels are the primary driver. The others are recycling of Manufacturing Scrap and sales of Circular Materials.
Who are ROSI's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are SolarCycle and Rinovasol. Broad incumbents are Veolia, First Solar, Umicore, Boliden and Wacker Chemie. Ascend Elements is listed as an emerging player.
Does ROSI have an API?
No public API is recorded for ROSI.
What industry is ROSI in?
ROSI's product category is Photovoltaic Recycling Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAIAIAL, PV & Energy Device Recycling (Solar Panels, Inverters, Power Electronics), with a secondary code of EUAMALAB, PV Balance-of-System (BOS) Recycling (Inverters, Racking, Wiring, Transformers). Its NAICS code is 562920 and its SIC code is 3341.