Lwart Environmental Solutions

What Lwart Environmental Solutions does

Lwart Environmental Solutions (legal name: Lwart Soluções Ambientais) is a privately-held Brazilian industrial company founded in 1975 and headquartered in Lençóis Paulista, Brazil. It operates a vertically integrated circular-economy platform for used lubricating oil (OLUC) in Brazil, spanning collection, transportation, and re-refining into new base oils. The company runs a proprietary re-refining process that transforms used lubricating oil into high-purity base oil of equal or superior quality to first-refining products, enabling closed-loop regeneration. Lwart is the first and only Latin American re-refinery to produce Group II base oil (branded as G2), and it also markets a High Performance Base Oil line under its core product portfolio, alongside sub-brands Lwoma and LwVolt for adjacent environmental solutions.

The company generates revenue through two principal streams: (1) used oil collection and transport services, billed on a B2B service basis with quote-based pricing and supported by the issuance of a Certificate of Oil Collection (COC) for regulatory compliance; and (2) product sales of re-refined base oils to lubricant manufacturers and industrial customers. Go-to-market is direct, with the company operating its own tracked fleet serving more than 3,700 Brazilian cities via a dedicated 0800 service line and managing the full reverse-logistics chain from customer site to factory. Customer segments are diversified across automotive workshops, car dealerships, gas stations, oil exchanges, and industrial enterprises, with downstream base oil volumes flowing to major lubricant producers.

Lwart's strategic posture is anchored by regulatory licensing from ANP and environmental agencies, scale economics from 240 million liters of annual processing capacity, and a 50% planned factory capacity expansion. Operationally, the company employs 501–1,000 people, has no public listing, has no disclosed external institutional investors beyond a 2025 capital raise of approximately $25.3M, and recently consolidated its SAP and VMware support onto third-party provider Rimini Street to control IT cost and roadmap decisions.

Name

Lwart Environmental Solutions

Legal name

Lwart Soluções Ambientais

Website

https://lwart.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Lwart Environmental Solutions is a Brazilian circular-economy company that collects, transports, and re-refines used lubricating oil into high-purity base oils (including Group II). It serves automotive workshops, dealerships, gas stations, oil exchanges, industrial firms, and lubricant manufacturers across 3,700+ cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Base Oil Re-refining

NAICS

Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing (324191)

SIC

Petroleum Refining (2911)

akta.pro primary industry

Used Oil Collection, Re-refining & Circularity (Waste Oil, Recycled Base Oils) (EUALAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Base Oil Production & Supply (Group I–V, Re-refined) (EUALAJAA), Used Oil, Lubricants & Industrial Fluids Recovery/Recycling (IMAIAFAM)

Keywords

• Used oil collection
• Oil re-refining services
• Base oil production
• Lubricating oil recycling
• Environmental waste management

Headquarters

HQ city

Lençóis Paulista

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Used Lubricating Oil Collection Services: Collection and transport services for used lubricating oil from automotive workshops, car dealerships, gas stations, oil exchanges, and industrial customers across Brazil, providing Certificate of Oil Collection (COC) for regulatory compliance.
2. Base Oil Sales: Sale of re-refined base oils (including Group II base oil) to lubricant manufacturers and industrial customers. The company produces high-performance base oils that are sold to major lubricant producers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lwart Environmental Solutions collects, transports, and re-refines used lubricating oil (OLUC) from automotive workshops, dealerships, gas stations, oil exchanges, and industrial customers across Brazil, transforming it into high-purity base oils (including Group II) at its factory in Lençóis Paulista. The vertically integrated operation processes 240 million liters of used oil per year and feeds re-refined base oils back into the lubricants production chain.

Product overview

Lwart Environmental Solutions operates as a single unified environmental services platform focused on the circular economy for used lubricating oil. The company offers a vertically integrated service: Used Motor Oil Collection (serving 3,700+ cities) feeding into re-refining operations that produce High Performance Base Oil and G2 (Group II base oil). Additional sub-brands include Lwoma and LwVolt. The company processes 240 million liters of used oil per year and serves more than 90 million customers annually, operating as the first and only Latin American re-refinery to produce Group II base oil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Used Motor Oil Collection (Coleta de Óleo Lubrificante Usado) Collection and transportation service for used lubricating oil from automotive workshops, car dealerships, gas stations, oil exchanges, and industrial companies, serving more than 3,700 Brazilian cities and delivering a Certificate of Oil Collection (COC) for regulatory compliance. Collected oil is transported to temporary storage and then to the Lençóis Paulista factory for re-refining.
• High Performance Base Oil (Óleos de Alta Performance) Re-refined base oils with a very high degree of purity, compatible with the latest engine technologies and aimed at low emissions and increased service life. Sold to lubricant manufacturers and industrial customers as raw material for new lubricant production.
• G2 (Group II Base Oil) Group II base oil produced by re-refining used lubricating oil, making Lwart the first and only Latin American re-refinery to manufacture this grade. Sold to lubricant producers requiring higher-performance base stocks.
• Lwoma Sub-brand within Lwart's environmental solutions portfolio.
• LwVolt Sub-brand within Lwart's environmental solutions portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 240 million liters of used oil processed per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rimini StreetcoreTechnology or Integration · 17 March 2026Lwart expanded its partnership with Rimini Street to consolidate support for VMware and SAP environments, switching from vendor support to improve responsiveness and reduce costs. The partnership allows Lwart to regain control over licensing and roadmap decisions, avoid vendor-driven upgrades, and focus on operational innovation while managing their critical oil collection and logistics network across Brazil.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stericycle: Stericycle is a US-listed regulated waste management company with hazardous and industrial waste collection operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent in waste collection services, though its focus is regulated disposal rather than re-refining.
• Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors is the largest North American hazardous waste services company and parent of Safety-Kleen. Comparable as a broad environmental services incumbent that owns one of Lwart's closest direct peers.
• Veolia Environmental Services: Veolia is the largest global environmental services group, providing waste management, recycling, and resource recovery across dozens of countries. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping used oil and hazardous waste collection/recycling capabilities, though Lwart is far more specialized in re-refining.

Regional players

• FCC Medio Ambiente: FCC Medio Ambiente (FCC Environment) is a major Spanish environmental services group operating waste collection and treatment, including used oil handling, across Iberia and Latin America. Comparable as a regional waste-and-recycling operator with overlapping service offerings.
• STENA Recycling: STENA Recycling is one of Europe's largest recycling groups, handling metals, electronics, and industrial fluids including used oil. Comparable as a regional environmental services and recycling operator with overlapping fluid-recovery operations.

Direct peers

• Vertex Energy: Vertex Energy operates used oil re-refining in the US, producing re-refined base oils including Group II/III specifications. It is a direct comparable in re-refining technology and finished base oil sales to lubricant blenders.
• Heritage-Crystal Clean: Heritage-Crystal Clean collects used oil and other automotive fluids across the US and operates re-refining and base oil sales. Its service model to automotive workshops, dealerships, and industrial generators closely mirrors Lwart's Brazilian GTM motion.
• Safety-Kleen: Safety-Kleen is the largest North American used oil re-refining and parts cleaning company, operating the same vertically integrated model of collection, re-refining, and base oil marketing. It is the closest functional peer to Lwart, with the same regulatory-driven collection moat and re-refining-to-base-oil economics.
• Avista Oil: Avista Oil is a European re-refiner producing high-quality base oils from used oil, with multiple re-refining sites across Germany and Scandinavia. It is directly comparable to Lwart in technology (re-refining to high-purity base oil) and end markets (lubricant manufacturers).

Emerging players

• Puraglobe Group: Puraglobe operates a proprietary Group II/III re-refining technology platform deployed in Europe. Comparable as an emerging re-refining technology player with similar circular economy positioning and Group II output.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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