Ladurner Ambiente

What Ladurner Ambiente does

Ladurner Ambiente S.p.A. is an Italian environmental services company headquartered in Bolzano (Via Innsbruck 33), founded in 1990 and operating across the circular economy value chain. The company provides integrated solutions in waste treatment, wastewater treatment, renewable energy production (biogas, biomethane, photovoltaic), environmental remediation, and sustainable urban mobility. It operates through three principal divisions: ENVIRO (EPC and O&M for solid and liquid waste treatment plants, including composting, anaerobic digestion, waste-to-energy, and sludge treatment), REMEDIA (contaminated site remediation, including a 100,000 tonnes/year soil washing plant in Mira), and Transphorma (PPP-driven circular economy and zero-emission mobility, a joint venture with Axpo Energy Solutions Italia). It also operates Ladurner Equipment (waste collection vehicle production) and is a majority-controlled subsidiary of Chinese multinational Zoomlion since 2016.

The company's technology stack spans proprietary and licensed processes including Plug Flow Reactor (PFR) anaerobic digestion (semi-dry and wet), soil washing with closed-loop water treatment, thermal desorption, deep soil mixing, wet oxidation for sewage sludge, and access to HBI's patented polygenerative sludge treatment technology (recovering 90%+ of matter and energy). It holds unlimited SOA qualifications (OS14, OS22) and a comprehensive certification portfolio (ISO 9001/14001/37001/45001/50001, SA8000, EMAS, ETV-RINA), positioning it for Italian public tender participation.

Revenue is generated through multiple models: EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contracts, O&M managed services, B.O.T. (Build, Operate, Transfer) concessions, project financing, hardware sales (waste collection vehicles), and remediation professional services. Customers are exclusively Italian public administrations and multi-utility companies (AMA Roma, Gruppo CAP, Iren, Snam), accessed via competitive public tenders, PPPs, and project financing. The order portfolio exceeds €200 million, anchored by major contracts including the €180M Rome biodigesters (Casal Selce + Cesano) for AMA, the €80M La Spezia Saliceti plant with Iren, and €60M+ PNRR-funded projects. Geographic focus is Italy with selective China exposure via Zoomlion and international marketing via IFAT/Ecomondo trade fairs.

Name

Ladurner Ambiente

Legal name

Ladurner Ambiente SpA

Website

https://ladurnerambiente.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering and Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (56221), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Intake/Outfall & Raw Water Abstraction Works (River/Sea Intakes, Outfalls) (IMAFAGAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Waste & Hazardous Materials Management (incl. HazMat) (BPAHAJAK)

Keywords

• Waste treatment services
• Anaerobic digestion plants
• Environmental remediation services
• Biogas and biomethane production
• Wastewater treatment engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Bolzano Novarese

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction): Engineering, procurement, and construction of turn-key waste treatment plants, water treatment plants, and renewable energy facilities. Revenue generated from design, procurement, and construction services for industrial-scale environmental plants.
2. O&M (Operation and Maintenance): Operation and maintenance services for waste treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, and energy facilities across Italy. Provides ongoing operational services with established contracts in multiple treatment sectors.
3. B.O.T. (Build, Operate and Transfer): Build, Operate, and Transfer model for environmental infrastructure. Company constructs and manages plants, then transfers to public entities after concession period. Core industrial vocation of the company.
4. Project Financing: Development and financing of public-private partnership projects for environmental infrastructure. Projects presented to public entities with catchment areas for waste collection and treatment services.
5. Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: Production and sale of waste collection vehicles through Ladurner Equipment S.r.l., including waste compactors and collection tanks with sustainable mobility options (electric and biomethane-fuelled).
6. Remediation Services: Environmental remediation projects for contaminated sites including characterization, risk analysis, planning, and execution. Division has finalized contracts worth approximately €30 million.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ladurner Ambiente designs, builds, finances, operates and maintains environmental infrastructure for public entities and multi-utility companies across Italy. Its core services include turn-key construction (EPC) and long-term operation & maintenance (O&M) of solid waste treatment plants, anaerobic digestion and composting facilities, waste-to-energy plants, wastewater treatment plants, and renewable energy installations. The company follows a Build-Operate-Transfer (B.O.T.) model and project financing approach for municipalities, while running specialized divisions for contaminated-site remediation and sustainable urban mobility (electric and biomethane-fuelled waste collection vehicles).

Product overview

Ladurner Ambiente is a diversified environmental services company offering an integrated portfolio of waste treatment, wastewater treatment, renewable energy production, and environmental remediation solutions. The company operates through multiple divisions: ENVIRO handles EPC and O&M for waste treatment plants (composting, anaerobic digestion, waste-to-energy); REMEDIA specializes in contaminated site remediation with proprietary technologies; Transphorma focuses on PPP projects for circular economy and sustainable mobility with zero-emission vehicles; and Ladurner Equipment produces waste collection vehicles. The product portfolio spans anaerobic digestion plants for biogas/biomethane, composting facilities, waste-to-energy plants, soil washing treatment (Mira Plant), photovoltaic installations, and comprehensive remediation services. The company follows a B.O.T. (Build, Operate, Transfer) model for infrastructure development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ENVIRO: Division responsible for EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) and O&M (Operations & Maintenance) of solid and liquid waste treatment plants, including composting, gasification, energy recovery, anaerobic digestion, and sludge treatment technologies.
• REMEDIA
• Transphorma
• Ladurner Equipment

Products and services

• Enviro Division (EPC and O&M) Engineering, procurement, construction and long-term operation & maintenance of solid and liquid waste treatment plants including composting, gasification, energy recovery, anaerobic digestion and sludge treatment. Serves municipalities, public administrations and multi-utility companies.
• Remedia Division (Contaminated Site Remediation) Remediation of contaminated sites and treatment of contaminated land and street sweeping debris using proprietary technologies such as Deep Soil Mixing, Thermal Desorption and on-site soil washing. Serves public entities and industrial clients with finalized contracts worth approximately €30 million.
• Transphorma Sustainable Mobility and PPP Services Public-private partnership services for circular economy, energy efficiency and sustainable mobility including electric and biomethane-fuelled waste collection vehicles, charging infrastructure, renewable energy systems and zero-emission waste collection services for public administrations.
• Ladurner Equipment (Waste Collection Vehicles) Production and sale of waste collection vehicles including compactors and collection tanks with focus on sustainable mobility options (electric and biomethane-fuelled), with equipment assembly and road-ready setup.
• Mira Plant (Soil Washing Facility) Soil washing plant in Mira (Venice) for treatment of contaminated land and road sweeping debris, producing end-of-waste aggregates conforming to UNI standards. Authorized for 100,000 tonnes/year with closed-loop water treatment system.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000 tonnes/year treatment capacity at Mira plant
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Rete ClimaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2025Collaboration for reforestation initiative in Sesto Pusteria following Vaia storm damage. Ladurner supporting with tree planting (500 native trees and shrubs) as part of national Foresta Italia campaign. Rete Clima provides technical support and coordinates ESG projects for companies.
• Atzwanger SpAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2024Partnership for Rome biodigesters (Casal Selce and Cesano) valued at €180 million for AMA. Ladurner acts as lead contractor (mandataria) for Casal Selce (€97 million), Atzwanger leads Cesano (€84 million). Both Alto Adige companies form consortium with Edil Moter and Tecnologie Ambientali. Joint experience includes Bolzano incinerator and MBT plants in Romania and Lithuania.
• HBI (Hydrogen Biological Industries)coreTechnology or Integration · 5 November 2024Three-year joint venture contractual agreement for sewage sludge treatment technology. Ladurner and HBI (NOI Techpark company) combining key competencies for water cycle, sludge treatment, and contaminated groundwater projects. JV promotes HBI's polygenerative technology capable of recovering 90%+ of matter and energy from sludge. Covers EPC and concession bidding, plant design/construction, and O&M services. HBI provides patented technology; Ladurner provides engineering, procurement, and market access.
• SnamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 December 2022Partnership for Cupello anaerobic biodigestion plant in Abruzzo. Ladurner constructing €20.5 million plant in project financing concession awarded in 2014. Snam, as main national gas player, partners for biomethane production. Plant produces biomethane from organic waste serving local community needs.
• LMCR Law FirmminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 30 November 2022Legal counsel for Ladurner Ambiente and Ladurner Group for joint venture agreements with Axpo and Enerfarm sale to Equitix. Team led by partners Roberto Rio and Elmar Zwick.
• Gruppo CAPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 September 2022Partnership for Biopiattaforma ZeroC project in Sesto San Giovanni (MI). Ladurner provides technology for sludge thermal treatment line at the innovative plant combining waste treatment and water purification. Gruppo CAP manages integrated water service for Milan metropolitan area and is among Italy's largest single-utilities.
• Axpo Energy Solutions ItaliacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Joint venture Transphorma Srl established in 2022 for collaboration in green economy through public-private partnerships. Ladurner holds majority stake, Axpo holds minority. Ten-year agreement focused on sustainable urban hygiene, circular economy projects, energy efficiency, and e-mobility. Goal: serve 1 million citizens, deploy 1,000 electric vehicles, save 20,000 tonnes CO2 annually. Axpo contributes energy efficiency expertise, Ladurner contributes environmental infrastructure and PPP experience.
• Zoomlion EnvironmentminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Industrial collaboration started in 2016 following Zoomlion investment in Ladurner Ambiente. Includes development of urban sanitation vehicles for European market. Zoomlion acquired majority stake in 2016 while maintaining original shareholders.
• Iren GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Long-standing partnership for La Spezia Saliceti project financing since 2015. Ladurner building €80 million biodigestion plant (€40 million PNRR funding) in partnership with Iren. Plant will serve Liguria region treating 60,000 tonnes organic waste and 30,000 tonnes green waste. Jointly developed through Recos SpA special purpose vehicle controlled by Iren with Ladurner participation.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Italia (Veolia Environmental Services): Italian arm of the global environmental services giant, operating waste collection, treatment, and energy recovery across Italy. Directly comparable to Ladurner in waste-to-energy and circular economy services, but with vastly greater scale and EU-wide footprint.
• Hera Group: Multi-utility headquartered in Bologna covering waste management, water, and energy across northern Italy. Comparable to Ladurner as an Italian integrated environmental services operator serving municipalities, with both EPC and long-term O&M concessions.
• A2A: Italian multi-utility active in waste-to-energy, district heating, and circular economy. Competes with Ladurner for municipal waste treatment contracts in Lombardy and northern Italy, with a broader energy portfolio.
• Acea: Rome-based multi-utility with significant water and environmental services operations. Direct overlap with Ladurner's Roma-focused biodigester work for AMA and similar Italian municipal clients.
• Iren Group: Italian multi-utility active in waste, water, and energy; existing JV partner with Ladurner at La Spezia Saliceti. Comparable customer profile (municipalities and multi-utility concessions) but much larger and broader scope.
• China Everbright Environment Group: Hong Kong-listed environmental services leader in waste-to-energy and biomass projects across China and Southeast Asia. Highly relevant strategic comparable given Zoomlion's Chinese ownership of Ladurner and shared B.O.T. project-financing model.

Direct peers

• Suez Italia: Italian arm of Suez (now operating independently of Veolia post-divestiture) focused on water, waste, and recycling services. Competes with Ladurner for waste treatment and remediation tenders across Italy with comparable EPC + O&M service offering.
• Marazzato Soluzioni Ambientali: Italian mid-sized environmental services company providing waste collection, hazardous waste management, and remediation. Closely comparable to Ladurner in size, geography (northern Italy), and integrated services portfolio.
• Clean Harbors: North American leader in hazardous waste management, environmental remediation, and industrial services. Most directly comparable to Ladurner's Remedia division and its soil washing, thermal desorption, and contaminated-site remediation business.
• Stericycle: Specialist in regulated waste management and environmental services with strong hazardous-waste and remediation capabilities. Comparable in the HazMat and contaminated-site remediation segments where Ladurner's Remedia division competes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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