KBM

What KBM does

KBM ApS is a Danish private limited company (ApS) founded in 1971 and headquartered in Hillerød, Denmark, that designs and manufactures industrial recycling machinery for producers of expanded foam plastics. Its product line targets EPS (Styrofoam/Styropor), EPP, EPE, Arcel, and Neopor manufacturers and covers the full recycling workflow: recycling machines that separate scrap back into individual beads, volume-reduction compactors/densifiers (e.g., KBM Styropactor, available in 1-phase and 3-phase variants), fill injectors for material processing, mixing units (KBM Styromix and KBM Styrometer), antistatic fabric silos for stored material, and specialized add-ons such as the KBM Hollow Wall Injector and KBM Styrofiller.

The core technology is electromechanical rather than digital: physical compaction, mechanical bead separation, dosing, mixing, and dust-controlled bulk storage. Product differentiation rests on proprietary naming and configuration within a mature industrial equipment category, supported by 50 years of claimed operating experience. The company does not expose APIs, SDKs, or other software surfaces and has no documented AI/ML capabilities.

KBM operates a direct B2B sales motion under a consultative, expert-led approach ("Call us, we got experts") supplemented by a structured agent network (separate pages for Agents Styropactor and Agents EPS/EPP), trade-show participation, and a multilingual corporate website in English, Spanish, German, and French. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time hardware sales of industrial equipment to enterprise manufacturers; no public pricing or service-contract layer was disclosed. The publicly named customer roster comprises 14 enterprise manufacturers across insulation, packaging, construction materials, cold-chain, and foam production, including Knauf, Sonoco, Synbra Group, Jackon, Lifoam Industries, Placo Saint-Gobain, Foam Fabricators, Carpenter, Cellox, Bewi, Sundolitt, DS Smith, ACH, and Polycon Industries. No external funding rounds, M&A activity, or parent-company relationships were disclosed, and the company's controlling ownership is private and undocumented in the source data.

Name

KBM

Legal name

KBM ApS

Website

https://kbm.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KBM ApS designs and manufactures industrial recycling machinery for EPS and EPP foam manufacturers, including recycling machines, compactors, fill injectors, mixing units, and silos. Founded in 1971 in Denmark, it serves foam producers across packaging, insulation, and construction globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Recycling Equipment

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (326), Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing (32615)

SIC

Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (3690), Refuse Systems (4953), Plastics Foam Products (3086)

akta.pro primary industry

Plastic Recycling Equipment & Technology Providers (Sorting, Washing, Extrusion) (EUAIAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Recycling (EUAIAKAG), Foam Protective Packaging (EPS/EPE/EPP, PU, Molded Foam) (IMALAFAA), Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Foam Manufacturing (IMANAIAA)

Keywords

• EPS recycling equipment
• Foam compacting machinery
• Polystyrene densifiers
• EPP material handling
• Foam bead separation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Hillerød

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycling Equipment Sales: KBM ApS generates revenue through the sale of industrial recycling machinery and equipment including recycling machines, compactors, fill injectors, mixing units, and silos. Equipment is sold to EPS/EPP manufacturers who need to recycle production scrap. The revenue model appears to be primarily one-time hardware sales of industrial equipment, likely supplemented by spare parts and service support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

KBM ApS manufactures and sells industrial recycling machinery and equipment for handling EPS (Expanded Polystyrene/Styrofoam/Styropor), EPP, EPE, Arcel, and Neopor foam materials. The product portfolio covers the entire recycling workflow, including recycling machines that separate scrap back into individual beads, compactors that reduce volume of used EPS, fill injectors for material processing, mixing units, and antistatic fabric silos. Equipment is sold primarily to EPS/EPP manufacturers who need to recycle production scrap.

Product overview

KBM ApS is a recycling equipment company offering a unified portfolio of industrial machinery for EPS (Styrofoam/Styropor), EPP, EPE, Arcel, and Neopor recycling. The product line centers on recycling machines that separate scrap into individual beads, complemented by compactors for volume reduction, fill injectors for material processing, mixing units (including the KBM Styromix and Styrometer), silos for material storage, and additional products like the KBM Hollow Wall Injector and KBM Styrofiller. All products serve EPS/EPP manufacturers in handling and processing foam plastic waste.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Coperion: Global supplier of compounding and processing equipment for plastics and specialty materials. Tangentially comparable as a plastics-industry equipment vendor but does not focus on EPS/EPP recycling machinery.
• Steinert: German maker of magnetic and sensor-based sorting equipment for recycling and mining. Sells into the same recycling operations as KBM's customers but does not make foam-specific compaction or bead-separation equipment.

Broad incumbents

• TOMRA: Global leader in sensor-based sorting and recycling equipment for material recovery facilities. Operates in the broader recycling equipment market where KBM's customers operate.
• Vecoplan: Major German industrial machinery maker of shredders, granulators, and size-reduction equipment used in plastics and recycling operations. Overlaps with KBM in size-reduction for foam recycling but serves a much broader portfolio.
• Machinex Technologies: North American designer and manufacturer of recycling sorting and material recovery systems. Adjacent to KBM in serving materials recovery and recycling operations, though focused on sorting rather than foam-specific equipment.

Direct peers

• Heger Recycling GmbH: German maker of EPS compactors and foam recycling equipment, including integrated recycling systems for EPS/EPP manufacturers. Comparable product line and European customer base.
• Runi: Danish manufacturer of EPS compactors and screw compactors for foam and other waste streams. Closest direct competitor to KBM with overlapping product scope in EPS volume reduction and recycling.
• Mil-tek: Global manufacturer of waste compactors and balers, including EPS-specific compactors. Directly competes in foam volume-reduction equipment sold to manufacturers and waste handlers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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