What Ambigroup does

Ambigroup is a privately held Portuguese environmental services group, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Pontinha, Portugal, operating across Portugal and Spain through five wholly-owned subsidiaries: Ambigroup Demolições (industrial dismantling and demolition), Ambigroup Reciclagem (metals, WEEE, plastics, and end-of-life vehicle recycling), Ambigroup Resíduos (integrated waste management), Ambigroup Serviços (transport and logistics), and Recifemetal España (metal recycling in Asturias). The group is structured as a Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais (SGPS, S.A.) holding and is led by CEO André Além. Operations span the full circular-economy value chain — from asset decommissioning through waste segregation, transport, recycling into secondary raw materials, and energy recovery — at a scale of approximately 100,000 m² of recycling facilities, 7 dedicated recovery lines, 80,000 tonnes of annual recycling capacity, and 5 licensed end-of-life vehicle treatment centers, alongside a light and heavy fleet for waste transport and a bee2waste.com customer portal. The group holds a dense compliance stack including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, WEEELABEX top-standard, and multiple FER certifications under EU Regulations 333/2011 and 715/2013.

Ambigroup generates revenue through a mix of project-based dismantling and demolition contracts (industrial facilities, thermoelectric and wind energy assets, steel mills, urban demolitions, vessels, aircraft) and recurring managed-services contracts for waste collection, segregation, transport, hazardous-waste handling (including asbestos), end-of-life vehicle depollution, and WEEE treatment. Secondary raw materials — ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals (stainless steel, aluminum, copper alloys), and plastics (PS, ABS, PVC, PP, PE) — are sold back into the economic cycle. Customers are enterprise and industrial clients across chemicals (SOLVAY), steel (Siderurgia Nacional), pulp and paper (Navigator/Portucel), fertilizers (ADP), carbon black (Carbogal), energy (Serra da Escusa wind farm), aviation and maritime operators (ANA, MUGE), port terminals, and hospitality/urban developers (Hotel Estoril-Sol). Commercial go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by competitive tendering for large infrastructure and industrial projects, with the company's four-decade track record and integrated service offering serving as the primary differentiators versus single-service competitors.

The underlying technology is industrial rather than digital: fragmentation and shredding, magnetic and granulometric separation, plastic purification and granulation, WEEE treatment to WEEELABEX top-standard, and an EU LIFE-4-Fgases pilot for fluorinated-gas recovery hosted at Ambigroup Reciclagem. The group's own heavy and light vehicle fleet, transitioned to 100% electric for company cars in 2022, and a customer portal round out the operating stack. No AI/ML capability, software product revenue, or technology licensing business is disclosed; the business is fundamentally a regulated industrial services and secondary-materials enterprise.

Name

Ambigroup

Legal name

Ambigroup, SGPS, S.A.

Website

https://ambigroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ambigroup is a privately held Portuguese environmental services group founded in 1983, providing integrated dismantling, demolition, waste management, transport, and recycling of metals and plastics to enterprise and industrial clients across Portugal and Spain through five wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental and Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Management and Remediation Services (562), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (5621), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Asset Recovery, Surplus & Decommissioning Services (EUAIANAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Scrap Management & On-site Services (Plant Scrap, Roll-off, Managed Programs) (EUAIAJAI), Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Recycling Processing (BPALADAC), Solvent Recovery & Hazardous Waste Recycling/Reclamation (Distillation, Reuse) (BPALAFAH), C&D Waste Collection, Hauling & Container Services (Roll-off/Dumpsters) (EUAIAHAA), E-waste Collection, Aggregation & Reverse Logistics (BPALAIAB)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Industrial demolition services
• Metal recycling
• Construction waste recycling
• End-of-life vehicle processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Pontinha

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dismantling and Demolition Services: Ambigroup provides dismantling and demolition services for industrial facilities, thermoelectric power plants, wind farms, aircraft, ships, trains, steel mills, industrial facilities, urban demolitions, and civil protection/sinistros. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts, often competitively tendered for large infrastructure and industrial clients. Services are performed using in-house resources and supervised by the company's own technical team.
2. Integrated Waste Management Services: Ambigroup provides waste management services including waste collection, segregation, transport, and routing. Services include implementation of waste management systems at client sites, provision of containers and equipment, technical cleaning, and hazardous waste management. Revenue is generated through service contracts with industrial and commercial clients.
3. Transportation and Service Provision: A vast fleet of heavy and light vehicles provides waste collection and transportation services. The company offers diverse transport solutions including container transport (multibenne, polibenne), palletizable transport, tipper vehicles, car carriers, and special machine carrier transport. These services are integrated with waste management operations and serve to optimize resource management.
4. Recycling and Secondary Raw Materials: Ambigroup Reciclagem transforms waste into secondary raw materials (ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, plastics) that are sold back into the economic cycle. This includes processing of end-of-life vehicles, WEEE, metal packaging, and industrial plastics. Revenue is generated from the sale of processed materials. The company also operates WEEE treatment facilities and end-of-life vehicle depollution and dismantling centers.
5. Waste-Derived Fuel Production: Non-recyclable waste is directed to waste-derived fuel production units for energy recovery. As a last resort, waste is sent to landfill, with energy recovery prioritized over disposal.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ambigroup operates an integrated environmental services group delivering dismantling and demolition of industrial facilities, integrated waste management, specialized transportation, and recycling of metals and plastics. Through its 100,000 m² of recycling facilities with 7 recovery lines producing 80,000 tonnes of secondary raw materials annually, the company serves industrial, construction, energy, and maritime clients across Portugal and Spain under circular economy principles.

Product overview

Ambigroup operates as an integrated environmental services group with four core business areas: Dismantling and Demolitions, Waste Management, Transportation and Service Provision, and Recycling of Metals and Plastics. The group comprises five subsidiaries (Ambigroup Demolições, Ambigroup Reciclagem, Ambigroup Resíduos, Ambigroup Serviços, and Recifemetal España) that work synergistically to deliver circular economy solutions. Services range from decommissioning industrial facilities, managing diverse waste streams, providing specialized transportation, to operating recycling facilities that process 80,000 tonnes annually. The company also offers digital platform integration through its customer portal and specialized service modules including waste management system implementation, document destruction, industrial cleaning, and asbestos remediation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ambigroup Demolições: Dismantling and demolition subsidiary specializing in industrial facilities, power plants, wind farms, aircraft, ships, trains, and steel mills.
• Ambigroup Reciclagem
• Ambigroup Resíduos
• Ambigroup Serviços
• Recifemetal España

Products and services

• Dismantling and Demolition Services Project-based dismantling and demolition of thermoelectric power plants, wind farms, aircraft, ships, trains, steel mills, industrial facilities, urban structures, and civil protection/sinistros projects for industrial and construction clients.
• Integrated Waste Management Services End-to-end waste management for construction and demolition waste, industrial and commercial waste, metals, wood, plastics, paper, glass, tires, hazardous waste, end-of-life vehicles, and WEEE, including on-site container provision, collection, segregation, and routing for industrial and commercial clients.
• Transportation and Service Provision Waste collection and transport logistics using a diverse fleet of heavy and light vehicles, including multibenne/polibenne container transport, palletizable transport, tipper trucks, mobile floor transport, car carriers, and special machine carrier transport.
• Recycling of Metals and Plastics Recycling of ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals (stainless steel, aluminum, copper), and plastics (PS, ABS, PVC, PP, PE) into secondary raw materials through 7 recovery lines with 80,000 tonnes annual capacity, including WEEE treatment and end-of-life vehicle depollution/dismantling.
• bee2waste Customer Portal Digital customer portal providing waste reporting, service management, and operational coordination for existing B2B clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000 tonnes of waste recycled annually through 7 recovery lines
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AEPSA (Associação Portuguesa de Empresas do Setor Ambiental)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 December 2024AEPSA (Portuguese Association of Environmental Sector Companies) partnered with Ambigroup Reciclagem to organize a visit by the Portuguese State Secretary for the Environment, Emídio Sousa, on December 12, 2024. The joint initiative aimed to present government with the main concerns of the waste management sector, emphasizing energy recovery as a priority solution for non-recyclable waste.
• LIFE-4-Fgases Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbigroup Reciclagem SA participates as host and operational partner in the LIFE-4-Fgases project, an EU LIFE programme initiative focused on fluorinated gas management and recovery. The company hosted the project follow-up meeting in September 2024, bringing together all consortium members. Participants visited the pilot facility at Ambigroup Reciclagem's premises to observe project progress.
• ValorpneucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbigroup is a member of the Valorpneu network, the Portuguese extended producer responsibility scheme for end-of-life tires. Within this network, Ambigroup operates licensed ELV treatment centers, receiving, collecting, depolluting, dismantling, and processing end-of-life vehicles, with proper certification and routing to suitable final destinations.
• WEEELABEXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbigroup Reciclagem achieved WEEELABEX top-standard certification, a pan-European certification scheme for WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) compliance. This certification validates Ambigroup's WEEE treatment operations meet the highest standards across collection, treatment, and recovery.
• FER — Sociedade de Gestão de ResíduoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmbigroup holds FER (Producer Responsibility) certifications for multiple waste streams — plastics (FER 024-2024), iron/steel/aluminum scrap (EU Reg. 333/2011), and copper scrap (EU Reg. 715/2013) — under the Portuguese EPR scheme managed by FER. These certifications authorize Ambigroup as an approved treatment operator for extended producer responsibility compliance.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Lipor: Lipor is the Porto-region inter-municipal waste management system in Portugal, operating recycling and recovery facilities. Regional peer in Portuguese waste and recycling services, focused on municipal clients rather than Ambigroup's industrial and demolition verticals.
• Valorsul: Valorsul is a Portuguese multi-municipal waste management system serving the Lisbon region, operating waste treatment and recovery facilities. Comparable regional player in Portugal's waste management and recycling sector, though more focused on municipal waste streams than Ambigroup's industrial/enterprise emphasis.

Broad incumbents

• Sacyr Servicios: Sacyr is a major Spanish infrastructure and services group with significant environmental services operations, including waste collection and recycling. Comparable in integrated service delivery to Ambigroup but operates at much larger scale across Iberia and Latin America.
• Veolia Iberia: Veolia is a global environmental services leader with significant Iberian operations in waste management, recycling, and hazardous waste treatment. Broad incumbent whose hazardous waste handling and large-scale recycling compete directly with Ambigroup's enterprise offerings.
• FCC Servicios Medioambientales: FCC's environmental services division is a major Spanish waste management and water treatment operator with pan-European operations. Overlaps with Ambigroup's integrated waste management, recycling, and circular economy services but at materially larger scale across more geographies.
• Prezero: Prezero is the Schwarz Group's environmental services division, operating across Europe in waste management, recycling, and circular economy services. Competes with Ambigroup for enterprise recycling and waste management contracts across Iberia and represents the kind of well-capitalized multinational that pressures mid-sized regional players.
• Urbaser: Urbaser is one of the largest environmental services companies in Spain, offering urban waste collection, treatment, and recycling across Iberia and globally. Broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in waste management and recycling, but serving a much broader geographic and service footprint than Ambigroup.
• Acciona Servicios Urbanos: Acciona is a major Spanish infrastructure and services group whose environmental services division handles urban waste collection, treatment, and recycling. Overlaps with Ambigroup's waste management business and represents scale competition in Iberian enterprise and municipal contracts.
• SUEZ Recycling Iberia: SUEZ operates waste management and recycling services across Iberia with focus on circular economy solutions for municipal and industrial clients. Competes with Ambigroup for industrial waste contracts and recycling throughput, particularly in metals and WEEE streams.

Direct peers

• Befesa: Befesa is a Frankfurt/Madrid-listed leader in recycling steel dust and aluminum salt slags into valuable raw materials. Direct peer to Ambigroup Reciclagem's metal recycling operations, particularly in non-ferrous metals recovery and scrap processing across Iberia.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Ambigroup
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ambigroup-sgps

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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