Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales

What Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales does

Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales (TYSA) is a privately held Argentine environmental services group headquartered in Buenos Aires and operating as the controlling entity of the TAFSA group's municipal services portfolio. The company delivers urban hygiene, waste management, pathogenic waste treatment, sanitary landfill operation, public lighting maintenance, and biogas energy recovery through wholly-owned subsidiaries (SOLBAYRES in Buenos Aires, LIME Rosario, LIME Mendoza, TYSA Salud) and via the Sustenta JV, serving approximately 4.5 million inhabitants across Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Mendoza. Technologically, TYSA operates a forced biogas capture and treatment plant at the Las Heras sanitary landfill (processing 600 m3/h through 57 extraction wells, generating 130 kW of biogas energy plus 5 kW from solar panels) and offers design, construction, and operation of sanitary landfills, transfer plants, and waste treatment plants with material/energy recovery. The business model is concession-based: TYSA secures long-term (5–10 year) contracts via competitive public bidding with municipal and provincial governments, performs collection, transport, treatment, and disposal services itself or through controlled subsidiaries, and supplements revenue with advisory and technical consulting to operating companies in the environmental sector. Footprint and customer base are concentrated in three Argentine metros; there is no disclosed revenue figure, no external institutional investors, and no public listing.

Name

Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales

Legal name

Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales

Website

https://tysa.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

TYSA is a Buenos Aires-based private Argentine environmental services group that delivers urban hygiene, waste management, pathogenic waste treatment, sanitary landfill operations, public lighting maintenance, and biogas energy recovery to municipalities across Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Mendoza, serving roughly 4.5 million inhabitants under long-term government concessions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Services and Urban Sanitation

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950), Hazardous Waste Management (4955)

akta.pro primary industry

Street & Public Space Litter Collection (Municipal Cleaning) (BPALAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disinfection, Sanitization & Infection Prevention Services (BPABABAE)

Keywords

• Urban waste management
• Environmental sanitation services
• Pathogenic waste treatment
• Sanitary landfill operations
• Public lighting maintenance

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Concession Services: TYSA generates revenue through government concession contracts for urban hygiene, waste collection, transport, treatment and disposal, sanitary landfill operation, and public lighting maintenance across Buenos Aires, Rosario, and Mendoza. Services are provided directly and through controlled subsidiaries (Solbayres, LIME Rosario, LIME Mendoza, Sustenta, TYSA Salud).
2. Advisory and Technical Services: Consulting services covering basic and environmental engineering, technical assistance, financial, administrative, commercial, and human resources support to operating companies in the environmental sector.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales (TYSA) manages urban hygiene and environmental sanitation projects for municipal and provincial governments across Argentina's three largest metropolitan areas (Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Rosario and Mendoza). Under long-term government concessions, the company and its controlled subsidiaries (Solbayres, LIME Rosario, LIME Mendoza, Sustenta, TYSA Salud) deliver solid waste collection and street sweeping, sanitary landfill operation, pathogenic and pharmaceutical waste treatment, public lighting maintenance, and biogas capture with energy recovery.

Product overview

TYSA (Tecnologías y Servicios Ambientales) is an environmental services group offering an integrated portfolio of urban hygiene, waste management, and public lighting maintenance services. The company operates through multiple sub-brands: Solbayres and LIME Rosario/LIME Mendoza provide urban hygiene services (RSU collection, sweeping, cleaning) across Buenos Aires, Rosario and Mendoza; Sustenta and TYSA Salud handle pathogenic and pharmaceutical waste management; TYSA Biogas Plant operates energy generation from landfill biogas. TYSA also provides design, construction and operation of sanitary landfills, waste treatment plants with energy recovery, transfer plants, and public lighting maintenance. The company serves approximately 4.5 million inhabitants managing 500,000 tons/year of urban hygiene waste, 480,000 tons/year in sanitary landfill disposal, and 1,200 tons/year of pathogenic waste.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban Hygiene Services (Solbayres - Buenos Aires Zone 3) Solid urban waste collection, street sweeping and public space cleaning delivered through Solbayres in Zone 3 (communes 11, 12 and 15) of Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires under a municipal concession for 700,000 inhabitants.
• Urban Hygiene Services (LIME Rosario - South Zone) Solid urban waste collection, sweeping and cleaning in the South Zone of Ciudad de Rosario, delivered via LIME Rosario and serving 450,000 inhabitants managing 15,000 tons/month of RSU.
• Urban Hygiene Services (LIME Mendoza - Las Heras and Metropolitan Region) Solid urban waste collection, transport to sanitary landfill, and sanitary landfill construction and operation for the Metropolitan Region of Mendoza province via LIME Mendoza, serving 990,000 inhabitants and managing 40,000 tons/month.
• Comprehensive Urban Hygiene Services End-to-end urban hygiene services including solid waste collection and transport, pathological waste handling, urban hygiene, green space cleaning and maintenance, and public lighting care, provided to municipal and provincial government clients.
• Pathogenic and Pharmaceutical Waste Management (TYSA Salud) Public service for collection, transport and final disposal of pathogenic and pharmaceutical waste in Mendoza Province, serving 3,000+ public and private generators and managing approximately 100 tons/month.
• Pathogenic Waste Management (Sustenta - Mendoza, prior to May 2024) Integral management service for pathogenic waste — collection, transport, treatment and final disposal — formerly delivered in Mendoza Province until May 2024, serving 2,000,000 inhabitants and managing 100 tons/month.
• Public Lighting Maintenance (Rosario Zone 1) Public lighting maintenance service covering Zone 1 of Ciudad de Rosario, maintaining 34,396 luminaries across 9,187 columns and serving 350,000 inhabitants.
• Sanitary Landfill Design, Construction and Operation Engineering and operational services for the design, construction and operation of sanitary landfills for urban solid waste management, delivered to public and private clients.
• Waste Treatment Plant with Energy Recovery Design, construction and operation of treatment plants for urban solid, pathogenic and dangerous waste with energy recovery capabilities.
• TYSA Biogas Capture and Energy Generation Plant (Las Heras Sanitary Landfill) Forced capture and treatment plant for biogas produced at the Las Heras sanitary landfill, generating thermal and electrical energy. Capacity: 600 m3/h gas processing through 57 extraction wells across 6 landfill modules, 130 kW biogas energy generation, 5 kW solar panels.
• Transfer Plant Design, Construction and Operation Design, construction and operation of waste transfer plants for efficient waste logistics and transport, delivered to public and private clients.
• Environmental Project Execution (Sustainability and Circular Economy) Execution of environmental projects focused on sustainability, waste reduction, reuse, recycling and material/energy recovery following the REDUCTION-REUSE-RECYCLING-RECOVERY framework.
• Advisory and Technical Services for Environmental Sector Operators Consulting and technical assistance covering basic and environmental engineering, technical support, and financial, administrative, commercial and human resources support to operating companies in the environmental sector.
• Public Service Commercial Management and Administration Commercial management and administration of public services under public or private contracting and concession schemes.
• SUMAR Mobile Equipment Maintenance Service Maintenance, repair and preservation services for mobile equipment belonging to the municipal entity SUMAR, covering 23 heavy units and 10 light vehicles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 4.5 million inhabitants across three cities
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Technology Partners (unnamed)coreTechnology or IntegrationTYSA has signed technology cooperation agreements for the development and execution of Waste Treatment Plant and Renewable Energy Generation projects. These partnerships enable implementation of advanced technology for waste treatment integrated management systems.
• Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCuyo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint execution of a biogas capture project in consortium with UNCuyo, EMESA and the Municipality of Las Heras, financed by FONARCEC through FITR. The project combines biogas control with thermal and electric energy generation and photovoltaic panel installation.
• EMESA (Empresa Mendocina de Energía)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in the biogas capture and energy generation project at the Las Heras sanitary landfill, working with UNCuyo and the Municipality of Las Heras.
• Municipalidad de Las HerascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner in the biogas capture project, contributing to the project's financing through FONARCEC FITR funding.
• TAFSA (Tecnologías Ambientales del Futuro S.A.)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTYSA is part of the TAFSA Group and is the controlling shareholder of Solbayres, LIME Rosario, LIME Mendoza and shareholder of Sustenta.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AESA (Aseo y Ecología): Argentine environmental services company focused on industrial and hazardous waste management, partially overlapping with TYSA's pathogenic waste segment. A potential competitor or partner for hazardous waste concessions outside Mendoza.
• Industrias Juan F. Secco (Secco Group): Argentine group with operations in energy, environmental services, and infrastructure, including waste-to-energy and biogas projects comparable to TYSA's Las Heras plant. Competes for similar municipal and provincial concessions in Argentina.
• Benito Roggio e Hijos: Argentine infrastructure and environmental services firm with municipal concessions including waste collection and treatment, operating in similar geographies to TYSA. Comparable in scale and business model, making it a direct bidder competitor.
• Grupo Roggio: Argentine conglomerate with environmental services, water, and infrastructure operations, including waste management concessions that compete with TYSA. Its diversified Argentine footprint and engineering capabilities make it a natural head-to-head competitor in municipal tenders.

Regional players

• Proma S.A. Argentine provider of urban hygiene services in regional cities, comparable to TYSA's LIME subsidiaries in operational model. Smaller scale but represents the type of local competitor TYSA faces in provincial tenders.

Broad incumbents

• ACCIONA Argentina: Spanish infrastructure group with water and environmental services operations in Argentina, bidding for municipal concessions. Comparable renewable energy and waste treatment capabilities to TYSA, though ACCIONA's portfolio is broader and more diversified.
• Veolia Argentina (formerly Cliba): Veolia operates urban waste collection, street cleaning, and landfill services across multiple Argentine cities including Buenos Aires, directly overlapping with TYSA's Solbayres and LIME operations. As part of the global Veolia group, it represents the largest incumbent TYSA competes against in municipal tenders.
• Urbaser Argentina: Urbaser (ACS group) provides urban waste collection, street cleaning, and treatment services in Argentine cities, competing head-to-head with TYSA in municipal tenders. The Spanish parent brings global scale and technology for biogas and circular-economy projects comparable to TYSA's portfolio.

Others

• Techint Argentina: Argentine engineering conglomerate with environmental and infrastructure project execution capabilities that occasionally bid for municipal infrastructure projects. Though diversified, Techint's engineering scale makes it a potential competitor in large landfill or biogas tenders.
• Edesal / Energía Mendoza: Argentine provincial energy company that participated in the Las Heras biogas consortium with TYSA. Useful as a comparable for the energy-recovery-from-waste segment and as a potential partner/competitor in landfill gas monetization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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