What mtm plastics does

mtm plastics GmbH is a German polyolefin recycling company that converts post-consumer plastic waste — sourced primarily from Germany's yellow bag household collection system and municipal bulky-waste recycling centres — into high-quality polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) regranulates sold to plastic-processing manufacturers. Founded in 1994 and headquartered at a single manufacturing site in Niedergebra, Thuringia, the company operates a multi-stage upcycling process (shredding, impurity removal, washing, thermal drying, sorting by polymer type and colour, extrusion, fine filtration, degassing, homogenisation and granulation) with continuous in-line laboratory quality control, producing ~24 metric ton homogenised batches.

The company sells two registered-trademark product lines: Dipolen™, derived from household waste and engineered for injection-moulded products with static and dynamic loads (e.g., construction aids, gutters, buckets, pipes), and Purpolen™, derived from bulky municipal waste and targeted at B2C consumer-brand manufacturers requiring high-purity recyclate (e.g., pallets, bins, tool boxes, cutlery trays). Both lines are available in PE-HD and PP grades for extrusion and injection-moulding applications.

Since 2016, mtm plastics has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Borealis Group, a major polyolefins and base chemicals producer. The Borealis ownership has funded a post-acquisition capacity expansion at the Niedergebra site and integrated mtm into the EverMinds™ circular-economy platform. The company distributes directly to B2B customers on a quote-based pricing model, with industry-association memberships (bvse, Plastics Recyclers Europe, Recoup) supporting sector visibility. Revenue, customer concentration, and current capacity-utilisation figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

mtm plastics

Legal name

mtm plastics GmbH

Website

https://mtm-plastics.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

mtm plastics is a German B2B polyolefin recycler founded in 1994, converting post-consumer PE and PP waste into Dipolen™ and Purpolen™ regranulates for injection-moulding manufacturers across industrial and consumer-product applications. It operates as a wholly-owned Borealis Group subsidiary from its Niedergebra, Thuringia facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling / Recycled Polyolefin Manufacturing

NAICS

Plastics Product Manufacturing (3261)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Plastics Recycling (Wash/Grind/Flake/Pellet) (IMANAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH), Plastics Sorting & Reprocessing (PET, HDPE, Film) (BPALADAE), Rigid Plastics Recycling (HDPE/PP, Injection/Blow Molded) (EUAIAKAF)

Keywords

• Plastic recycling
• Polyolefin regranulates
• Post-consumer plastics
• Injection molding materials
• Circular economy polymers

Headquarters

HQ city

Niedergebra

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Polyolefin Regranulate Sales: mtm plastics generates revenue through the sale of recycled polyolefin regranulates (Dipolen™ and Purpolen™) to plastic processing manufacturers. Products are sold directly to manufacturers for use in horticulture, building and construction, packaging, and household items production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

mtm plastics manufactures recycled polyolefin regranulates (Dipolen™ and Purpolen™) from post-consumer PE and PP plastic waste. The company operates a multi-stage upcycling process (shredding, washing, thermal drying, sorting by plastic type and color, extrusion, filtration, degassing, homogenisation and granulation) at its Niedergebra facility, producing regranulates suitable for injection moulding and extrusion applications in horticulture, construction, packaging and consumer products.

Product overview

mtm plastics GmbH produces two main regranulate product lines—Dipolen™ and Purpolen™—both derived from post-consumer polyolefin (PE and PP) plastic waste. Dipolen™ is sourced from household waste via the German yellow bag collection system and processed for injection moulding applications with static and dynamic loads. Purpolen™ is sourced from bulky waste collected at municipal recycling centres and serves B2C branded consumer product manufacturers requiring high purity recyclate. Both products are manufactured at the company's Niedergebra facility in Thuringia, Germany, and distributed through the Borealis Group network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dipolen™: Regranulate made from household plastic waste, primarily collected via the yellow bag collection system in Germany. Highly selective processing technology involves thorough degassing and very fine filtration. Ideal for injection moulded products with static and dynamic loads.
• Purpolen™

Products and services

• Dipolen™ A regranulate made from household plastic waste collected via Germany's yellow bag collection system, processed with selective degassing and fine filtration technology. Ideal for injection moulded products with static and dynamic loads, including home & garden furniture, gutters, buckets, building aids, protective packaging, profiles, window wedges, formwork supports, composters, pipes and boxes.
• Purpolen™ A homogeneous, high-quality, high-purity recyclate made from bulky plastics collected from municipal recycling centres. Particularly suited for production of sophisticated B2C consumer products including pallets, concrete spacers, rubbish bins, pens, painting materials, washing baskets, cutlery trays and tool boxes. Available in PE-HD and PP grades for extrusion and injection-moulding applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• Considerably less greenhouse gases compared with virgin material
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Borealis EverMinds™coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEverMinds is a Borealis platform that brings together value chain partners to foster a circular mindset across the value chain. mtm plastics participates together with Borealis and other industry partners to accelerate the transition to the Circular Economy through Design for Recyclability initiatives.
• bvse - Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V.minorOthersGerman Federal Association of Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management. mtm plastics is a member of this industry association representing secondary raw materials and waste management sector.
• Plastics Recyclers EuropeminorOthersEuropean association representing plastics recyclers. mtm plastics is a member, supporting the organization's efforts to promote plastics recycling across Europe.
• RecoupminorOthersUK-based organization working to increase recycling rates and promote sustainable plastics use. mtm plastics holds membership supporting Recoup's mission.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Carbios: French biotech company developing enzymatic recycling (depolymerisation) of PET and now exploring polyolefin feedstocks. Adjacent competitor in the high-purity recycled plastics space, with a different technology route but targeting the same brand-owner demand pull.
• Renewlogy: US-based chemical recycling company focused on converting mixed polyolefin waste into virgin-equivalent feedstock. Adjacent competitor to mtm, addressing a similar mixed-waste feedstock challenge via a different (thermal) technology route.
• Mura Technology: UK-headquartered advanced recycler using supercritical steam-based hydrothermal process to convert mixed plastic waste back to cracker feedstocks. Competes indirectly with mtm for mixed polyolefin feedstocks and brand-owner recycled-content demand.
• Eastman Chemical (Advanced Recycling): Operating commercial-scale polyester hydrolysis and chemical recycling facilities targeting food-contact and high-purity applications. Not a mechanical recycler like mtm, but competes for the same brand-owner recycled-content offtake.

Broad incumbents

• LyondellBasell (CirculenRecover / PCR portfolio): Global polyolefins major with a growing mechanically-recycled PCR resin portfolio (CirculenRecover) targeting injection moulding and packaging customers. Comparable to mtm in serving the same end-markets with rPE/rPP, but operating at substantially larger global scale.
• TotalEnergies (Recycled Polymers): Integrated energy and petrochemicals company with mechanically and chemically recycled polyolefin offerings for European converters. Competes with mtm for similar injection moulding and packaging customers with PCR-grade rPE/rPP.
• Veolia (Recycling & Waste Europe): Global environmental services incumbent with a substantial European plastics sorting and mechanical recycling footprint serving injection moulders. Overlaps with mtm in polyolefin recycling and post-consumer feedstock processing, but at much larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Suez (Recycling & Recovery Europe): Major European waste management and materials recovery operator with plastics sorting and reprocessing capabilities. Comparable to mtm as a producer of PCR polyolefin for industrial buyers, but with significantly broader geographic and service breadth.

Direct peers

• APK AG: Germany-based plastic recycler operating the Newcycling® solvent-based process for polyolefins (PE/PP) from complex post-consumer waste streams. Directly comparable to mtm as a European recycler targeting high-purity polyolefin recyclate for injection moulding applications.

Others

• Grüner Punkt / Der Grüne Punkt (DSD): Germany's leading dual system operator and source of post-consumer feedstock via the yellow bag / yellow bin collection — overlapping the same feedstock streams that supply mtm's Dipolen™ line. Adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct recycler competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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