What Bezner does

Bezner Anlagen- und Maschinenbau GmbH is a German engineering and manufacturing company that designs and produces machinery for the waste management and recycling industries. Founded in 1899 as a manufacturer of specialized machines for wood processing and screening, the company pivoted in the 1980s to become a first-mover in waste processing installations for material recovery. Its current product portfolio spans four main categories: recycling solutions (covering commercial and industrial waste, construction and demolition debris, municipal solid waste, plastic recycling, bottom ash recovery, single-stream recycling, glass recycling, and paper and cardboard), conveyor systems (belt, chain, elevator, vibrating feeders, and bunker conveyors), screens (linear vibrating screens, circulation vibrating screens, trommel screening drums, and screening buckets), and air separation equipment. The company serves enterprise customers operating waste-to-energy plants, material recovery facilities, plastic recyclers, and logistics and packaging operations across Europe and internationally.

Bezner operates through direct enterprise field sales, offering both standalone machines and complete turn-key recycling installations. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware sales of customized machinery and professional services for turn-key project delivery and custom engineering, with quote-based project pricing on multi-year contracts. The company maintains in-house mechanical and electrical engineering teams and its own production facility, enabling customized manufacturing of components designed for high throughput, recovery rates, and purity. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heilig Group, a diversified industrial conglomerate headquartered in the Netherlands, having been acquired in 2007. The company operates from its Detmold, Germany headquarters and through its wholly-owned French subsidiary Bezner France S.A.S., with offices in Puyricard (Aix en Provence) and Pertuis.

The company benefits from Heilig Group's broader portfolio of circular economy businesses — including B+B Anlagenbau (plastic recycling), Recco (non-ferrous recycling), Heilig Beton (circular concrete goods), and FastFeetGrinded (footwear recycling) — which positions Bezner within an integrated ecosystem for cross-selling comprehensive waste and recycling solutions. Its 120+ year brand heritage, early-mover status in waste processing installations, and active participation in major industry exhibitions (IFAT Munich, Pollutec Paris, K-Fair) support its international commercial positioning.

Name

Bezner

Legal name

Bezner Anlagen- und Maschinenbau GmbH

Website

https://bezner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Bezner designs, engineers, and manufactures customized recycling and waste management machinery—including conveyor systems, screens, air separators, and turn-key recycling installations—for enterprise customers in waste-to-energy, material recovery, and plastic recycling industries across Europe and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Recycling Machinery

NAICS

Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing (333922), Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing (3331), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Refuse Systems (4953), General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Recycling Processing (BPALADAC)

Keywords

• Recycling machinery systems
• Waste management equipment
• Conveyor systems manufacturing
• Air separation equipment
• Vibrating screening solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Detmold

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycling Machinery Sales: Sale of customized recycling and waste management machinery including single machines and turn-key solutions for conveying, separating, sorting, and screening
2. Turn-key Project Solutions: Complete installation and commissioning of waste processing plants and recycling facilities
3. Custom Engineering Services: In-house mechanical and electrical engineering for customized components with high throughput and excellent recovery and purity rates

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bezner manufactures and supplies customized recycling and waste management machinery, including belt and chain conveyors, vibrating feeders, linear and circulation vibrating screens, screening drums, screening buckets, air separators, and sorting cabins. It delivers both individual machines and complete turn-key recycling plants configured for municipal solid waste, commercial and industrial waste, construction and demolition debris, plastics (PET, HDPE), bottom ash, single-stream recyclables, glass, paper, cardboard, and logistics packaging waste. Solutions are engineered with in-house mechanical and electrical teams to achieve high throughput and excellent recovery and purity rates.

Product overview

Bezner is a leading engineering and manufacturing company of recycling and waste management machinery, offering both single machines and turn-key solutions. The product portfolio is organized into four main categories: Recycling Solutions (including Commercial & Industrial Waste, Construction & Demolition, Municipal Solid Waste, Plastic Recycling, Bottom Ash, Single Stream, Glass, Paper/Cardboard, and Waste Handling in Logistics), Conveyor Systems (Belt Conveyor, Chain Conveyor, Elevator Conveyor, Vibrating Feeder, and Bunker Conveyor), Screens (Linear Vibrating Screen, Circulation Vibrating Screens, Screening Drum/Trommel, and Screening Bucket), and Air Separation Equipment. The company operates with an in-house team of mechanical and electrical engineers and production facility to supply customized components with high throughput and excellent recovery and purity rates. Turn-key solutions integrate these products with project management support for complete waste processing installations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Belt Conveyor A continuous rubber belt conveyor designed to be robust and durable to withstand impacts, wear, and oil/grease leaks in waste processing applications. Transports bulk materials through Bezner's recycling plants.
• Chain Conveyor Conveyor system designed for transporting heavy materials, typically operating horizontally with optional vertical transport capability for short distances, suited to waste management and recycling facilities.
• Elevator Conveyor Conveyor system for elevating materials to higher levels, integrated into Bezner's conveyor solutions portfolio for recycling and waste processing plants.
• Vibrating Feeder Conveyor component that uses gravity and vibratory motion to advance and distribute materials in recycling processes, available as dosing systems for fine aggregates and homogeneous materials.
• Bunker Conveyor Conveyor system designed with bunker/hopper components for material storage and feeding in recycling installations, enabling controlled feed of bulk waste into downstream processing equipment.
• Linear Vibrating Screen Screen equipment providing thorough and gentle separation of various materials including construction debris, bulk materials, paper, and light packaging in recycling operations.
• Circulation Vibrating Screen Vibrating screen equipment designed for circular material flow patterns in waste processing applications, supporting separation and classification of bulk recyclables.
• Screening Drum (Trommel Screen) A rotating drum screen machine for classifying, size-separating, and pre-sorting waste in waste management, recycling, or composting facilities, available in various lengths, diameters, and mesh configurations.
• Screening Bucket Bucket-style screening equipment for material processing in recycling applications, used to classify and separate feed streams within Bezner recycling lines.
• Air Separator Wind/air separator providing effective protection for downstream shredders and guaranteeing high-quality separation of heavy materials from lighter fractions in recycling and waste processing lines.
• Sorting Cabins Control rooms or sorting cabins integrated into recycling processes for final quality control of product streams, particularly useful when product quality fluctuates or automation investment budgets are limited.
• Commercial & Industrial Waste Recycling Equipment Recycling equipment designed for commercial and industrial waste streams, enabling extraction of recyclable materials from business and industrial waste.
• Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling Equipment Equipment for recycling construction and demolition debris, processing materials like concrete, wood, metals, and other building materials.
• Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Equipment Systems for processing municipal solid waste to recover recyclable materials and prepare waste for energy recovery or disposal.
• Plastic Recycling Equipment Equipment for recycling plastics including PET, HDPE, and mixed plastic streams, enabling extraction and reprocessing of plastic materials.
• Bottom Ash Recycling Equipment Equipment for processing bottom ash from waste-to-energy plants to recover metals and produce secondary construction materials.
• Single Stream Recycling Equipment Systems for processing single-stream recyclables where all materials are collected together, requiring advanced sorting and separation technology.
• Glass Recycling Equipment Equipment for recycling glass containers and cullet, enabling recovery and reprocessing of glass materials.
• Paper and Cardboard Recycling Equipment Equipment for recycling paper and cardboard materials, enabling extraction and reprocessing of cellulose fibers.
• Waste Handling Systems in Logistics Conveyor systems designed for logistics centers and the packaging industry to handle packaging waste including cardboard boxes and general waste from e-commerce operations.
• Turn-Key Waste Plant Installation Complete turn-key delivery and commissioning of waste processing installations combining Bezner's recycling, conveyor, screening, and air separation equipment with project engineering for facilities processing MSW, commercial/industrial waste, plastics, glass, paper, cardboard, metals, and construction and demolition waste.

Quantifiable outcome

• High throughput with excellent recovery and purity rates

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Heilig GroupcoreOthersParent company of Bezner. Heilig Group is a conglomerate of companies providing complete solutions for recycling, waste management, bulk handling, wood processing, heat exchange, industrial mixing, and electrotechnology. Founded in 1978 by Nicolaas Maria Heilig. Bezner joined Heilig Group in 2007, providing customers with financial stability and access to industrial technology expertise.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vecoplan: German manufacturer of shredders, conveyors, and material-handling equipment for waste, recycling, and bulk materials. Comparable to Bezner in conveying and size-reduction/screening systems for recycling applications.
• Lindner-Recyclingtech: German/Austrian maker of shredders and complete recycling plants for MSW, commercial waste, and C&D. Direct competitor in shredding, screening, and integrated recycling installations.
• Bollegraaf: Dutch recycling machinery specialist producing balers, conveyors, and full sorting/MRF systems. Overlaps with Bezner across paper, cardboard, plastic, and C&I recycling lines, and is a recognized European turn-key competitor.
• Stadler Anlagenbau: German-based designer and manufacturer of turn-key sorting plants and recycling systems for MSW, C&I, and C&D. Direct competitor to Bezner in conveyor-fed MRF/sorting installations across Europe.
• Machinex Industries: Canadian manufacturer of Material Recovery Facility equipment, sorting systems, and turn-key recycling plants. Closely comparable to Bezner in product scope (screens, conveyors, optical sorters integration) and project-based delivery.
• Komptech: Austrian manufacturer of shredders, screeners, and turn-key composting/biomass/waste processing systems. Competes with Bezner in screening, C&D waste, and mechanical waste treatment lines.

Broad incumbents

• TOMRA Sorting Solutions: Global leader in sensor-based sorting (optical, near-infrared) for waste and recycling. Larger, publicly listed incumbent whose optical sorters are often integrated into systems like Bezner's, making it both a supplier and adjacent competitor.
• Metso: Large Finnish-listed industrial machinery group with a broad portfolio including crushing, screening, and material handling for aggregates and recycling. Adjacent incumbent competing for larger recycling and C&D processing projects.

Emerging players

• ZenRobotics: Finnish provider of AI-driven robotic sorting systems for C&D and waste recycling. Emerging player whose technology could be complementary or competitive to Bezner's mechanical sorting lines as automation penetrates MRFs.

Others

• B+B Anlagenbau: Sister company within Heilig Group, focused on plastic recycling solutions. While not a direct external competitor, it operates in the same parent group and represents both an internal coordination opportunity and potential overlap with Bezner's plastic recycling equipment line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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