Hydroswiss

What Hydroswiss does

Hydroswiss AG is a privately held Swiss industrial recycling company that designs and installs the ZWP (Zero Waste Pulper) system for paper mills. The ZWP process uses cold mechanical processing — without added chemicals, except for the final melting phase at approximately 200°C — to transform pulper waste, a problematic byproduct of paper recycling, into secondary raw materials. The system operates through approximately 20 separation stages that recover ferrous metals, paper fiber, light plastics (PE and PP), heavy plastics, and non-ferrous metals, achieving 85-90% waste recovery. A specialized five-phase extrusion screw with double vacuum degassing and self-cleaning filtration produces plastic granules compliant with the UNI 10667-15 standard, validated by DSC analysis showing no PVC contamination.

The company generates revenue through two streams: one-time license fees for industrial plant installation and ongoing transaction-based revenue from selling the resulting plastic granules. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales directed at paper mills globally, with the first operational installation completed at Smurfit Kappa Group's (formerly Burgo Group) Verzuolo plant in Italy. The company is headquartered in Silvaplana, Switzerland, and operates with 1-10 employees. Hydroswiss supplements traditional sales with a passive content-marketing strategy via a multilingual website and actively solicits capital through a token-based investor program to fund additional plant deployments.

The firm's value proposition centers on reducing pulper waste disposal costs for paper mills, converting a disposal liability into a sellable secondary raw material, and helping customers meet EU circular economy and recycling targets. Its chosen vertical — paper mills processing waste paper — gives it domain specialization, but its commercial base currently rests on a single customer reference.

Name

Hydroswiss

Legal name

Hydroswiss AG

Website

https://hydroswiss.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hydroswiss AG is a Swiss industrial recycling company that designs and installs the ZWP (Zero Waste Pulper) system for paper mills, converting pulper waste into sellable plastic granules using a cold mechanical process. Its technology serves paper manufacturers seeking to reduce disposal costs and meet EU circular economy targets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Recycling Equipment

NAICS

Pulp Mills (322110), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Pulp Mills (2611), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize) (EUAIAKAB), Packaging Waste Sorting & Recycling Technologies (Mechanical/Chemical Recycling, Sorting Systems) (IMALAMAL)

Keywords

• Pulper waste recycling
• Industrial recycling plants
• Plastic granulation systems
• Secondary raw materials
• Paper mill waste processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Manno

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Secondary Raw Material Sales: Revenue generated from selling plastic granules (secondary raw materials) produced from pulper waste recycling. The granules comply with UNI 10667-15 standard and can be sold for various plastic product manufacturing including logistics pallets and garden accessories.
2. Industrial Plant Installation: Revenue from designing and installing complete pulper recycling systems at paper mills. The company implements the ZWP process at customer facilities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hydroswiss designs, builds, and installs industrial pulper waste recycling plants for paper mills using its proprietary ZWP (Zero Waste Pulper) cold mechanical process. The systems transform pulper waste into UNI 10667-15 compliant secondary raw materials (plastic granules) through approximately 20 processing stages, achieving 85-90% waste recovery. Customers receive turnkey installations with on-site commissioning, plus optional dehydration and separation modules.

Product overview

Hydroswiss is a Swiss industrial recycling company specializing in pulper waste recycling solutions for paper mills. The core offering is the ZWP (Zero Waste Pulper) System, a comprehensive industrial recycling plant that transforms pulper waste into secondary raw materials. The system operates in two main phases: first, a treatment plant processes pulper waste through approximately 20 stages to separate ferrous metals, paper fiber, and light plastics; second, a granulation system converts light plastics into plastic granules compliant with UNI 10667-15 standard. Hydroswiss also offers add-on modules including dehydration systems and separation systems as part of their complete pulper waste management solutions. The company targets paper mills seeking to reduce disposal costs and environmental impact through material recovery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ZWP (Zero Waste Pulper) System Industrial recycling system that transforms pulper waste from paper mills into secondary raw materials (plastic granules) using cold mechanical processes without added chemicals. Recovers 85-90% of waste material, separating it into ferrous metals, paper fiber, and light plastics (PE and PP). Targets paper manufacturers seeking to reduce disposal costs and meet circular economy goals.
• ZWP Plastic Granulation System The second phase of the ZWP process consisting of nine stages that transform light plastics into plastic granules. Includes metal detection, densification, extrusion with five phases (compression and expansion), vacuum degassing, self-cleaning filtration, and granule cooling. Produces UNI 10667-15 compliant granules with verified composition (63% HDPE, 36% PP, 1% LDPE, no PVC).
• Pulper Waste Dehydration Systems Standalone systems that reduce the volume and weight of pulper waste material, facilitating transportation and disposal. Part of Hydroswiss's comprehensive pulper waste management solutions for paper mills.
• Pulper Waste Separation Systems Standalone systems that recover still-reusable fibers and valorize other components such as metals and plastics from pulper waste. Enables effective separation of materials for downstream recycling applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85-90% of pulper waste recovered as recyclable materials
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kadant: Engineered components and equipment for papermaking, including stock-preparation and recycling/recovery systems sold to paper mills. Kadant's recycling product lines overlap with Hydroswiss's separation and material-recovery stages.
• Andritz: Global supplier of pulp and paper machinery, including pulping equipment and stock-preparation/recycling systems. Andritz is the natural in-line equipment OEM that paper mills buy pulpers from and could logically extend into pulper-waste recycling, directly competing with Hydroswiss's ZWP system.
• Voith: Paper machinery, process technology, and recycling/stock-preparation systems for paper mills. Voith's pulping and fiber-recovery solutions directly overlap with Hydroswiss's pulper waste recycling offering for paper manufacturers.
• Valmet: Leading process technology, automation, and services provider for pulp, paper, and energy industries. Valmet's stock-preparation and recycling equipment competes with the material-recovery stage of Hydroswiss's value chain at the same paper-mill customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Suez: Major international environmental services and waste management operator serving industrial customers. Suez's recycling and materials recovery operations overlap thematically with Hydroswiss but at much larger scale and broader scope.
• Veolia: Global environmental services giant with industrial waste management and recycling capabilities. Veolia does not focus specifically on pulper waste but competes broadly for paper-mill waste streams and could expand into Hydroswiss's niche.

Others

• TOMRA: Sensor-based sorting technology provider for recycling and waste streams. TOMRA's optical sorters address the same separation/sorting function that Hydroswiss's multi-stage ZWP process performs, making it a comparable technology supplier for recycling operations.
• Bühler Group: Swiss industrial processing equipment manufacturer with extrusion and material-handling capabilities relevant to the plastic-granulation phase of Hydroswiss's process. Comparable as an enabling technology provider in industrial recycling/processing.
• Sesotec: Manufacturer of metal detection, separation, and sorting equipment for recycling and plastics-processing industries. Sesotec's ferrous/non-ferrous separation systems overlap with the metal-separation stages of Hydroswiss's ZWP process.

Emerging players

• Pallmann: Specialist manufacturer of size-reduction and recycling equipment for plastics and paper waste streams. Pallmann's pulper-waste and plastics recycling machinery addresses similar customer problems as Hydroswiss's ZWP system.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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