Dentis Recycling Italy

What Dentis Recycling Italy does

Dentis Recycling Italy S.r.l., headquartered in Sant'Albano Stura (Cuneo, Italy) and founded in 1987 by brothers Roberto and Corrado Dentis, is a privately held, family-controlled multinational engaged in mechanical recycling of post-consumer PET bottles. The group operates three production sites — Italy (Sant'Albano Stura), Spain (Chiva, Valencia) and France (Lesquin, Lille) — and collectively processes more than 270,000 tons of PET bottles per year, equivalent to roughly 4 billion bottles annually, through sorting, grinding, hot washing, extrusion, and decontamination lines. The Italian site alone runs at approximately 137 bottles per second, converting 130,000 t/yr of input into 35,000 t/yr of PETALO® R-PET flakes and 55,000 t/yr of REPETER® R-PET pellets.

The company sells two flagship brands — PETALO® R-PET flakes (six SKU variants across five color shades, with contaminant levels of 60 ppm standard and 20 ppm HQ grade, achieved via 100% uniform crystallization) and REPETER® R-PET pellets (food-grade per EU Regulation 1616/2022 and a No Food Grade variant for industrial uses) — plus secondary raw materials (crushed R-PE/PP caps, polyolefin labels, and fine R-PET flakes <1mm). Customers are industrial B2B buyers in three segments: bottle-to-bottle food packaging manufacturers (primary), textile and fiber producers, and industrial manufacturers (thermoforming, injection molding, extrusion). The technology stack is supported by an in-house engineering subsidiary, Dentis Tech, and by 24 AI-enabled optical sorters plus GC-MS analytical systems that underpin food-safety compliance. Quality is reinforced by EFSA approval (2021), EU Register registration ITC-8WZ-0OA (2022), RecyClass Level 1 traceability, GRS (since 2020), ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications.

Dentis monetizes R-PET through direct B2B sales negotiated on volume and specification, with bulk delivery via big bags, silos, and tanker loading. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is typical of a commodity-grade industrial input with food-grade premium tiers. The company employs 250+ people across the group and operates as part of a structure with parent DECORO S.A.S. and wholly-owned subsidiaries. Capital structure is conservative (€4,874,527 share capital), with no disclosed external institutional investment, funding rounds, or M&A activity in the source material.

Name

Dentis Recycling Italy

Legal name

DENTIS RECYCLING ITALY S.r.l.

Website

https://dentispet.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Dentis Recycling Italy is a privately held, family-controlled mechanical PET recycler operating three plants in Italy, Spain, and France. It produces PETALO® R-PET flakes and REPETER® R-PET pellets (food-grade and industrial) for bottle-to-bottle packaging, textile, and industrial manufacturers across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycled Plastic Materials (R-PET)

NAICS

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize) (EUAIAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food-Grade & rPET/rHDPE Recycling (Decontamination/SSP, Bottle-to-Bottle) (EUAIAKAD), Mechanical Plastics Recycling (Wash/Grind/Flake/Pellet) (IMANAMAC)

Keywords

• PET recycling
• Recycled PET materials
• Food-grade pellets
• Bottle-to-bottle recycling
• Mechanical recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Sant'albano Stura

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. R-PET Flakes (PETALO): Sale of recycled PET flakes produced through mechanical recycling process. Product is sold to manufacturers for further processing into pellets or direct use in thermoforming, injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, or fiber applications.
2. R-PET Pellets (REPETER): Sale of recycled PET pellets for food-contact and non-food applications. Food-grade pellets are certified for Bottle-to-Bottle applications. Non-food pellets are used in fibers, filaments, injection molding, and extrusion.
3. Secondary Raw Materials (MPS): Sale of other secondary raw materials including crushed caps (R-PE/PP), polyolefin labels, and fine R-PET flakes (<1mm) recovered from the recycling process.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dentis Recycling Italy mechanically recycles post-consumer PET bottles into secondary raw materials, producing R-PET flakes (PETALO®) and R-PET pellets (REPETER®) in food-grade and non-food-grade variants. Products serve food packaging manufacturers (bottle-to-bottle), textile/fiber producers, and industrial manufacturers (thermoforming, injection molding, extrusion).

Product overview

Dentis Recycling Italy operates as a PET recycling manufacturer producing two main product lines: PETALO® R-PET flakes (available in six variants: T100, T100 HQ, A200, MC300 Multicolor, MC300 Dark Blue, and AT400) and REPETER® R-PET pellets (offered in five Food Grade variants and one No Food Grade crystallized variant). The company transforms post-consumer PET bottles into secondary raw materials through mechanical recycling, with products suitable for food-contact applications (Bottle-to-Bottle) and industrial uses. Additionally, the company recovers other secondary raw materials such as fine flakes, crushed caps, and polyolefin labels as by-products of the recycling process.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PETALO®: R-PET flakes brand available in five color shades (clear, light blue, multicolor, blue, blue-clear mix) known for uniform crystallization and minimal contaminant content (60 ppm)
• REPETER®

Quantifiable outcome

• 137 bottles recycled per second at Italian facility
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CoripetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoripet is an independent, voluntary, non-profit consortium authorized by the Italian Ministry of the Environment to manage end-of-life PET packaging for food-grade liquids. Dentis is a founding and promoting member. The consortium establishes a true circular economy system involving producers, converters, and recyclers in a shared value chain, creating a closed-loop Italian supply chain for PET recycling (bottle-to-bottle process).

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• EREMA Group: EREMA manufactures plastic recycling machinery and systems used in bottle-to-bottle processing. It is an enabling technology peer because its sorting, extrusion, decontamination, and filtration equipment supports comparable R-PET production processes.
• Indorama Ventures: Indorama Ventures is an integrated PET producer with global recycling assets and recycled PET output. It competes for similar packaging, fiber, and industrial customers while offering a much broader resin portfolio.

Emerging players

• Carbios: Carbios develops enzymatic PET biorecycling technology for producing recycled PET. It targets the same PET circularity opportunity but uses a different recycling pathway and remains an emerging technology company.
• Loop Industries: Loop Industries develops chemical PET depolymerization and repolymerization technology. It overlaps with Dentis in producing lower-impact PET feedstock for packaging and consumer applications but does not currently compete through the same mechanical process.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia: Veolia operates waste collection, sorting, and recycling businesses across Europe and supplies secondary raw materials. It is comparable through plastics feedstock aggregation and recycled-material production, although its portfolio is much broader.
• ALPLA: ALPLA is a global rigid-plastic packaging producer with PET recycling and recycled-material capabilities. It is comparable through its food-contact packaging customer base and vertically integrated R-PET operations.
• SUEZ: SUEZ is a large environmental-services group involved in waste collection, sorting, and materials recovery. Its plastics-recycling infrastructure and municipal or commercial feedstock access overlap with Dentis's recycling value chain.
• Plastipak: Plastipak manufactures rigid plastic packaging and operates recycling and recycled-content capabilities. It is comparable through its demand for high-quality food-grade rPET and direct exposure to packaging brand customers.

Regional players

• Viridor: Viridor is a UK-focused resource recovery and recycling operator with plastics processing capabilities. It is relevant for its post-consumer plastics feedstock, mechanical recycling operations, and sales of secondary raw materials.

Direct peers

• PET Recycling Team: PET Recycling Team mechanically processes post-consumer PET into recycled flakes and serves packaging and fiber applications. Its product category, feedstock, and industrial customer base closely match Dentis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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