KRALL Group

What KRALL Group does

KRALL Group is a family-owned plastic recycling business headquartered in Elsenfeld am Main, Germany, founded in 1992 by Markus Krall. The company purchases industrial and post-consumer plastic waste — with a specialty in engineering and high-performance plastics such as polycarbonate, PMMA, and PVC composites — and converts it into type-sorted regrind materials suitable as substitutes for virgin feedstock in manufacturing. Its core technical differentiator is a proprietary high-tech sorting procedure co-developed with Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, which enables precise identification and separation of visually similar plastic types at purity levels exceeding standard color-sorting methods used by competitors. KRALL operates an integrated logistics network of more than 800 collection points and 15,000 load carriers across Europe, with a single 6,800 m² processing facility housing two shredders and ten cutting mills capable of processing approximately 8,000 tonnes per year.

The company serves 500+ production, trade, and processing companies across the European semi-finished plastics value chain, charging transaction-based, market-relative fees while guaranteeing pickup within ten working days and offering customized collection boxes at no charge. Revenue is generated primarily through the sale of sorted recycled regrind, supplemented by logistics services, certified data-carrier destruction (BlueBoxx subsidiary), and, via sister-group company Polymer Solutions/PLASTTRADE, distribution of virgin high-performance plastics to injection molders. The group structure extends beyond recycling into MARAK Acryl (acrylic products), Sunovation (architectural solar glass), and Polymer Solutions, with ISO 9001, TÜV, and §52 KrW-/AbfG Entsorgungsfachbetrieb certifications underpinning compliance.

Go-to-market is B2B enterprise field sales, with a small in-house sales team managing key accounts across Germany, France (post the 2024 Sunclear contract covering 16 branches and ~250 tons/year), and broader Europe. Marketing is content-led through a trilingual (German/English/French) website, LinkedIn and Instagram presence, and active membership in industry associations (BVSE, Pro-K, TecPart, GKV), with credibility reinforced by the 2022 CrefoZert top-2% German creditworthiness certification and the 2025 TecPart Innovation Prize at K 2025.

Name

KRALL Group

Legal name

Krall Kunststoff-Recycling GmbH

Website

https://kunststoff-recycling.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KRALL Group is a family-owned German plastic recycling company that uses Fraunhofer-developed sorting technology to process engineering and high-performance plastics into high-purity regrind for 500+ industrial customers across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Waste Collection (56211), Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (42393)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMANAMAB

Post-Industrial Plastics Scrap Recovery & Regrind

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Plastics & Rubber Manufacturing/Plastic & Rubber Recycling and Reprocessing

SECONDARYEUAIAKAB

Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Plastic Recycling (Mechanical & Chemical/Advanced)

SECONDARYEUAIAKAA

Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Plastic Recycling (Mechanical & Chemical/Advanced)

Keywords

• Plastic recycling services
• Engineering plastics
• Recycled plastic regrind
• Plastic waste sorting
• Polymer recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Elsenfeld

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Plastic Waste Collection and Recycling Services: The company purchases plastic waste from industrial and commercial customers, processes it through shredding and sorting, and sells the resulting recycled regrind materials back to the manufacturing industry. Revenue is generated through the sale of sorted, high-purity plastic regrind that serves as a raw material substitute for virgin plastics. The company also provides logistics services, supplying collection containers and pickup services as part of its integrated offering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

KRALL Group purchases industrial and post-consumer plastic waste, processes it via shredding, grinding, and proprietary Fraunhofer-developed high-tech sorting, and sells the resulting type-sorted recycled plastic regrinds back to manufacturing companies as a substitute for virgin raw materials. The service is vertically integrated with custom collection containers, scheduled pickup within 10 working days, and full logistics across 800+ European collection points.

Product overview

KRALL Group operates as a plastics recycling ecosystem with KRALL Kunststoff-Recycling as the core business, offering material purchase, processing (Aufbereitung), and sales (Vertrieb) services for recycled plastics. The group comprises multiple companies: KRALL Kunststoff-Recycling handles industrial and post-consumer plastic waste recycling with Fraunhofer-developed identification technology; Blueboxx focuses on CD/DVD recycling; MARAK Acryl manufactures acrylic products; Sunovation produces architectural glass elements; and Polymer Solutions supplies virgin high-performance plastics. Services include customized collection containers, data carrier destruction with certificates, and logistics throughout Europe with approximately 800 collection points.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MARAK Acryl: Acrylic glass products, displays, and home/office accessories.
• BlueBoxx
• SUNOVATION
• PLASTTRADE / Polymer Solutions

Named customers2 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

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Polymer Solutions (Plasttrade)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Part of the KRALL Group family, Polymer Solutions supplies high-performance plastics as neutral packaged first-class new goods for the plastic injection molding industry. Louis Krall serves as Managing Director of both Polymer Solutions and KRALL Kunststoff-Recycling, enabling integrated raw material supply and recycling services for customers.
• Sunclear FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Exclusive disposal contract covering all 16 Sunclear French branches and their customers. KRALL processes approximately 250 tons of plastic waste annually including PC, PMMA, polyolefins, PET, PVC, and engineering plastics with aluminium composites. KRALL provides customized collection infrastructure and processes materials into single-origin regrind for the recycling loop. This partnership significantly strengthens KRALL's presence in France with potential expansion to Italy.
• Fraunhofer GesellschaftcoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic technology partnership for developing high-tech plastic identification and sorting procedures. Fraunhofer Institute collaboration resulted in proprietary systems for precise identification and separation of even very similar plastic materials, enabling superior sorting purity and recycled material quality.
• TecPart (Verband Kunststoff Halbzeuge)minorOthersIndustry association membership for plastics semi-finished products, providing networking, industry representation, and participation in innovation awards.
• BVSEminorOthersGerman recycling industry association membership for waste management and recycling sector representation.
• Pro-KminorOthersGerman plastics industry association membership for industry representation and standards development.
• GKV-KodexminorOthersCompliance with GKV (Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie) code of conduct for the plastics processing industry.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• REMONDIS: Germany-headquartered, family-owned waste and recycling giant with extensive plastics recycling operations across Europe. Comparable as a family-controlled German recycling player, but operates at materially larger scale and across the full waste stream rather than specializing in engineering plastics.
• PreZero: Schwarz Group's environmental services division, operating recycling facilities across Europe including plastics sorting and reprocessing. Comparable to KRALL on European B2B plastics recycling and collection infrastructure, but with substantially larger scale and broader waste-stream coverage.
• ALBA Group: German family-influenced recycling and waste management company with plastics sorting and reprocessing operations. Comparable as a major European recycling player serving industrial customers, but with broader scope across multiple waste streams rather than a focused engineering-plastics niche.
• Veolia (Recycling & Waste Europe): Global environmental services group with plastics recycling operations across Europe. Overlaps with KRALL in serving industrial plastics customers and pursuing high-purity recycled output, but operates as a broad incumbent across water, waste, and energy rather than specializing in engineering plastics.

Direct peers

• Polysecure: German company developing and operating advanced plastics sorting and recycling technologies for industrial waste streams. Comparable to KRALL on technology-driven plastics identification and separation, and on the focus on hard-to-recycle engineering plastics.
• Galloo: European recycling group with plastics sorting and reprocessing operations serving industrial customers across Belgium, France, and other geographies. Comparable to KRALL on the model of buying industrial plastic scrap, sorting/processing, and selling high-purity regrind to manufacturers.
• Interseroh: German recycling services company (part of ALBA Group) offering plastics recovery and reprocessing for industrial customers. Comparable to KRALL on European B2B plastics recycling with focus on closed-loop programs for manufacturers.
• APK Group: German plastic recycling company focused on advanced mechanical and solvent-based recycling of multi-layer and engineering plastics. Directly comparable to KRALL on geography, customer base (industrial plastics converters), and the development of proprietary recycling processes targeting high-purity output.
• mtm plastics: Specialist German recycler of engineering plastics (including polycarbonate, ABS, POM) producing high-purity regrind for manufacturers. Closely comparable to KRALL on product (engineering plastics regrind), customer segment (semi-finished plastics trade and processing), and European B2B distribution model.

Regional players

• Replast: Swiss specialist recycler of engineering and high-performance plastics producing regrind for the plastics processing industry. Comparable to KRALL on product specialization and B2B customer base, but primarily serves the Swiss/regional market rather than KRALL's broader European footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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