ANDRITZ MeWa

What ANDRITZ MeWa does

ANDRITZ MeWa designs, manufactures, and services industrial recycling equipment, with a core focus on shredders and turnkey recycling plants for waste streams including WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment), refrigerators, oil filters, household and domestic waste (RDF), and used tyres. Its flagship product line is the ADuro Shredder family, characterized as durable, high-performance machinery with optimized cutting and treatment technologies, complemented by the QZ Chain Technology line and a second-hand machines offering. The company's domain-specific processing technologies for E-scrap and refrigerator recycling have won international environmental awards, and the Franssons product line — added in 2017 — extends its cutting technology heritage from Sweden's timber industry into MSW, household/industrial waste, and plastics.

The business operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANDRITZ AG, a publicly listed Austrian industrial group (Vienna Stock Exchange) with 26,000+ employees and 250+ production sites, service centers, and sales companies worldwide. MeWa was originally a German sales office for shredders (per firmographics dating to 1984 in Gechingen) and was acquired by ANDRITZ in 2013 to extend the group's environmental processing capabilities beyond its traditional pulp & paper and wastewater treatment markets.

Revenue is generated primarily through one-time sales of industrial recycling equipment and turnkey plant solutions, priced on a custom quote basis for enterprise customers. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales executed through ANDRITZ's global service and sales network, supplemented by top-of-funnel demand generation at international trade fairs such as INDEX26 in Geneva and by newsletter subscriptions. The stated customer segment is horizontal — industrial waste processors handling multiple waste streams — with no named customer logos disclosed. Service revenue is captured under a "Global Services" offering that combines local field support with centralized engineering know-how.

Name

ANDRITZ MeWa

Legal name

ANDRITZ AG

Website

https://mewa-recycling.de

Company type

Public

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ANDRITZ MeWa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Austria's ANDRITZ AG, manufactures industrial shredders and turnkey recycling plants for WEEE, refrigerators, oil filters, household waste, and used tyres, selling to enterprise waste processors through a global direct sales and service network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (3333)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Industrial recycling equipment
• Waste shredding machines
• WEEE recycling systems
• Turnkey recycling plants
• Refrigerator recycling technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Gechingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycling Equipment Sales: Sale of industrial recycling machines and equipment including ADuro shredders and turnkey recycling solutions. Equipment sales represent the primary revenue stream for industrial recycling solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ANDRITZ MeWa manufactures and supplies industrial recycling equipment, including the ADuro shredder product line, recycling machines, and turnkey plant solutions for processing WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment), refrigerators, oil filters, RDF (household and domestic waste), and used tyres. The business also offers second-hand recycling machines and global service support through the ANDRITZ GROUP's worldwide network.

Product overview

ANDRITZ Recycling, which includes MeWa (acquired 2013) and Franssons (added 2017), offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial recycling solutions. The core product lines include ADuro Shredders (characterized by durability, performance, and reliability with unique cutting technologies), Recycling Machines and turnkey solutions for WEEE, refrigerators, oil filters, RDF, and used tyres, plus second-hand equipment. These products are supported by a global service and sales network. The company leverages 160+ years of industrial and engineering experience from the ANDRITZ GROUP to provide integrated solutions for various waste streams including electrical/electronic scrap, refrigerator recycling, and household/industrial waste processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ADuro Shredders: Optimized technologies for effective and efficient waste treatment, characterized by durability, performance and reliability.
• QZ Chain Technology

Quantifiable outcome

• Products developed for various waste streams including WEEE, refrigerators, oil filters, household waste, and used tyres

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

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No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hammel Recyclingtechnik: German manufacturer of slow-speed and high-speed shredders for MSW, commercial waste, tyres, and bulky waste, offering comparable equipment specifications to MeWa's ADuro P and QZ series.
• Eldan Recycling: Danish manufacturer of recycling machinery for tyres, WEEE, cables, and refrigerators; serves a near-identical customer set to MeWa and is a recognized specialist in WEEE and refrigerator processing lines.
• Erdwich GmbH: German manufacturer of single- and twin-shaft shredders specifically for refrigerators, WEEE, and hazardous waste applications, overlapping directly with MeWa's refrigerator and E-scrap recycling technology focus.
• WEIMA Maschinenbau: German manufacturer of shredders, briquetting presses, and size-reduction equipment for plastics, wood, MSW, and industrial waste, with a strong European installed base that overlaps with MeWa's industrial customer base.
• Vecoplan AG: German-headquartered manufacturer of industrial shredders and recycling machinery for wood, plastics, paper, and waste streams, directly comparable to MeWa's ADuro product line in target customers and application space.
• Forrec S.r.l. Italian manufacturer of industrial shredders, granulators, and complete recycling plants for WEEE, MSW, tyres, and RDF; provides directly competing turnkey plant solutions comparable to MeWa's recycling machines business.
• UNTHA Shredding Technology: Austrian manufacturer of industrial shredders and shredding systems for waste wood, MSW, WEEE, and commercial waste; competes head-to-head with ANDRITZ MeWa in many of the same waste stream applications across Europe.
• Lindner Recyclingtech: German-based manufacturer of shredders, granulators, and complete recycling systems for commercial waste, MSW, and WEEE; directly comparable product portfolio, customer base, and project-based equipment sales model.

Emerging players

• MTB Recycling: French specialist in WEEE and refrigerator recycling plants, providing full-line engineering, shredding, and sorting solutions for hazardous waste streams where MeWa is a leading technology supplier.

Broad incumbents

• Metso Corporation: Large Finnish industrial machinery group with a Recycling business line offering shredders, screens, and air classifiers for metal recycling, WEEE, and waste processing; competes in overlapping applications but as part of a much broader mining and metals portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 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

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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