Aurora Plastics

What Aurora Plastics does

AURORA Kunststoffe GmbH is a German plastics recycling company that converts sorted thermoplastic industrial production waste (sprues, defective parts, rejected materials) into high-quality re-granulates and re-compounds for injection moulding applications. The company operates a vertically integrated value chain spanning on-site waste collection, milling, extrusion compounding, and delivery of finished compounds to industrial buyers across automotive, building and construction, industrial/consumer goods, and electrical/electronic sectors.

The core technology platform is built around five compounding extruders (each rated up to 1,200 kg/hour, totaling 50+ tonnes/day of output), supported by modern dosing and drying systems and wet/dry separation in extrusion. The proprietary "Lean Logistics System" — a patent-pending packaging solution backed by a dedicated fleet of 60+ semi-trailers — enables single-source, sorted collection of plastic waste directly at customer manufacturing sites. The €14 million, 5,000 m² main compounding facility at Neuenstein (rebuilt in 2018 after a 2017 fire destroyed the prior plant) is the operational core and houses an in-house R&D laboratory. Output is marketed under multiple sub-brands (AUROmid for PA-based compounds, AUROform for POM, AUROcom for PP, AUROran for ASA, plus the AUROline and SmartGrow lines). Certifications include ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, and official waste management facility status.

The business model is B2B with two revenue streams: (1) a transaction-based stream where AURORA purchases sorted industrial waste from manufacturers, processes it, and sells re-granulate/re-compounds into the market; and (2) a fee-based "contract processing" (Lohnaufbereitung) stream where customers supply their own waste and AURORA returns processed material to the customer's own production cycle. GTM is sales-led via a direct field sales team serving enterprise accounts across the DACH region and selected international markets (Eastern Europe, UK, Mexico, Argentina, Asia). The company has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Budapest-listed MOL Group since 2019.

Name

Aurora Plastics

Legal name

Aurora Kunststoffe GmbH

Website

https://aurora-kunststoffe.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

AURORA Kunststoffe GmbH is a German thermoplastics recycler that converts sorted industrial production waste into high-quality re-granulates and re-compounds (PA, POM, PP, ASA) for automotive, construction, consumer goods, and electrical/electronic manufacturers via a proprietary lean-logistics collection system and in-house compounding facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuenstein

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Material Purchasing: Purchase of sorted industrial production waste (sprues, defective parts, rejected materials) from manufacturing companies. Suppliers receive payment for materials which are then processed into re-granulate or re-compounds and reintroduced to market.
2. Contract Processing Services: Fee-based custom processing where customers supply their own production waste which is processed into recycled material (re-granulate or re-compounds) and returned to the customer's own production cycle. Customer is both supplier and buyer.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

AURORA Kunststoffe GmbH (Aurora Plastics) recycles sorted industrial thermoplastic production waste (sprues, defective parts, rejected materials) into high-quality re-granulates and re-compounds matching new-goods quality for injection moulding. The company operates five extruder lines producing up to 1,200 kg per hour at its Neuenstein compounding facility, and complements production with a proprietary Lean Logistics System (60+ semi-trailers, patent-pending packaging) for single-source waste collection at customer sites. Output covers PA6, PA66, PA12, PC/ABS, PBT, POM, PP, and ASA compounds marketed under sub-brands AUROmid, AUROform, AUROcom, and AUROran.

Product overview

AURORA Kunststoffe GmbH is a plastics recycling company offering a vertically integrated portfolio of products and services for thermoplastic materials. The core offering consists of three main product categories: (1) Ground Material (Mahlgüter) - processed sorted plastic waste from industrial production; (2) Re-granulate & Re-compounds - high-quality recycled plastic pellets meeting OEM quality standards for injection moulding, available under the AUROmid® (PA-based), AUROform (POM-based), AUROcom (PP-based), and AUROran (ASA-based) sub-brands; and (3) Custom Processing Services including the proprietary Lean Logistics System for on-site waste collection. The company operates a 5,000 m² compounding facility with five extruder lines producing up to 1,200 kg per hour (approximately 50 tonnes daily) of re-compounds from plastics including PA6, PA66, PA12, PC, PBT, ABS, and PP.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AUROmid: Product brand for polyamide-based re-compounds (PA6, PA66, PA12, etc.)
• AUROform
• AUROcom
• AUROran
• AUROline
• SmartGrow

Products and services

• Re-granulate & Re-compounds

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ tonnes of re-granulate and re-compounds produced daily
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• BASF: Global chemical giant with the 'Ccycled' and recycled-content product lines for engineering plastics. Large incumbent with broader portfolio but overlapping recycled PA and polymer offerings.
• Eastman Chemical: US-based specialty chemical company with molecular recycling and circular-economy polymer offerings. Broader incumbent competing in the same high-quality recycled plastics value chain using chemical recycling technologies.
• Domo Chemicals: European integrated nylon (PA6, PA66) producer with growing recycled-polymer offerings. A broad incumbent competing in the same PA-based engineering plastics market with similar automotive and industrial customer base.
• Veolia: Global environmental services company with plastics recycling operations. A broader incumbent in industrial waste services with customer overlap in automotive and industrial manufacturing.
• Ravago: Belgian global plastics compounder and distributor with significant recycled-content product lines. Larger incumbent offering virgin, recycled, and compounded polymers across the same end-markets as AURORA.

Direct peers

• MGG Polymers: Austrian post-industrial plastic recycler producing high-quality re-compounds from production waste. Direct competitor in PA, ABS, PC, and other engineering polymer recycling serving automotive and E&E customers in Central Europe.
• MTM Plastics: German plastics recycler specializing in post-industrial and post-consumer engineering plastics (PA, POM, PC). Direct competitor offering toll-compounding and re-granulate services to industrial customers across Europe.
• MBA Polymers: US- and Austria-based recycler of post-consumer and post-industrial plastics into engineering-grade re-compounds. Direct competitor in the high-quality recycled plastics market with similar compounding and customer-quality focus.
• APK AG: German specialty recycler using solvent-based processes to produce high-quality recycled PE, PP, and PA. Peer in the European recycled engineering plastics market with overlap in automotive and packaging applications.

Others

• ALPLA: Austrian global plastics packaging manufacturer with growing recycled-content packaging programs. Adjacent player in the plastics value chain serving similar industrial customers in Central Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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