Name

Chiho Environmental Group

Legal name

Chiho Environmental Group Limited

Website

https://chihogroup.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scrap Metal Recycling and Circular Materials

NAICS

Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum (331314), Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining (331410), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211)

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Recycling (Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Lead, Zinc) (EUAIAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Secondary Aluminum Smelting & Recycling (Remelt) (IMAKACAD), Metal Melting & Secondary Smelting/Refining (Recycled Feedstock Producers) (EUAIAJAJ), E-Waste & Electronics Metal Recovery (ITAD, Circuit Boards, Precious Metal Recovery) (IMAKAMAG), Scrap Metal Collection, Logistics & Aggregation (Yards, Roll-off, Container Programs) (IMAKAMAK), Scrap Metal & White Goods Aggregation Yards (EUAIABAH)

Keywords

• Scrap metal recycling
• End-of-life vehicle processing
• Electronic waste recycling
• Lithium-ion battery recycling
• Secondary aluminum production

Headquarters

HQ city

Yuen Long

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Offices20 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Metal Recycling and Trading: The company generates revenue through sourcing, processing, and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Processed metals including copper, aluminum, and ferrous metals are sold to smelters, refineries, and foundries for further downstream recycling.
2. End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling: Revenue from processing and recycling end-of-life vehicles, achieving approximately 97% recovery rate in Europe with advanced processing facilities.
3. Secondary Aluminum Ingots Production: Production and sale of secondary aluminum ingots manufactured from aluminum scraps, providing raw materials for smelting and remelting plants.
4. Electronic Waste and Battery Recycling: Recycling services for electronic waste and lithium-ion batteries, including data destruction services for businesses and individual customers.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Chiho Environmental Group is a publicly listed global scrap metal recycling company that sources, processes, and sells recycled ferrous and non-ferrous metals, end-of-life vehicles, electronic waste, and lithium-ion batteries, and produces secondary aluminum ingots from aluminum scraps. The group operates over 240 processing plants and yard operations across Asia, Europe, and North America, supplying processed metals directly to industrial customers including smelters, refineries, foundries, and steel mills.

Product overview

Chiho Environmental Group is a metal recycling and environmental protection company operating as a vertically integrated platform with two main service lines: Recycling Services and Circular Products. The Recycling Services division encompasses Metal Recycling and Trading (ferrous and non-ferrous metals), End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling, Lithium-ion Battery Recycling, and Electronic Waste Recycling. The Circular Products division produces Ferrous Metals, Nonferrous Metals, Oil and Lubricants, and Plastics derived from recycled materials. The company also manufactures Secondary Aluminum Ingots from aluminum scraps. With the 2016 acquisition of Scholz Holding GmbH, the group integrated advanced end-of-life vehicle processing capabilities and over 150 years of scrap metal recycling expertise, creating one of the world's largest mixed metal recycling operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scholz Group: Major subsidiary specializing in mixed metal recycling and end-of-life vehicle processing across Europe.
• Liberty Iron & Metal
• Sino-German Hongshun Circular Industrial Park

Products and services

• Metal Recycling and Trading Sourcing, processing, and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. State-of-the-art processing technologies disassemble and sort mixed metal scrap such as scrap motors and scrap electrical wires/cables into separate metal fractions (copper, aluminum, ferrous metals) sold to smelters, refineries, and foundries for further downstream recycling.
• End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) Recycling Modern recycling facilities in Europe compliant with the EU ELV directive target of 95% recycling rate, achieving approximately 97% total recovery rate. Global leader in ELV processing through integration of Scholz's business resources.
• Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Battery recycling services with strong R&D strength, jointly innovating recycling technologies for different types and models of EV batteries with European research institutes and universities to achieve low carbon emissions, low energy consumption, high recovery, and high economic benefits.
• Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Recycling A 240,000 square feet industrial site in Hong Kong's Yuen Long Industrial Estate serving as Hong Kong's largest and most diverse integrated electronic scrap recycling center. One of the few licensed recyclers in Hong Kong with both Permit for Export of Waste Printed Circuit Boards and Licence to Dispose of Chemical Waste, including data destruction services for businesses and individual customers.
• Secondary Aluminum Ingots Production and sale of secondary aluminum ingots manufactured from aluminum scraps, providing raw materials for smelting and remelting plants.
• Ferrous Metals (Circular Products) Production of steel mill products and foundry scrap using modern shredders, shears, and presses to deliver single-variety and high-quality recycled raw materials.
• Nonferrous Metals (Circular Products) Supply of consistent-quality nonferrous metals from aluminum to zinc, with customized and professionally processed quality for smelting plants, foundries, and refining smelters, supported by worldwide trade relations, reliable customs clearance, and global market knowledge.
• Oil and Lubricants (Circular Products) Waste oil processing as part of vehicle recycling and industrial dismantling projects, transforming waste oil into reusable lubricating oil while saving oil reserves and ensuring reusability of solvents.
• Plastics (Circular Products) Recycled plastic products collected, classified, and processed by the Slovenia recycling line (Dinos d.d. subsidiary), processing thousands of tonnes annually as part of the group's paper-to-rubber, plastics, and wood recycled products portfolio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3.8 million tonnes of recycled products processed and sold in 2022
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• AutocirccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2024Scholz Group (subsidiary of Chiho) signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Autocirc, a European automotive parts recycling company, on July 2, 2024. The strategic partnership aims to expand European market reach by integrating their core business of end-of-life vehicle resource utilization in key European markets, improving the quality of recycled parts and raw materials.
• VoestalpinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 2023Scholz Group (subsidiary of Chiho) and Voestalpine signed a long-term cooperation framework agreement on November 27, 2023 in Linz, Austria. The partnership aims to leverage Scholz Group's recycled steel raw material supply advantages to support Voestalpine's 'Greentec steel' strategy for green steel production in Austria and surrounding areas.
• Hongqiao Group (Weiqiao Pioneering Group subsidiary)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2021Sino-German Hongshun Circular Industrial Park is a joint venture between Scholz Holding GmbH (wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiho) and Hongqiao Group (subsidiary of Weiqiao Pioneering Group). The project in Zouping City, Shandong Province, China represents a major strategic partnership for circular economy development.
• Hongqiao Group (Weiqiao Pioneering Group subsidiary)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020Chiho Group entered into a Cooperation Agreement with Hongqiao Group to form a joint venture company to jointly develop a recycling industrial park project in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China. Expected annual capacity: over 200,000 tonnes of aluminum recycling and 50,000 ELV processing.
• Hidaka Yookoo Enterprises Co. Limited and Suzuki Shokai Co. LimitedregionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2020Joint venture in Thailand commenced operations in July 2020, primarily engaged in end-of-life motor recycling and disassembly business.
• CMR (India)regionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2019Joint venture in India commenced operations in November 2019, primarily engaged in end-of-life motors and other mixed metal scrap disassembly business.
• Hing Hup Group (Malaysia)regionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2019Joint venture in Malaysia commenced operations in April 2019, primarily engaged in end-of-life motors and other mixed metal scrap disassembly business.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves11 records

Regional players

• Dowa Holdings: Japanese diversified metals and recycling group with non-ferrous smelting and e-waste recycling operations. Comparable in non-ferrous and electronics recycling technology stack, though primarily serving the Japanese market rather than competing directly in Chiho's core geographies.

Direct peers

• SA Recycling: One of the largest privately held US metal recyclers with significant West Coast and Southern US scrap yard operations. Directly comparable in core scrap metal collection, processing and sale to mills/foundries, especially given Chiho's Liberty Iron Metal presence in the US.
• TSR Recycling: German-based scrap metal recycler within the Remondis Group with pan-European yard and processing operations. Highly comparable to Chiho's Scholz platform in Germany and Central/Eastern Europe, with similar ELV and mixed-metal processing capabilities.
• EMR Group: UK-headquartered, family-owned global scrap metal recycler with extensive operations across Europe and the US. Directly comparable to Chiho's Scholz business in terms of European yard footprint, ferrous/non-ferrous processing and end-of-life vehicle handling.
• Jansen Recycling Group: Dutch family-owned metal recycler with operations in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Directly comparable to Chiho's Delco Europe BV and other Benelux/Central European yards in core scrap collection, processing and downstream sales.
• Kuusakoski: Finnish family-owned metal recycler operating yards and processing facilities across Northern and Central Europe. Comparable in product mix (ferrous and non-ferrous metals, end-of-life vehicles, electronics) and customer base to Chiho's European operations.
• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries): US-listed ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal recycler and finished steel processor. Comparable to Chiho on its US (Liberty Iron & Metal) and Pacific Northwest operations, with similar exposure to scrap metal spreads and downstream steel mill demand.
• Sims Limited: ASX-listed global metal recycling company operating scrap yards and processing facilities across North America, the UK and Australasia. Closest publicly traded peer to Chiho by virtue of comparable multi-region ferrous and non-ferrous scrap trading and processing volumes.

Broad incumbents

• Aurubis: European leader in non-ferrous metal smelting and refining with significant copper recycling feedstock requirements. Comparable as a downstream buyer of Chiho's non-ferrous scrap and a benchmark for non-ferrous processing economics and sustainability positioning.
• Umicore: Belgian global materials technology and recycling group with major non-ferrous and precious metals recycling operations. Comparable as a downstream processor that competes for industrial scrap feedstock and overlaps on e-waste/battery recycling strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chihogroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chihoenvironmentalgroup

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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