PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH

What PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH does

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH operates Austria's only dedicated bottle-to-bottle PET recycling facility, located in Müllendorf, Burgenland. Founded in 2006 and operational since August 2007, the company is jointly owned by five Austrian beverage producers — Coca-Cola HBC Austria, Egger Getränke, Rauch Fruchtsäfte, S. Spitz, and Vöslauer Mineralwasser — establishing a closed-loop recycling arrangement in which the same shareholders supply used PET and offtake the resulting food-grade recyclate.

The facility processes post-consumer PET bottles into food-grade flakes and granulates using the proprietary URRC process integrated with Starlinger extrusion technology. In 2025, the plant processed approximately 33,675 tonnes of PET — equivalent to roughly 1.34 billion bottles — up 7% year-on-year. The output is supplied primarily back to its shareholder beverage companies for use in new PET preforms, supporting an Austrian PET recycling rate of approximately 75%. The Müllendorf site operates entirely on renewable electricity, supported by a 1.2 MWp on-site photovoltaic system with a further 250 kWp expansion planned.

The business model is a captive B2B loop: the five shareholder beverage companies both supply collected PET feedstock and purchase back processed recyclate for new bottles. The site also accepts PET collected from neighboring Hungary and Slovakia, expanding feedstock catchment beyond Austria. With 96 employees as of 2025 and planned 2026 automation of the washing plant and feeding systems, the company functions as a single-asset, scale-focused recycler within the European food-grade rPET value chain.

Name

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH

Legal name

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH

Website

https://pet2pet.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH is Austria's only bottle-to-bottle PET recycler, jointly owned by five beverage companies (Coca-Cola HBC Austria, Egger, Rauch, Spitz, Vöslauer), producing food-grade rPET at its Müllendorf site using URRC and Starlinger processes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling

NAICS

Plastics Bottle Manufacturing (326160)

SIC

Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Food-Grade & rPET/rHDPE Recycling (Decontamination/SSP, Bottle-to-Bottle) (EUAIAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• PET bottle recycling
• Food-grade recyclate
• Bottle-to-bottle recycling
• PET granulate manufacturing
• Plastic flake production

Headquarters

HQ city

Müllendorf

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. PET Recyclate Sales (Bottle-to-Bottle): PET to PET processes collected PET beverage bottles into food-grade PET flakes and PET granulates (in clear, blue, green, and mixed colors). The finished recyclate is sold to preform and bottle manufacturers — primarily the five shareholder companies — for use in manufacturing new PET beverage bottles. The company operates on a cost-recovery/processing fee model anchored by the closed-loop ownership structure. Recyclate pricing faces pressure from virgin PET cost differentials and cheap imports from non-EU countries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH collects used PET beverage bottles via Austria's deposit return system and processes them into washed PET flakes and food-grade PET granulates (in clear, blue, green, and mixed colors) using the URRC cleaning process and the Starlinger granulation process. The resulting food-grade recyclate is sold to preform and bottle manufacturers — primarily its five shareholder beverage companies — for use in manufacturing new PET beverage bottles under a bottle-to-bottle closed-loop model. A polyolefin (PO) cap by-product is also separated and sold.

Product overview

PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH operates a bottle-to-bottle recycling facility using two primary processing technologies: the URRC (United Resource Recovery Corporation) process for gentle and intensive cleaning of PET flakes, and the Starlinger granulation process for converting PET into granulates. The company processes over 34,000 tonnes annually of used PET beverage bottles into washed flakes in three colors (clear, blue, green) and mixed, which are then upgraded to food-grade quality. These products are sold to preform and bottle manufacturers who incorporate them into new PET beverage bottles at 30-40% minimum recycled content (up to 100% in some cases). The product portfolio consists of two product tiers: Washed Flakes (non-food-grade) and Food Flakes/Granulates (food-grade meeting highest food standards), plus PO-caps as a by-product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PET clear - Food Flakes Food-grade washed PET flakes in clear/transparent color for use in new PET beverage bottle production. Produced via the URRC cleaning process to meet food-safety standards.
• PET blue - Food Flakes Food-grade washed PET flakes in blue color for use in new PET beverage bottle production. Produced via the URRC cleaning process to meet food-safety standards.
• PET clear - Food Granulates Food-grade PET granulate in clear/transparent color produced via the Starlinger granulation process, meeting the highest food industry standards for use in new PET beverage bottles.
• PET blue - Food Granulates Food-grade PET granulate in blue color produced via the Starlinger granulation process for use in manufacturing new PET beverage bottles.
• PET green - Food Granulates Food-grade PET granulate in green color produced via the Starlinger granulation process for use in manufacturing new PET beverage bottles.
• PET clear - Washed Flakes Washed PET flakes in clear/transparent color, not yet processed to food-grade standard. Used as intermediate or non-food-grade feedstock.
• PET blue - Washed Flakes Washed PET flakes in blue color, not yet processed to food-grade standard. Used as intermediate or non-food-grade feedstock.
• PET green - Washed Flakes Washed PET flakes in green color, not yet processed to food-grade standard. Used as intermediate or non-food-grade feedstock.
• PET mixed - Washed Flakes Mixed-color washed PET flakes from various colored bottles, not yet processed to food-grade standard. Used as intermediate or non-food-grade feedstock.
• PO-caps (Polyolefin caps) Polyolefin bottle caps separated during the PET recycling process. Sold as a by-product from the recycling operation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.34 billion PET bottles processed annually (33,675 tonnes) — new all-time high in 2025
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Coca-Cola HBC Austria GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2007Coca-Cola HBC Austria is one of the five founding shareholder companies of PET to PET. As a major Austrian beverage producer, it supplies collected PET bottles to the recycling facility and offtakes food-grade PET recyclate for bottle-to-bottle manufacturing. The partnership is structured as a closed-loop co-ownership model.
• Egger Getränke GmbH & Co OGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2007Egger Getränke is one of the five founding shareholder companies of PET to PET. As a leading Austrian beverage producer, it participates in the closed-loop bottle-to-bottle model, supplying collected PET bottles and offtaking recyclate for new bottle production.
• Rauch Fruchtsäfte GmbH & Co OGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2007Rauch Fruchtsäfte is one of the five founding shareholder companies of PET to PET. As a major Austrian juice and beverage producer, it participates in the closed-loop bottle-to-bottle recycling model as both supplier of PET bottles and offtaker of recyclate.
• S. Spitz GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2007S. Spitz GmbH is one of the five founding shareholder companies of PET to PET. As an Austrian food and beverage company, it participates in the closed-loop bottle-to-bottle recycling model as both supplier of PET bottles and offtaker of recyclate.
• Vöslauer Mineralwasser GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2007Vöslauer Mineralwasser is one of the five founding shareholder companies of PET to PET. As Austria's leading mineral water brand, it participates in the closed-loop bottle-to-bottle recycling model as both supplier of PET bottles and offtaker of recyclate for new bottle production.
• United Resource Recovery Corporation (URRC)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2007URRC is the technology provider for the globally unique URRC process used at PET to PET's facility. This process gently and thoroughly cleans PET flakes to meet the highest food safety standards required for bottle-to-bottle applications. The technology has been operational since the plant's commissioning in 2007.
• Starlinger recycling technologycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2007Starlinger is the Austrian-developed technology provider for the granulation process at PET to PET. The Starlinger granulation technology melts PET and processes it into food-grade granulates. PET to PET has expanded its granulation plant with Starlinger's support and the technology has been continuously updated over the years.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Environnement S.A. Global environmental services and resource-recovery operator with significant PET recycling operations across Europe. Comparable as a large incumbent in the European plastic recycling space, though operating across waste management, water, and energy rather than specializing in food-grade bottle-to-bottle.
• Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited: Thai-listed global PET resin producer and one of the world's largest food-grade rPET recyclers, with multiple bottle-to-bottle recycling plants. Directly comparable as a large-scale food-grade rPET recycler serving beverage-brand customers, though operating at significantly greater geographic scale.
• ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH: Austrian-headquartered global rigid plastic packaging manufacturer and one of the largest PET preform producers in Europe. Comparable as an Austrian plastics-processing incumbent that is also deeply embedded in the Austrian beverage supply chain and is investing in rPET/closed-loop capabilities.
• PreZero Stiftung & Co. KG: European recycling and waste-management platform (Schwarz Group) operating PET recycling facilities across multiple geographies. Comparable as a broad European recyclate producer with food-grade rPET ambitions, though operating at much wider portfolio breadth.

Direct peers

• ALPLA Recycling GmbH (formerly Texplast): German PET recycler acquired by ALPLA producing food-grade rPET using Starlinger technology for beverage brand owners. Directly comparable as a European food-grade PET recycler supplying the bottle-to-bottle loop for major beverage companies.
• CarbonLite Holdings / CarbonLite Recycling: US-based food-grade PET recycler producing bottle-to-bottle rPET pellets for major beverage brand owners. Directly comparable in core activity (food-grade rPET flake/granulate for beverage bottles) though operating at different scale and in a different regulatory regime.

Others

• Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft mbH: Austrian technology supplier of the Starlinger deCON / recycling extrusion lines that PET to PET itself uses. Comparable as a key technology partner in food-grade PET recycling and a potential licensor of best-practice recycling technology to other recyclers.
• Erema Group GmbH: Austrian manufacturer of plastics recycling machinery and a leading supplier of PET recycling extrusion technology. Comparable as a European technology enabler in the PET recycling value chain; potential alternative/competing technology provider to Starlinger.

Emerging players

• APK AG: German company operating Newcycling®, a solvent-based advanced recycling process for multi-layer and mixed plastic packaging into recycled-grade polymers. Comparable as an emerging European plastics recycler targeting food-contact applications, but focused on polyolefins and complex streams rather than bottle-grade PET.
• Carbios SA: French biotech company developing enzymatic PET recycling (depolymerization) for food-grade rPET. Comparable as an emerging food-grade PET recycler addressing the same end-market (beverage bottles), but using a fundamentally different (chemical/biological) recycling pathway.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

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