Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH

What Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH does

Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH is the German operating entity of a European recycling group that recovers non-ferrous metals from the bottom ash produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration at waste-to-energy plants. The group's German operations are headquartered at Beim Industriehafen 39/49 in Bremen, registered as a GmbH under HRB 28506 HB, with the broader group operating additional facilities in Denmark (group origin, 2009), England (Willenhall), and Spain (Zaragoza). The German entity is privately held, with no external funding rounds disclosed in the available data, and operates with a small in-country headcount of approximately 6 employees led by managing directors Tobias Engelhardt and Ejvind Pedersen.

The core technology combines mechanical and sensor-based sorting to clean, separate, and grade non-ferrous metals — including aluminum, copper, brass, lead, zinc, stainless steel, and precious metals — out of combustion slag that would otherwise be landfilled. The company runs a B2B commodity sales model: it sources bottom ash from waste-to-energy plant partners across its four-country footprint and sells recovered, sorted metal fractions to industrial metal smelting and metallurgical processing companies worldwide. Revenue mechanics are commodity-driven (priced against benchmark non-ferrous metal markets), and pricing, contract terms, and customer identities are not publicly disclosed. No patents, AI/ML capabilities, or external capital raises are documented in the available information.

Name

Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH

Legal name

Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH

Website

https://scanmetals.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH is the Bremen-based German entity of a four-country European group that recovers non-ferrous metals (aluminum, copper, brass, lead, zinc, stainless steel, precious metals) from municipal waste incineration bottom ash and sells the sorted output to industrial smelters worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Recycling Services

NAICS

Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining (33141)

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Brokerage (Aluminum, Copper, Brass/Bronze, Lead, Zinc, Nickel) (IMAKAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metals Recovery & Sorting Facilities (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (EUAIADAG), Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF), Ferrous Scrap Processing & Recycling (Steel/Iron) (EUAIAJAA)

Keywords

• Non-ferrous metal recycling
• Bottom ash processing
• Urban mining services
• Metal recovery sorting
• Circular economy metals

Headquarters

HQ city

Bremen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recycled Non-Ferrous Metal Sales: The company generates revenue by processing and selling recovered non-ferrous metals (Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Lead, Zinc, Stainless Steel, Precious Metals) to metal smelting companies worldwide. Revenue is commodity-based, derived from selling processed metals extracted from municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH specializes in recovering non-ferrous metals (Aluminum, Copper, Brass, Lead, Zinc, Stainless Steel, and Precious Metals) from the bottom ash of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) plants. Using mechanical and sensor-based sorting technology, the company processes incinerator ash into cleaned, marketable metal fractions and sells them to industrial smelting companies worldwide. The German Bremen site operates as part of a multi-country group covering Denmark, England, and Spain.

Product overview

Scanmetals Deutschland GmbH is a specialized metal recycling company that recovers non-ferrous metals from municipal solid waste incineration ash. The company operates as part of a corporate group with locations in Denmark, England, Spain, and Germany. Using mechanical and sensor-based sorting technology, Scanmetals cleans and sorts non-ferrous metals—primarily extracted from combustion slag produced by waste-to-energy plants—and resells these recovered metals to smelting operations worldwide. The company does not appear to offer distinct named product brands or modules; its service is a unified metal recovery and recycling offering delivered through industrial processing at its German facility in Bremen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Non-Ferrous Metal Recovery from MSWI Bottom Ash

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Aurubis: Aurubis is Europe's largest copper producer and a leading multi-metal recycler headquartered in Hamburg. As a major buyer of recycled non-ferrous feedstock (copper, brass, precious metals), it is both a downstream customer and a broad incumbent in non-ferrous metal recycling with much greater scale and vertical integration.
• Umicore: Umicore is a Belgian materials technology and recycling company with extensive non-ferrous and precious metals recycling operations. Its recycling business overlaps with Scanmetals' downstream customers and represents a sophisticated, R&D-driven incumbent in metals recovery.
• Boliden: Boliden is a Swedish metals and mining company with significant smelting and recycling operations for copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals. It purchases recycled feedstock comparable to Scanmetals' output and represents a large, vertically integrated incumbent in the same end-markets.
• Trimet Aluminium: Trimet is a German aluminum producer that operates secondary smelters using recycled aluminum feedstock. While it operates in the next value-chain step (melting/refining), it is a comparable German-based player in non-ferrous metals and a potential customer or strategic partner.
• Heraeus Precious Metals: Heraeus is a German precious metals and technology group with extensive recycling and refining capabilities for gold, silver, and platinum group metals. Its precious metals recovery operations overlap with Scanmetals' high-value metal recovery activity.

Emerging players

• Befesa: Befesa is a Spanish-German listed company specializing in recycling of steel dust and salt slags to recover zinc and other metals. While its feedstock focus differs from MSWI bottom ash, it is a comparable European metals-from-waste specialist with significant operational scale and a similar circular-economy thesis.
• REDWAVE (BT-Wolfgang Binder): REDWAVE supplies sensor-based sorting equipment and turnkey plants for recycling, including MSWI bottom ash processing. It is comparable to Scanmetals as a sensor-sorting specialist in the same niche, though REDWAVE primarily serves as a technology provider rather than a competing processor.

Direct peers

• Maltha Glass Recycling: Maltha processes MSWI bottom ash to recover glass fractions for reuse. While its primary focus is glass rather than non-ferrous metals, it operates at the same stage of the MSWI bottom ash value chain and competes for the same ash feedstock from European waste-to-energy plants.
• Inashco: Inashco is a Netherlands-based company that recovers non-ferrous metals from municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) bottom ash using sensor-based sorting technology. It is the closest direct competitor to Scanmetals, operating in the same niche with similar feedstock, technology, and customer base (metal smelters).

Others

• Wieland Group: Wieland is a German manufacturer of copper and copper-alloy semi-finished products with significant recycled copper sourcing. As a downstream industrial user of recycled non-ferrous metals, it represents a potential end-customer comparable to Scanmetals' global smelter customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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