Swiss Recycling Metals

What Swiss Recycling Metals does

Swiss Recycling Metals Sàrl is a Geneva-headquartered, privately held Swiss company that operates a dental waste recycling service across Europe. The company purchases used dental crowns, bridges, and prostheses from dental practices and recovers the precious metal content (gold, platinum, and palladium) by performing on-site X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry analysis at the clinic. By analyzing each crown individually rather than estimating value by weight, the company delivers transparent, per-item valuation and immediate on-site payment, addressing a pain point in which dental practices have historically discarded ceramo-metal crowns as worthless waste or accepted low flat-rate offers from traditional weight-based buyers.

The core technology stack is the XRF spectrometer, deployed at customer sites via a field-sales model in which dedicated representatives are assigned to specific European territories. The service is supported by a multilingual website (six languages), a mobile application on iOS and Android with Google Calendar integration for appointment booking, and a collection box left at each clinic to accumulate crowns between pickups. The company operates across 12 European countries with 23+ collaborators and has served over 11,250 dental practice customers, sustaining a 5.0/5 average across 508 Google reviews.

The business model is a transactional commodity spread: revenue is generated from the differential between the price paid to the dental practice (based on XRF-determined precious metal content) and the resale value of recovered metals on commodity markets. Pricing is denominated in CHF with informational EUR/USD display, and there are no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. The company also differentiates on environmental compliance and circular-economy positioning, reinforced by a charitable partnership with Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque (MCC). It is incorporated as a Sàrl (private limited company) in Geneva (Commercial Register CH-660.0.419.023-0), with no disclosed outside investors, parent company, or subsidiaries.

Name

Swiss Recycling Metals

Legal name

Swiss Recycling Metals Sàrl

Website

https://swissrecyclingmetals.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Swiss Recycling Metals is a Geneva-based company that buys used dental crowns from European dental practices and uses on-site XRF spectrometry to value and recover gold, platinum, and palladium content, paying clinics immediately and reselling the recovered metals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dental Precious Metals Recycling

NAICS

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

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro primary industry

Precious Metals Recycling & Urban Mining (E-waste, Catalysts, Jewelry Scrap) (IMAKAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF)

Keywords

• Precious metals recycling
• Dental waste recovery
• XRF spectrometry analysis
• Dental crown buyback
• Metal refining services

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Precious Metal Buyback from Dental Waste: The company purchases used dental crowns, bridges, and prostheses from dental practices. It pays customers based on the analyzed precious metal content (gold, platinum, palladium) of the crowns, then refines and resells the recovered metals on the commodity markets. Revenue is generated from the spread between purchase price and resale value of recovered precious metals. Payment to customers is made immediately on-site upon completion of XRF analysis.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Swiss Recycling Metals collects used dental crowns, bridges, and prostheses from dental practices across Europe, uses X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry to determine the composition of precious metals (gold, palladium, platinum, silver) in ceramo-metal and other dental scrap, and then refines the material. After refining, the company pays the dental practice approximately 80% of the prevailing market value of the recovered metals, retaining a service margin. The offering is delivered via a free initial analysis, postal collection, and a mobile application for shipment tracking.

Product overview

Swiss Recycling Metals operates as a dental waste recycling company offering a single integrated service for dental practices across Europe. The core offering combines on-site collection of dental crowns and prostheses with XRF spectrometer analysis for transparent material valuation, followed by immediate payment. The company provides a mobile application for appointment booking and account management, along with collection boxes for temporary crown storage. The service portfolio includes dental crown recycling, ceramo-metal crown processing, and XRF-based material analysis—all delivered through field representatives who visit practices on schedule.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dental Crown and Prosthesis Recycling Service
• XRF Spectrometer Analysis (Free Valuation)
• Ceramo-Metal Crown Recycling
• Bullion Buyback / Refined Metals Resale Once dental scrap is refined, the company sells the recovered bullion on metals markets; this is the monetization step that funds the payout to dental practices. The service is the back-end of the recycling workflow.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,250+ dental practices served across Europe
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque (MCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss Recycling Metals partners with Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque, a charity that funds life-saving heart surgeries for children born with congenital malformations in countries where medical facilities are insufficient. The company donates a portion of its revenue to MCC, enabling funded operations. A concrete example: Alou, a child from Mali with tetralogy of Fallot, received successful open-heart surgery at Strasbourg Hospital on September 11, funded through this partnership. The partnership serves as a key CSR and marketing differentiator, demonstrating environmental and social commitment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Materion Corporation: US-listed advanced materials company with precious metals refining and dental alloys business. Comparable in technology stack and dental market exposure, though geographically focused on North America.
• Umicore Precious Metals Refining: Global non-ferrous and precious metals recycler with refining operations across Europe. Could compete at the downstream refining tier or vertically integrate into collection.
• Metalor Technologies: Swiss-based global precious metals refiner with a dedicated dental business line and buyback services. Direct buyer for recovered dental alloys and potential competitor at the refining/collection stage.
• Tanaka Precious Metals: Japanese precious metals refiner with global reach, including dental and industrial scrap recovery. Comparable at the refining tier; less direct overlap in field-sales collection across Europe.
• Johnson Matthey: UK-headquartered precious metals and catalysts group with established refining, PGM recovery, and recycling operations. Comparable in downstream refining capacity for dental scrap.
• Heraeus Precious Metals: Global precious metals refiner and dental alloys producer with established relationships to dental laboratories and practices. Competitor for any downstream refiner of SRM's collected crowns, with far greater scale and brand recognition.

Regional players

• PAMP (MKS PAMP GROUP): Swiss precious metals refiner with strong European footprint in bullion and scrap processing. Comparable refining capability, though not a dental-vertical specialist like SRM.
• Safina a.s. Czech precious metals refiner with historical presence in dental alloy recovery across Central/Eastern Europe. Comparable refining capability but with different geographic center of gravity than SRM.

Direct peers

• D-Metal Dental Recycling: European dental scrap buyer specializing in crown and bridge recycling with on-site collection services. Direct field-sales competitor in the same dental precious-metal buyback niche.
• Cendres+Métaux: Swiss dental precious-metals specialist producing alloys and operating a buyback service for dental scrap, including crowns and bridges. Closest comparable peer given shared Swiss domicile and dental precious-metals focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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