Vereinigte Schotterwerke

What Vereinigte Schotterwerke does

Vereinigte Schotterwerke GmbH & Co. KG (VSW) is a privately held German mineral waste recycling and bulk materials logistics company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Stolberg near Aachen, with a second operational site in Bochum that has been under company management since 1998. The company operates DB-certified stationary and mobile crushing, screening, and classification systems to recycle mineral construction waste — including used railway ballast (Altschotter), soil, construction rubble, old asphalt, and concrete sleepers — into approximately 80 different recycled products compliant with Deutsche Bahn quality guideline DBS 918 061. Q1 supplier status enables annual production of more than 100,000 tonnes of recycled railway ballast at the Stolberg site.

VSW runs five integrated business lines: Verwertung (recycling/recovery), Mobile Schotteraufbereitung (on-site mobile stone processing at customer construction sites), Lagerflächenmanagement (storage area provisioning and permitting at track sites), Schüttgüter (production of CE-certified mineral mixtures via proprietary 4-chamber dosing technology), and Umschlag (intermodal rail-road transshipment). Two locations — Stolberg with 4 unloading + 3 loading tracks and Bochum with a ~40,000 sqm footprint and private rail siding — collectively handle up to 10,000 tonnes of bulk materials per day and over 100,000 tonnes of copper-bearing materials annually, with capacity for hazardous waste handling under Entsorgungsfachbetrieb certification through 2027.

The company generates revenue through disposal and recycling services, sale of recycled building materials, project management for demolition and remediation work, and material handling/transshipment fees. Approximately 85 employees serve enterprise customers across German railway infrastructure (Deutsche Bahn AG, regional and tram operators) and construction (Strabag Rail, Max Bögl, Ed. Züblin, Leonhard Weiss, Swietelsky, Spitzke, DB Bahnbau Gruppe, and others). Distribution is direct enterprise field sales with no reseller channel; pricing is quote-based and project-specific. The firm is led by Managing Directors Sebastian Scheel and Jens Liestmann, with no disclosed venture capital or institutional investor ownership.

Name

Vereinigte Schotterwerke

Legal name

Vereinigte Schotterwerke GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://vsw-online.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Vereinigte Schotterwerke GmbH & Co. KG is a privately held German mineral waste recycling and bulk materials logistics firm that recycles used railway ballast, soil, and construction debris into ~80 certified products for Deutsche Bahn AG and major German construction firms across its Stolberg and Bochum sites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Waste Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Remediation Services (56291), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycled Aggregates & C&D Materials Processing (RCA, RAP, Glass Aggregate) (IMAKAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Concrete, Asphalt & Masonry Recycling (Crushing & Aggregate Production) (EUAIAHAD), Construction & Demolition (C&D) Debris Recycling (IMAIAFAG), Parts Harvesting & Component Reuse (EUAIANAF)

Keywords

• Mineral construction waste recycling
• Railway ballast recycling
• Bulk material logistics
• Construction waste disposal
• Recycled aggregate production

Headquarters

HQ city

Stolberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Disposal and recycling services: Disposal and recycling of mineral construction materials including contaminated materials, with full compliance with waste law, Federal Soil Protection Act, and Federal Immission Control Act. The company operates as producer, carrier, and disposer of hazardous and non-hazardous waste at both locations.
2. RC building material supply: Production and delivery of quality-tested, partly CE-certified recycled construction materials including RC railway ballast, single-grain materials, and various mineral mixtures. Products include path construction materials and aggregate for asphalt.
3. Material handling and logistics: Material handling, transfer, and transport services, including transfer of goods between rail and road transport at the company's ideally connected locations in Stolberg and Bochum.
4. Construction site logistics services: Site preparation, surface provision, permitting, and management of storage areas directly at railway construction sites. Services include coordination of loading and transport vehicles.
5. Project management services: Full or modular project management for demolition and remediation projects, including practical execution of demolition, waste route planning, authority coordination, waste producer declaration, accompanying documentation, and disposal documentation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Vereinigte Schotterwerke recycles mineral construction waste—including old railway ballast (Altschotter), soil, construction rubble, old asphalt, and concrete sleepers—into approximately 80 different recycled construction products. Operating from certified plants in Stolberg and Bochum, the company offers mobile on-site processing, rail-to-road transshipment, storage area management at construction sites, and full project management for demolition and remediation projects, primarily serving Deutsche Bahn AG and major German construction companies.

Product overview

Vereinigte Schotterwerke operates as a unified service platform offering five integrated business segments focused on mineral waste recycling and bulk goods logistics. The core offerings comprise: (1) Verwertung (Recovery/Recycling) - the foundational recycling service producing ~80 different mineral products; (2) Mobile Schotteraufbereitung (Mobile Stone Processing) - mobile crushing plants deployed at construction sites; (3) Lagerflächenmanagement (Storage Area Management) - on-site storage surface provisioning; (4) Schüttgüter (Bulk Goods) - production of CE-certified mineral mixtures and aggregates; and (5) Umschlag (Handling/Transfer) - rail-to-road transshipment at their Stolberg and Bochum facilities. Supporting services include disposal documentation (via ZEDAL system) and full project management for demolition and remediation projects. These segments are interconnected: mobile processing enables on-site recycling while storage management and handling services support the logistics chain from waste material intake through to delivery of recycled products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Verwertung (Recovery and Recycling)

Quantifiable outcome

• Transport cost savings through on-site mobile recycling
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Allianz pro SchieneminorOthersIndustry association supporting rail transport in Germany. Vereinigte Schotterwerke is a member and supports the association's goals of promoting rail transport.
• Bundesvereinigung Mittelständischer Bauunternehmen (BVMB)minorOthersFederal association representing medium-sized construction companies in Germany. Membership ensures interests of the company are represented in policy discussions.
• Deutscher AsphaltverbandminorOthersGerman Asphalt Association. Membership connects the company with the asphalt industry and supports its recycled material supply to asphalt producers.
• Verband der Bau- und Rohstoffindustrie (Vero)minorOthersAssociation of construction and raw materials industry. Membership represents the company's interests in the construction and raw materials sector.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Holcim (LafargeHolcim): Global building materials group with European aggregates and recycled materials operations serving rail, road and construction markets. Comparable as a large-scale supplier of mineral aggregates and recycled products into similar end markets.
• Heidelberg Materials: Major German-headquartered building materials group with significant aggregates and recycled materials operations serving rail, road and construction customers. Comparable as a large-scale supplier of mineral aggregates and recycled products into similar end markets.
• Remondis: One of Germany's largest privately held waste management and materials recovery groups, operating MRFs, C&D recycling and bulk-goods handling nationwide. Directly comparable to VSW on the recycling and transshipment side, but at much greater scale and geographic breadth.
• K+S AG: German mining and mineral processing group with significant bulk material handling, logistics and material recovery operations. Comparable on the bulk mineral handling and transshipment side, though oriented to different end markets.

Direct peers

• Heinrich Feeß GmbH & Co. KG: Mid-sized German recycling and construction services company focused on building materials recycling, earthworks and bulk material handling. Comparable to VSW as a regional German competitor offering recycling, demolition logistics and CE-certified recycled products.
• Hagedorn Unternehmensgruppe: German C&D recycling and heavy demolition group operating stationary recycling plants and handling mineral construction waste streams across Germany. Comparable as a specialist in C&D debris recycling, demolition and materials recovery with national footprint.
• Eggersmann Gruppe: German recycling and waste management group operating MRFs, composting and C&D recycling facilities. Comparable to VSW as a German mid-market recycling operator with materials recovery, transshipment and bulk-goods handling capabilities.
• Basalt-Actien-Gesellschaft (BAG): German quarrying and aggregate producer with multiple processing sites producing crushed stone, railway ballast and mineral mixtures. Comparable to VSW on the production of CE-certified aggregates, railway ballast and mineral mixtures for rail and road construction.
• Hülskens: German construction services and materials group active in aggregates, demolition and waterway-related bulk materials handling. Comparable as a mid-sized German operator providing recycling, mineral supply and logistics services to infrastructure customers.

Others

• Strabag AG: Austrian-headquartered construction group that is both a customer of VSW and operates its own aggregate and recycling operations in Germany. Comparable as a vertically integrated buyer/producer of recycled construction materials, though primarily a buyer in VSW's case.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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