Trapp Handelsgesellschaft mbH

Name

Trapp Handelsgesellschaft mbH

Legal name

Trapp Handelsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://trapp-handel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Paper Trading

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recovered Paper Collection & Sorting (OCC, ONP, Mixed Paper) (IMAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Paper & Fiber Recovery Facilities (Old Corrugated Containers, Mixed Paper) (EUAIADAH)

Keywords

• Waste paper trading
• Recycled paper materials
• Material flow management
• Waste paper recycling
• Logistics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Waste Paper Trading: The company generates revenue through trading of waste paper, including buying and selling operations. They handle all service levels from loose collected goods to special types such as kraft tissue paper and label backing paper. They also offer combination loads of different types of waste paper.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Trapp Handelsgesellschaft mbH trades recovered paper and paper raw materials, advising business and public clients on waste paper flows. It specialises in medium and higher grades of waste paper as well as plastic-coated materials, handling bales, rolls, format, and loose goods, and offers combination loads of different waste paper types for local authorities, waste disposal companies, and commercial businesses across Germany and Europe.

Product overview

Trapp Handelsgesellschaft mbH operates as a waste paper trading and recycling company offering three interconnected service lines: Waste Paper Trading (handling all grades from loose goods to specialty papers like kraft tissue and label backing in various formats), Recycling & Material Flow Management (individualised solutions for waste paper disposal and recycling), and Logistics & Disposition (infrastructure for flexible delivery and market response across Germany and Europe). The company was formally founded in 2011 by partners Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service GmbH and KG Ludwig Melosch Vertriebs GmbH & Co., operating from Frankfurt am Main.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Waste Paper Trading

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 million tonnes of waste paper traded and recycled by 2024

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Deutschland (Veolia Umweltservice): Subsidiary of global waste and water services group Veolia. Operates recovered paper collection and trading as part of a broad waste management portfolio overlapping with Trapp's municipal and commercial customers.
• SUEZ Recycling and Recovery Deutschland: German arm of SUEZ's recycling and recovery business. Competes with Trapp on commercial and municipal recovered paper streams across Germany as part of a wider environmental services portfolio.
• PreZero (Schwarz Group): Environmental services arm of the Schwarz Group, active across Europe in recycling, including recovered paper trading and sorting. Larger and more vertically integrated than Trapp, but directly comparable in trading activity.
• Remondis SE & Co. KG: Germany's largest private waste management and recycling company with deep recovered paper collection, sorting, and mill-supply operations. Competes with Trapp on municipal contracts and large-volume grades.

Others

• Stora Enso Oyj: Major European pulp, paper, and packaging producer that consumes large volumes of recovered paper. As a potential buyer of Trapp's specialty and standard grades, it represents the downstream end of the value chain Trapp serves.
• DS Smith Plc: International packaging and recycling group with significant recovered paper sourcing in continental Europe. Comparable in the sense that it both consumes waste paper and competes for collection feedstock with traders like Trapp.

Direct peers

• ALBA Group (interseroh): One of Europe's largest recycling services groups, including recovered paper collection, sorting, and trading. Direct overlap with Trapp on commercial and municipal waste paper sourcing and trading, though at significantly larger scale.
• Köhler Recycling GmbH & Co. KG: German recovered paper trader and recycler closely comparable to Trapp in size and geography. Both focus on grading, trading, and supplying specialty and standard waste paper grades into the European mill network.
• Tönsmeier Entsorgung: German waste management and recycling company with significant recovered paper operations serving municipalities and commercial customers. Comparable customer mix and trading posture to Trapp.
• Melosch Recycling (KG Ludwig Melosch): Hamburg-based national recycling distributor and one of Trapp's two equal shareholders. Operates in the same recovered paper trading value chain and supplies comparable specialty and standard grades to European mills.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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