Erema continues to grow and increases turnover by 16%
April 7, 2019The plastics industry
is undergoing change. In the recent past, political and voluntary initiatives
as well as an end to the plastic waste exports to China have led to more
investment in high-quality recycling technology. The increasing demand is
reflected in a new turnover record of the group of companies of EUR 180
million. Half of this volume was generated in Europe.
This increase is due to growing sales worldwide in all three recycling markets:
post-consumer (contaminated and used plastics), in-house and industrial (clean
production waste), and bottle recycling (PET, food-contact-grade). In the
latter case, incoming orders almost tripled compared to previous years. This
can be attributed to the high demand for proven VACUREMA® technology and new
processes based on it, such as the Flakes to Preforms XTREME Renew System
developed together with SIPA. The bottle-to-bottle system VACUNITE, which was
first launched in November 2018, is also making its mark.
Trendsetter in post-consumer solutions
Order intake in the post-consumer segment also increased again significantly,
doubling within the last three years. “Here we are pioneers and trendsetters
in solutions for a growing recycling industry that focuses on quality and is
becoming increasingly industrialized,” says Manfred Hackl, CEO of the
EREMA Group. He is also pleased at the way sales are developing in the in-house
and industrial sector. Both the EREMA solutions and the shredder-extruder
solutions of the Group subsidiary PURE LOOP were able to increase their
turnover yet again. The expansion of the in-house product range thanks to
participation in PLASMAC, VACUNITE and also the newly-created KEYCYCLE business
unit as a provider of complete solutions for plastics recycling, are current
examples of new products and innovations. “We thrive on proximity to our
customers! This enables us to understand their challenges and develop appropriate
solutions,” says Michael Heitzinger, Managing Director of EREMA GmbH, one
of the recipes for success of the world market leader.
Management changes
At the beginning of the 2019/20 financial year, Klaus Feichtinger will step
down at his own request as CEO of EREMA Group GmbH. However, he will continue
to contribute his know-how as a manager in the area of IP and new technologies.
Together with Manfred Hackl CEO, Horst Wolfsgruber CFO is now responsible for
the strategic planning and ongoing development of the entire group of
companies. In order to be able to concentrate fully on this task in the EREMA
Group, Manfred Hackl is handing over operational management of the subsidiary
EREMA. Markus Huber-Lindinger takes over the areas of technology and production
as Managing Director. Together with Michael Heitzinger, Managing Director
responsible for Sales, Customer Services and Project Planning, he forms the
management team duo at EREMA. “We are convinced that this allocation of
tasks will enable us to meet the many challenges, both in terms of the size of
our group of companies, and due to the rapid changes in the industry, so that
we can continue on our successful course of growth,” say Hackl and
Heitzinger.
Expansion of company headquarters
The expansion of the company headquarters in Ansfelden/Linz is also a response
to increasing demand. End of March there was the ground-breaking for the
construction of additional production and office space, scheduled to go into
operation in spring 2020.