Elimination Lidl Group will soon also pick up trash
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The garbage collection could soon be organized by Lidl – the parent company bought the disposal company Tönsmeier
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The Lidl-Mutter Schwarz group acquires Tönsmeier, the fifth largest storage company in Germany. In the future, the business of the GreenCycle Group company will be extended to the collection of waste at the end consumer.
D The Schwarz Group embarks on the waste business. The parent company of Discounter Lidl and the Kaufland market chain take over the family business Tönsmeier and are thus the fifth largest waste treatment company in Germany. The commerce giant is incorporating the mid-sized company with its 3,000 employees and 500 million euros turnover in its services subsidiary GreenCycle. "We are pursuing a clear growth strategy and want to position ourselves in the market as a driver of the circular economy and sustainable innovations," said Dietmar Böhm, General Manager of GreenCycle
For 15 years, his company has been collecting precious materials in the subsidiaries of Lidl and Kaufland. as well as the logistics sites of the Schwarz Group, eg paper and cardboard or plastic and sheets. Although there are enough testers for such tasks. "But this service has to be paid for, and with our size, it makes perfect sense to take over the collection itself," says a spokesperson, "We create value in the business." [19659013ThematerialsarethencollectedatfiverecyclingcentersownedbythecompanyandeventuallysoldtoplasticmillsorrecyclersorGreenCycleprocessesthesubstancesthemselves:forexampleoldPETbottlesareprocessedinpelletsintworecyclingplantsoftheSchwarzGroupinVogtlandandnearAachenwherenewbottlesarebeingmadethatthegiantmarketsinitsownmineralwellontheshelvesinLidlandKaufland"Thebottlesofourbrandsarenowcomposedof50%recycledmaterials"saidspokeswomanSchwarzGroup
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With the acquisition of Tönsmeier, the gro Neckarsulm's upe detail wants the company to exceed its own developing needs. Although there are already isolated external clients. However, most of the two million tonnes of recyclable material collected and recycled comes from almost 4,000 owned stores in Germany. "We are expanding this market segment and want to make money," the spokeswoman said. Tönsmeier is the latest success: According to reports, the after-tax result of last year in the low range of two-digit million.
Tönsmeier is also active in Poland and the Netherlands
Through the acquisition, mother Lidl rivals industry greats like Remondis and Alba or Veolia and Suez. Tönsmeier operates more than 30 plastic processing, sorting and recycling plants, scrap glbad and scrap metal, as well as a waste incineration plant – which is also a source of revenue for the company – and a fleet of more than 1,100 garbage vehicles.
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The Westphalian company Porta Westfalica is a full-service business. waste disposal: It is commissioned by the municipalities for the disposal of household waste, a partner of so-called dual systems, which organize the recycling of green and yellow packaging and eliminates residues of industrial companies and individuals. The main regions of Tönsmeier are North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Bavaria and Saxony. In addition, the family business is also active in Poland and the Netherlands. "Tönsmeier brings a lot of know-how to the group, and now we can even better close our cycles and expand our recycling business," says Schwarz Group
GreenCycle is now back in business and plans to invest in capacity and efficiency. technologies and there is a lot of need: according to their own information, Tönsmeier currently has an order book of about 150 million euros.However, the Bundeskartellamt still has to accept the. acquisition, at the financial terms on which both parties agreed to remain silent.
Tönsmeier, founded in 1927 and managed by the family for the third generation, has been on sale since March. But now, the mother Lidl Schwarz gets the sign of the head.Their overall package was the most convincing, explains Jürgen Tönsmeier, principal shareholder and chairman of the supervisory board of the company. "Tönsmeier now has the best chance of continuing to grow profitably under the new owner."
If the name remains Tönsmeier, is not yet fixed
The family had not dared to continue the business because of urgent investments. "Further development in its own direction would be a financial act of force for the company and the family, and we have to accept this reality as an owner, even if it was not easy for us," he said. explained Tönsmeier early in the search for buyers in the spring, on the new German law on packaging, the 2017 regulation on industrial waste and the introduction of the circular economy.Parliament has referred At the moment, nothing changes for the employees of the new owner, says Schwarz spokeswoman. "All are supported and continue to work." However, the name of Tönsmeier is not yet clear. This is not yet decided, it is said by the new owner.
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The Addressed Packaging Act could be the business of the depositors in the coming years give you a boost again. Starting in January 2019, much stricter rules will apply to the recycling of packaging, which could significantly increase the amount of waste collected in the yellow tonnes and in some cases increase the amount of waste. GreenCycle also wants to offer after the takeover as a partner especially for trading companies. "We are very familiar with the structures," says Schwarz's spokesperson, but immediately afterwards, Lidl and Kaufland's competitors must be ready to cooperate with GreenCycle. But that should be debatable. After all, according to experts could be drawn from the possible quantities and types of garbage conclusions about the business of other resellers.
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