1995 Start up of ACCUREC

1997 Nickel-Cadmium battery test plant

1998 start of regular NiCd recycling production

2000 capacity expansion: 2500 t/a

2001 start of Alkaline and Nickel-Metal Hydrid batteries recycling

2003 60% acquisition by Veolia Environment

2004 start R&D Li-Ion-consumer batteries

2006 capacity expansion: 4.000 t/a

2009 company acquisition by I-Met Group (MBO)

2010 start solar module recycling

2011 start R&D NiMH - Recycling from automotiv batteries (industrial level)

AWARDS

1998 RWE: Energy Efficiency Award

2000 Impulse/Commerzbank: green technology award

2008 Kaiserpfalz - Award of metallurgy