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Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Portrait of Cyrill Hugi

Cyrill Hugi

The Swiss entrepreneur wants to make the circular economy of plastic economically viable. With this "green" plastic, the global plastic problem can be solved. What drives him: the desire to leave a world without plastic waste to the next generation.
Chief Technology Officer
Portrait of Ben Richters

Ben Richters

As a specialist in petrochemicals, Benjamin Richters handles topics relating to the green tech circular economy. As the developer of the enespa pyrolysis plant, he is one of the few specialists in the recycling of mixed plastic waste.
Member of the Board of Directors
Portrait of Ben Richters

Ben Richters

As a specialist in petrochemicals, Benjamin Richters handles topics relating to the green tech circular economy. As the developer of the enespa pyrolysis plant, he is one of the few specialists in the recycling of mixed plastic waste.
Head of Research & Development
Portrait Dr. Albert Paparo

Dr Albert Paparo

Leiter Forschung und Entwicklung
As a specialist in the pyrolysis of plastics, Albert Paparo is available to answer questions about chemical recycling. In his high-tech laboratory, he also conducts research into energy-efficient technologies such as the production of hydrogen.
News from enespa

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The enespa group is entering into a strategic partnership with the Finnish start-up PlastEco Ltd. The focus is on a 40 per cent stake for enespa technologies ag. The partnership begins with the delivery of an initial chemical recycling plant.
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The fiscal year 2023 was challenging. Nevertheless, enespa succeeded in launching a number of strategic projects. And the year 2024 is a pleasing one.
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The enespa Group joins the ranks of AdBlue® producers. It started mixing the product at its newly opened site in Bernsdorf, Germany, in the first quarter of 2024. Following successful certification, sales were successfully launched in April.
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enespa ag, which specialises in chemical recycling plants and technologies, has opened a new site in Tangstedt.

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Chemical recycling
  • Mixed plastic waste is granulated to a specific particle size and transported by conveyor belt to the pyrolysis plant.

  • The material is continuously fed from the buffer box into the plasticiser of the pyrolysis system via screw systems.

  • The material is melted in the plasticiser. The material enters the reactor system through the extruder.

  • In the reactor system specially developed by enespa, the liquid plastics are continuously heated and thermally decomposed. The material passes into the gas phase.

  • The gas phase is collected and fed into the condensation system at around 400 °C, where products with different properties are obtained. Finished products are stored, analysed and can then be sold.

Plant engineering
  • The electrical control cabinets for the pyrolysis systems are manufactured by enespa itself.

  • Professionals work on the system components in the assembly hall in Tangstedt.

  • The pyrolysis systems are made up of individual modules.

  • Everything has to be perfectly coordinated for the complex assembly work.

  • The precise interaction of the individual system components is crucial.

Research and development
  • It's often the little things that can make a big difference. In our laboratory, Dr Albert Paparo, who holds a doctorate in natural sciences, works with just such small things: molecules.

  • In the small circle of plastic waste recyclers that use pyrolysis to produce oil from mixed plastic, enespa is currently the only company that operates its own research department with a high-tech laboratory.

  • Product oil in a laboratory test

  • Testing a product oil

Key people

  • Cyrill Hugi, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • Ben Richters, Chief Technology Officer, Member of the Board of Directors

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enespa moves

  • We are revolutionising waste management. There is still a lot to be done in plastic recycling. We have the solution to turn waste into a valuable raw material.

  • Plastic-to-oil means converting mixed plastic waste into a sought-after product oil. We present our pyrolysis plant enespa WastX Plastic P5.

  • A pyrolysis plant goes on a journey. Sturdy packaging and a strong film cover protect the plant during the several weeks of transport by lorry and ship. The destination is Australia.

  • Get to know AdBlueⓇ production at our site in Bernsdorf. Michael Richter, the site manager, will guide you through the process and explain the details.

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