Based on the Volkswagen SiCon process, scrap recycler Belgian Scrap Terminal NV, based in Belgium, is commissioning the first stage of a shredder residue recycling plant in Kallo, a port to the north of Antwerp, Belgium. The plant has an annual capacity of 8,000 metric tons and will be successively expanded. In addition to throughput increases, further technological upgrades are also planned.
The shredder residue recycling process was developed jointly by Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, and SiCon GmbH. This approach, which has been jointly developed by Volkswagen AG and SiCon GmbH since 1999, allows for efficient recycling of end-of-life vehicles as well as other material flows such as electronic scrap.
Belgian Scrap Terminal NV is one of Europe’s leading scrap recycling companies. More than one million metric tons of steel scrap are currently recycled and marketed each year at the company’s two sites. A third site is currently under construction.
The new plant is based on SiCon GmbH’s pilot plant in Antwerp/Willebroek which has been in operation for more than six years. During this period, the process technology for industrial applications has been tested and various recycling alternatives secured.
Further plants based on the Volkswagen SiCon method are being planned in other European countries.