Through this investment, STEINERT is underlining its long-term commitment to the site and creating the ideal basis for future growth. The new company building covers 9000 square metres, a fourfold increase in area, and takes up just 25 percent of the recently acquired 6-hectare plot. By planning for the future, the company is opening up further scope for expansion.
Cementing its position as an innovation leader
Expanded capacities optimise production and provide more space for development, testing and administration. The expanded test center, in particular, allows customers to test the materials they intend to sort under real-life conditions and verify feasibility and also allows STEINERT to continually refine its sorting technology. After the Test and Development Center near Cologne, this is the second largest belonging to the STEINERT Group. “Through this investment, we are purposefully boosting a key technological area of the group and further strengthening our position as a driver of innovation in the global recycling industry,” says the STEINERT management team.
Optimised processes and greater production capacities
Stefan Stettler, Managing Director of STEINERT UniSort GmbH, stresses the significance of the expansion: “This investment reflects the confidence that the Buchholz family has in the Zittau site and recognises the tremendous work of our team. We will be able to greatly increase production capacities in the new premises.”
Under the slogan “STEINERT – The Resource Search Engine”, STEINERT UniSort develops highly specialised sorting systems for recycling firms the world over. Innovations, such as AI-assisted “Intelligent Object.Identifier”, are setting new standards in the industry and helping to optimise recycling processes and a sustainable circular economy.
A site with a future
“We are continuously working to advance our technologies in order to be able to efficiently recycle more and more materials,” explains Andreas Jäger, Managing Director of STEINERT UniSort GmbH. “The new premises equip us perfectly for further strengthening our presence in markets such as the USA and Asia.”
The property modernisation work covered ten different plants and took eight months. It has resulted in an ultra-modern site with optimised production and development areas, an automated storage system and improved working conditions for staff.
The expansion also brings financial benefits to the Zittau area, including more jobs, increased tax revenue and civic engagement through the support of local initiatives.
NIR (near-infrared)
refers to a spectrum in a range between 760 and 2500 nm that is invisible to humans. Typical patterns for materials based on molecular vibrations can be detected in this wavelength range after excitation with light. Even the smallest differences in the chemical composition of the detected materials can be assessed, since the hyperspectral imaging technology deployed by STEINERT is able to observe these typical patterns at very fine resolutions.