Materials, Equipment & Energy

Hera Group

Ecosystem Borsa Italiana: HER

Headquarters: Bologna, IT
Segment: Materials, Equipment & Energy
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Last story: 21 Oct 2026

Hera is an Italian multi-utility group headquartered in Bologna, providing gas, electricity, water and waste management services, listed on Borsa Italiana and a constituent of the FTSE MIB index. Its Aliplast subsidiary is active in plastics recycling, giving the group a direct interest in packaging raw materials.

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Sustainability & Circularity Raw materials & energy Operations & Footprint Regulatory & Legal 21 Oct 2026

Hera Group's Aliplast opens EUR 48.8m rigid plastics recycling plant in Italy

Aliplast, the plastics recycling arm of Italian utility group Hera, has opened its R3GID recycling plant in Modena, Italy, with capacity for up to 30,000 tonnes a year of recycled polymers from rigid plastic waste. The EUR 48.8m (USD 54.8m) investment includes EUR 7.7m (USD 8.7m) from Italy's national recovery plan and uses Nextchem's NX Replast technology, targeting recycled-content demand under the EU PPWR and End of Life Vehicles rules.

Why this mattersThe plant adds scarce European rigid-plastics recycling capacity against a 2040 shortfall Hera puts at 5.7m tonnes, cutting Italian manufacturers' reliance on imported recycled polymer.

Capacity of up to 30,000 tonnes of recycled rigid polymers a year
Total investment of EUR 48.8m (USD 54.8m), including EUR 7.7m (USD 8.7m) from Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan
Output has certified purity above 99%, with properties said to be comparable to virgin plastics
The technology was developed with Nextchem using its NX Replast upcycling process
The plant uses treated water and power from Hera's adjacent Modena wastewater and waste-to-energy facilities
Hera says the plant avoids about 30,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions compared with virgin plastic production

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Sources Packaging Europe ChemAnalyst

Sustainability & Circularity Portfolio & Strategy 15 Jul 2026

Hera Group's Aliplast to acquire 70% of Kronos Polymer Polska

Hera Group, via its Polish recycling subsidiary Aliplast Polska, signed a binding agreement in July 2026 to acquire a 70% stake in Kronos Polymer Polska, a new entity to be spun off from Polish polyethylene recycler Kronos Polymer. The deal is intended to help Aliplast raise its recycled plastics capacity to more than 210,000 tonnes a year and is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to conditions including completion of the spin-off and transfer of environmental permits.

Why this mattersExtra Polish capacity tightens competition for recycled polyethylene feedstock now that PPWR recycled-content rules have applied across the EU since 12 August 2026.

Aliplast Polska, a subsidiary of Italy's Hera Group, agreed to buy 70% of Kronos Polymer Polska.
The target facility in Gniew, Poland has installed capacity of 12,000 tonnes per year of polyethylene sorting, grinding and washing.
The deal supports Aliplast's plan to raise capacity to more than 210,000 tonnes per year of recycled plastic raw materials.
Closing is expected by the end of 2026, subject to completion of the spin-off and transfer of environmental permits.
The Gniew plant is about 300 kilometres from Aliplast Polska's branch in Tuszyn.
Hera also cites a rigid plastics recycling plant in Modena and a new PE-LD recycling plant in Borgolavezzaro (Novara) as part of the same capacity expansion.

Hera Group Kronos Polymer Polska counterparty

Sources plastech.pl