Speira starts EUR 40m recycling furnace for can scrap at Rheinwerk

Speira has commissioned a new furnace for beverage can scrap at its Rheinwerk site in Neuss, Germany, with annual capacity of about 60,000 tonnes. The company invested roughly EUR 40m (USD 44.6m) in the furnace and related upgrades, including adapting a casting line and adding 6,500 tonnes of scrap storage. Red Bull, which sources recycled aluminium from Speira for its cans, attended the opening.

Why this mattersAdds European scrap-processing capacity for can stock at a time when beverage brands are pushing for more recycled aluminium content.

• Speira invested about EUR 40m (USD 44.6m) in the Rheinwerk site upgrade
• New furnace has annual capacity of about 60,000 tonnes of can scrap
• Third of four casting lines adapted for recycled-alloy processing
• New scrap storage area of 6,500 tonnes built in former primary smelter halls
• Furnace is designed to allow future hydrogen operation if a hydrogen network connection becomes available
• Red Bull uses recycled aluminium from Speira for its energy drink cans

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