Investment completed: Two new recycling furnaces in Töging
- €11 million modernisation project completed on schedule
- A total of four furnaces at Speira Recycling Services in Töging and Grevenbroich replaced with new units
- Greater efficiency, improved health and safety, and future-proofing for aluminium recycling
District Administrator Dr Tobias Windhorst and Mayor Marco Harrer are celebrating a milestone at the aluminium recycler’s Innwerk site: with the commissioning of a further new recycling furnace at the Töging plant, Speira’s Recycling Services has completed one of the most important investment projects of recent years on schedule. A total of two tilting rotary furnaces have been installed and commissioned at each of the Töging and Grevenbroich sites. The new units replace older equipment and set new standards in terms of efficiency, technical progress, occupational safety and environmental performance. The furnaces are used to recycle aluminium from scrap and dross, which, due to their impurities, can only be processed in this type of furnace.
“We take a holistic view of our contribution to a circular world that works. That is why we look not only at pure, easily recyclable scrap, but also at the more challenging lower-grade materials and by-products. Wherever aluminium is contained, we want to get the maximum back out of it, return it here to our cycles and prevent it from being exported to other parts of the world. With these new recycling furnaces, we can now recover even the smallest quantities that were previously lost from our material flows,” says Einar Glomnes, CEO of the German-Norwegian aluminium company.
Dr Tobias Windhorst, District Administrator of the Altötting district, explains: “The commissioning of the new recycling furnace sends a strong signal for Töging as an industrial centre and for the entire Altötting district. With this investment, Speira demonstrates how economic strength, technological innovation and sustainability can be successfully combined. This will strengthen the site’s long-term viability and secure jobs in our region for years to come.”
“The installation of the new furnaces, which offer greater efficiency and improved health and safety, is a genuine investment in our town’s future – both in financial terms and in terms of jobs and the conservation of resources. We are delighted with this outstanding commitment to the Töging site”, adds Marco Harrer, Mayor of Töging.
Speira has invested around eleven million euros in the four furnaces. This includes extraction hoods, thermal after-combustion systems, pipework and other infrastructure. For employees, working on the new units will be even easier and safer: the individual components are easily accessible for maintenance, and the molten metal can be cast whilst the furnace doors are closed. The four new furnaces meet the highest environmental standards for new plants; the new burner technology increases productivity, produces less CO₂ and is ‘H₂ ready’ – meaning the furnaces can also be operated using hydrogen in future.
In terms of energy efficiency, the new furnaces offer a threefold improvement. Firstly, due to the increased throughput: every tonne of recycled aluminium saves up to 95 percent of the energy required to produce a tonne of primary aluminium. Secondly, due to the modern burner technology: this ensures optimum energy yield from the natural gas used. At the same time, the impurities adhering to painted or further-treated scrap are utilised as combustibles in the melting process, and the input range for these specific grades is even wider in the new furnaces. And thirdly, because of the optimised furnace design: even less heat is lost thanks to tapping with closed furnace doors.
The decision to invest in the four furnaces was taken in July 2024. The first furnace in Grevenbroich started production in June 2025, followed by the first furnace in Töging in October 2025, the second furnace in Grevenbroich in May 2026, and now the second furnace in Töging.