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The French market for waste compactors is estimated at 40 million euros
The global market for waste compactors is worth around $600 million and growing at an annual rate of 5%. The market is faced with the challenges of alternative waste treatment equipment such as shredders and incinerators.
The French market for waste compactors can be roughly estimated at 40 million euros, based on company sales and import-export figures.
The French construction sector is a major end-user of waste compactors for the treatment of inert and non-hazardous waste.
The facilities management market in France is a related sector that is expected to grow by 5% a year. Local authorities and waste collection service providers are vital segments of the compactor market, with continuing pressure to manage waste efficiently, not least due to the general tax on polluting activities (TGAP).
The waste chain includes production, pre-collection, collection, treatment and recovery.
Demand for waste compactors on the French market
These machines are essential for reducing the volume of waste. There are different types of compactor: balers, which transform waste into bales for immediate sorting, and conventional compactors, used to compress large waste generated by industry or public authorities.
The waste industry is made up of various players: construction sites, treatment plant managers, local authorities and waste collection service providers.
Construction sites produce over 250 million tonnes of waste a year, much of which can be managed using compaction techniques.
The facility management¨ sector, which is worth between 40 and 50 billion euros globally, makes waste management one of its main activities.
Local authorities, responsible for household waste management, represent an important market segment for waste compactors. Every French person produces 354 kg of household waste per year, which needs to be treated.
The high cost of waste management services, estimated at between 15 and 20 euros per inhabitant per year, is one of the driving forces behind investment in compaction technologies.
The French market for waste collection services is estimated to be worth around €5 billion in 2021. A few large companies dominate the sector.
Events such as festivals and trade shows generate large quantities of waste, often handled by rental companies supplying compaction equipment.
Players in the waste compaction market
- Vinci Environnement, Suez Environnement and Paprec are the most versatile companies in the waste management market.
- AJK France contributes its expertise with specialized waste compactors.
- Bergmann: produces high-quality compactors.
- Decoval Servipack: focuses on the design and manufacture of compaction equipment.
- G Gillard: Distribution player offering a range of compactors for industrial and municipal needs.
- Galicier: Compactor manufacturer.
- Mil-tek: Specializes in the manufacture of balers.
- Pressor: Offers a range of waste compaction solutions.
- Sacria Industries: Leading manufacturer of waste compactors
- Caterpillar, Komatsu and other public works equipment manufacturers adapt their machines to compact waste in open dumps.
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1 Market overview
1.1 Definition and scope of study
Waste compactors are machines used to simplify the dynamics of waste management. There are a number of different machines to choose from, depending on factors such as waste type, size, available space and work process dynamics.
The best-known machines are
- The baler: transforms waste into bales, facilitating storage. The advantage is immediate sorting. There are horizontal balers, such as conveyor belts, and vertical balers, which are more versatile and adaptable in terms of space.
- Compactors: used to compress large, mixed waste, generally from industrial activities or municipal waste.
Horizontal balers are generally used in large companies producing large quantities of waste, while smaller companies generally have a vertical baler to optimize available space.
As for the global waste compactor market, it was valued at $466 million in 2019 and is expected to reach $609 million by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.56%.
1.2 The global market in turmoil
The market for waste compactors is growing at an annual rate of *.**% to reach $*** million by ****.
The threat of substitution towards other waste processing equipment (***) is one of the main uncertainties in this market. The main customers are grocery stores, airports, distribution centers, retail stores and hospitals.
Waste compactors market size World, ...
1.3 French market
No figures are available for the French waste compactor market, so we have to estimate it using the information available. To this end, we have established a two-stage approach: firstly, a top-downfirst, using general information as a starting point, we deduce figures for the specific waste compactor segment. Another approach, called ...
1.4 International trade
HS code ****** is used to analyze the flow of "Machines and appliances for tamping or compacting". Germany accounts for almost **% of French compactor imports, followed by Japan. This is hardly surprising, given that these two countries are the world's biggest suppliers of machines for all purposes.
Origin of compactor imports by ...
2 Demand analysis
2.1 Construction sites
France's construction industry produces over *** million tonnes of waste per year, including ** million tonnes for the building industry and over *** million tonnes for public works.
These include
Inert waste (***) Non-hazardous waste (***) is sent to various recycling facilities for recovery. Non-hazardous waste is most likely to be compacted. Hazardous waste (***) can be ...
2.2 Facilities management
The French facilities management market is expected to grow by *% a year between **** and ****, reaching ** billion euros. [***] This market, also known as general services, covers all the services required for a company's normal operations, such as mail management, supplies purchasing, building maintenance and cleaning, and green space maintenance.
growth in facility ...
2.3 Local authorities
Within the framework of public service and the General Code of Territorial Collectivities (***). This responsibility is compulsorily transferred to the communities of communes, communities of agglos or urban communities to which the commune belongs.
In practice, local authorities carry out waste collection and treatment:
On their own: in this case, staff ...
2.4 Waste collection service providers
There were *** non-hazardous waste collection companies present on the French market in ****, together generating sales of *.* billion euros. This figure has grown by **% in * years, taking the market to a value created of *.* billion euros in ****.
The data can be analyzed on the Insee website using NAF code **.**Z: "Collection of ...
2.5 Events, for equipment rental companies
A sporting event attended by *,*** people generates up to *.* tonnes of waste, *,*** kWh of energy and *** kilos of paper, according to figures from Zero Waste France. A number of players are involved in waste management at temporary events, as are local authorities such as Grand Annecy, which offers a practical guide ...
3 Market structure
3.1 Overview of waste compactor manufacturers
We have isolated a list of ** French and foreign companies present on the French waste compactor market, the list and construction of which is given later in this section. From this list, we have drawn up some sales and employee statistics, in order to establish the concentration of this market.
Sales ...
3.2 The specific case of short-term rental
Waste compactor rental is primarily intended for temporary events, such as
Trade shows, Event gatherings Temporary evacuation of industrial waste Itinerant construction site waste
While many waste compactor manufacturers are active in the long-term rental market, generally for ** months or more, few are active in the short-term rental market. This involves ...
3.3 Panel companies
We have compiled a panel of companies involved in the manufacture or sale of waste compactors and balers. This panel is drawn in part from France Environnement, a national platform for news and information about environmental companies, products and technical know-how. Created in **** as a paper directory, since **** France Environnement lists ...
3.4 Overview of the waste industry in France
Waste compactor manufacturing, distribution and maintenance activities areallpart of the growing market for waste recovery, collection, recycling and reclamation. To begin with, the waste industry can be summarized according to the production and value diagram below:
Manufacturers and distributors of waste compactors have a key role to play in this production ...
4 Offer analysis
4.1 Product benchmark
Balers
Balers come in two different families of models, horizontal or vertical. They can be used to compress lightweight materials such as cardboard, plastic, PET, etc.
They come in a range of sizes and pressures, with the average compression ratio being around **, i.e. * cubic meter of compressed cardboard represents ** cubic ...
4.2 Summary diagram
All waste compaction solutions can be represented in a two-axis matrix as a function of the volume of waste to be processed and the weight transported.
This matrix should be read with caution, however, as certain types of compactor can vary greatly depending on the model and user expectations.
The conseil-expertise ...
4.3 Other services
A range of peripheral equipment is available to ensure the smooth operation of compactors (***). This equipment is designed to facilitate operators' work. [***]
The container lifter, designed to tilt bins to facilitate operators' work; The hopper cover, designed to enhance safety and prevent intrusion into the waste compactor hopper during operation; Ozone ...
4.4 Waste compactor rental service
Long-term rental (***)
Long-term leasing of waste compactors is generally valid for ** months and is offered directly by the manufacturers. Leasing may include machine maintenance, although this is not always the case.
Solen, for example, has been offering the following leasing services since ****:
Standard leasing terms of three to five years, Long-term ...
5 Regulations
5.1 Main machine standards and directives
European directive
The European Machinery Directive ****/**/EC of May **, **** specifies the safety requirements applicable to the design, construction and information for the safe use of horizontal balers used to compact waste or recyclable materials (***), hereinafter referred to as "materials". It applies only to machines fed by conveyors or feed hoppers on ...
5.2 Waste recovery
The law of August *, **** on the New Territorial Organization of the Republic (***). It also gives responsibility for waste to EPCIs, and strengthens them by instituting a minimum population of **,*** inhabitants
There is also a waste reduction and recovery plan for ****/****, based on the work of the National Waste Council. Accompanying measures, ...
5.3 Future regulations and the anti-waste law
The construction sector produces around *.* tonnes of waste per inhabitant per year, i.e. around **% of all waste in France. As a result, the government wants to aim for ***% plastic recycling by ****, and thus promote the circular economy, which consists of limiting waste as much as possible in order to reintroduce ...
6 Positioning the players
6.1 Segmentation
- Bergmann
- Paprec Groupe
- Sulo
- Mil-Tek 2
- SOLEN
- Aktid
List of charts presented in this market study
- Trends in the size of the waste compactor market
- Growth in facility management sales
- TGAP costs by treatment method
- Sales and number of companies in the waste collection sector
- Assessing the volume of waste to be managed in relation to events
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Latest news
Paprec: the Petithuguenin succession is in place - 18/06/2024
- Percentage of Paprec capital held by Jean-Luc Petithuguenin's children: 80%
Paprec takes up the challenge against Suez and Veolia in the waste sector - 18/06/2024
- Paprec: number three in waste management in France, with the ambition of becoming number one, ahead of Suez and Veolia.
- - Number one in recycling.
- - Second in solid recovered fuel (SRF).
- - Third in methanization.
- - 20% stake in Pizzorno Environnement, with sales of around 265 million euros in 2023.
- - Objective f: achieve sales of 5 billion euros by 2028, up 67% on 2023 (3 billion euros), including 1 billion outside France
- - Veolia's French waste division generated revenues of 2.9 billion euros last year, out of a group total of 45.4 billion.
- - Acquisition of Recycleurs Bretons, a Finistère-based SME with sales of €40 million.
- - Presence in ten countries with some 350 sites and plants, mainly in France.
- - Market leader in Switzerland following the purchase of 40% of local market leader Helvetia Environnement.
- - Recently established in Scotland and soon to inaugurate a second CSR boiler plant in Krosno, Poland.
- - 250 to 300 robots working in Paprec plants
Waste: Paprec pushes ahead in Switzerland - 15/01/2024
- Paprec was founded in 1994 Paprec has been active in Switzerland for 13 years.
- Paprec has acquired 40% of the capital of Helvetia Environnement, the local leader in its sector in Switzerland.
- Two investment funds hold respectively 40% and 20% of Helvetia Environnement's capital.
- Paprec Switzerland generates sales of €50 million from six sites.
- Helvetia Environnement generates sales of 130 million euros with 22 operating centers.
- Paprec invests 400 million euros annually in its production facilities.
- Paprec recently completed its fifth round of financing, welcoming Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Crédit Agricole as new shareholders.
- Thirty years after its creation, Paprec has achieved sales of 3 billion euros.
Waste sorting : Aktid absorbs its Italian subcontractor - 30/11/2023
- Italproget has 60 employees and sales of 20 million euros in 2023.
- Aktid employs 140 people and generates sales of around 80 million euros.
- Aktid plans further acquisitions in Europe over the next few years
- Pierre-André Payerne holds a majority stake in Aktid, with two additional shareholders: the French investment fund Initiative & Finance "Tomorrow" and Crédit Agricole des Savoie.
- The company has quadrupled its level of activity in two years.
Paprec sets foot on the promising Scottish market - 12/10/2023
- The family-owned group, number one in waste management in France with forecast sales of 2.7 billion euros for 2023
- Scotland our eleventh country of operation
- Construction and operation of a waste-to-energy plant in partnership with Binn Group, a Scottish company specializing in waste treatment.
- Total ban on the practice of landfilling waste in Scotland from January 1, 2026.
- Paprec Energies will own the Scottish plant, which already generates 300 million euros in sales
- Creation of an in-house company dedicated to the design of waste-to-energy units, Paprec Engineering (around 400 people).
- It brings together experts from Paprec, Tiru, a Dalkia subsidiary acquired in 2021, and CNIM E & E EPC
Environment: Séché and Paprec strengthen their international position - 12/09/2023
- Paprec is present in some ten countries, and recently acquired CLD in Spain, which is expected to generate sales of 103 million euros in 2023.
- In Spain, Paprec forecasts total revenues of €200 million for 2021.
- Paprec expects total sales of 3 billion euros in 2023.
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