Erema: Group Remains Profitable Despite Significant Revenue Decline

from right: Manfred Hackl (CEO) and Horst Wolfsgruber (CFO) are leading the Erema Group through a period of challenging market conditions. Although investment in the plastics recycling sector has fallen, the family-owned business posted a profit for financial year 2025/26 - (Photo: Erema).

The Erema Group closed the 2025/26 financial year profitably despite challenging market conditions. Revenue fell by 28 percent year-on-year to €235 million. The Austrian supplier of plastics recycling technologies cites weak demand for recyclates, high energy costs, intense international competition and postponed customer investments as the main factors weighing on business.

According to CEO Manfred Hackl, cost structures in Europe in particular are undermining the competitiveness of industrial companies based in the region. CFO Horst Wolfsgruber said the company was able to partly offset the decline in revenue through strict cost discipline and its stable ownership structure, enabling it to post a positive result for the year. Erema did not disclose specific earnings figures.

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Europe remains the group’s most important sales market, although demand there is currently weaker. Growth momentum is increasingly coming from Asia and the Americas. Over the longer term, Erema expects demand for recycling technologies to rise again, driven by growing global plastics consumption and the further development of the circular economy.

Despite the difficult market environment, the company is maintaining its investments in research and development as well as its commitment to its Austrian operations. Since 1983, the Erema Group has sold around 9,200 systems and components, according to company figures.

More information: www.erema-group.com

Erema - Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H., Ansfelden, Austria

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