STENA METALL AB - Stena Metall Group

Recycling | Poland
Recycling | Poland
Stena consolidated its position as a leader
in the Polish recycling and waste
management market. In the Recovered
Paper business area, it has become
market leader after expanding to three
new locations: Poznan, Warsaw and
Wroclaw. In the Ferrous and Nonferrous
Metals business area, Stena has
retained its strong position in a competitive
market.
During the year Stena’s first electronics recycling
plant in Poland was opened in Poznan.
Cooperation creates strength
Customer service in Poland is developing
step by step thanks to the strong commitment
of the staff and a growing local presence.
All of Stena’s facilities have received
ISO quality, environmental and health
and safety certification, giving customers
full confidence. Cooperation within the
Stena Metall Group and across national
and business area boundaries means that
the best possible technologies, logistics
and working environments can be quickly
implemented at all Stena facilities, and that
volume can be maintained throughout the
business cycle.
Market with great potential
The fiscal year was distinguished by significantly
lower selling prices for recovered
paper and ferrous scrap. Though international
prices fell as well, the trend in
Poland was more defined. With regard to
exports, which are primarily to Germany
and the Czech Republic, margins were
also reduced by the strengthening of the
zloty against the euro.
Short-term fluctuations in volume and
prices are not affecting Stena’s methodical,
long-term commitment to the Polish solid
waste and recycling market. The market
has great potential, and its EU membership
is moving Poland in several ways toward
a path of environmental awareness
and sustainable growth. National recycling
laws and regulations are being harmonized
with the EU’s more extensive,
detailed rules. Moreover, international
companies are increasing their direct investments
in Poland, giving the market for
convenient, environmentally safe waste
management solutions a boost.
Stena’s reliability, competence, local
presence and long-term commitment are
important competitive advantages as the
market grows and becomes more open to
advanced waste management solutions.
Important EU directives
As a consequence of Poland’s EU membership,
two directives in particular will
speed up the transformation and modernization
of the recycling market in the near
future: WEEE and ELV.
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment) will be fully implemented in
Poland in autumn 2007. During the year
Stena opened an electronics recycling
plant in Poznan that meets the Group’s
high safety, environmental and occupational
health standards.
With regard to the ELV directive (End-of-
Life Vehicles), Stena is actively helping to create
efficient and environmentally safe systems
to process and recycle scrapped vehicles.
Country Manager
and President
Stena Sp. z o.o.
Marek Cywinski
Ferrous and
Non-Ferrous Area Director
Poland
Thomas Andersson
Recovered Paper
Business Area Director
Lorentz Rondahl
WEEE
Business Area Director
Phär Oscár
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