Attero, a leading waste processing and recycling company, has acquired Greenferm's manure processing plant at De Ecofactorij industrial estate in Apeldoorn. This strategic acquisition marks Attero's first foray into the manure market, while the company already has extensive experience processing and reprocessing other organic (waste) streams. For instance, Attero processes almost half of Dutch vegetable, fruit and garden waste into compost, green gas and bio-LNG.
Attero acquires manure processing plant Greenferm in Apeldoorn for future biogas production
In recent years, Greenferm has developed a proven innovative concept for processing animal slurry, such as cattle, calf and pig manure. The plant in Apeldoorn, with an annual processing capacity of about 350,000 tonnes of manure, complies with the Fertiliser Act and delivers an export-worthy end product with great added value as a soil improver.
Paul Ganzeboom, CEO of Attero, explains:
"With the acquisition of Greenferm, we are taking an important new step in realising our mission and growth strategy. Both assume maximum recovery of renewable raw materials and energy from residual streams; to this end, Attero is constantly looking at additional processing streams. Greenferm offers us the opportunity to apply our technological knowledge of waste processing and fermentation to manure. Besides high-quality manure processing, this strengthens our energy portfolio through the expected green gas volume contribution. With this, we contribute to the circular economy, energy transition and help combat climate change."
Willem Berkhof and Frank Franzen, directors of Greenferm, added:
"We are delighted that Attero is taking over our plant. Their years of experience of complex circular processes offer opportunities to further optimise manure processing and contribute to a more sustainable use of manure flows. We are also convinced that in Attero we have found the right party to further develop Greenferm into the future. A necessary step that will continue to offer Greenferm's loyal and regular suppliers the security for the purchase and valuable processing of manure. Berkhof and Comgoed will continue to support Greenferm in the future in the supply of the manure and disposal of the thick fraction."
With the acquisition of the Greenferm plant, Attero expands its capacity in the field of high-quality processing of organic waste streams into soil improvers and sustainable energy production. This fits perfectly with the mission of Attero - The Circular Company: creating value from waste and contributing to a sustainable future.