Emirates Global Aluminium in Italian aluminium recycling acquisition
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) plans to acquire an 80% stake in Italian aluminium recycling company Eco Green. Eco Green specialises in aluminium scrap collection, sorting and casting, and dross processing, distributing a total of more than 70,000 tonnes per year.
The company’s plant in Villafranca di Verona in northeast Italy collects, sorts and distributes approximately 23,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap a year.
A portion of the sorted scrap feeds Eco Green’s nearby facility in Nogara di Verona, which casts more than 20,000 tonnes of secondary sows per year and also processes dross.
Eco Green is advancing an expansion plan in the in Nogara di Verona facility that will add 15,000 tonnes per year of recycled aluminium capacity.
The project is expected to be completed early in the second half of 2026.
Eco Green serves more than 60 customers across Europe, primarily in the aluminium processing and semi-fabrication industries, with end-users in automotive, construction, and other industrial sectors.
Founded by the Scappini family in 1993, Eco Green remains family led. The company employs 70 people, and its current management team is expected to continue following completion of the transaction.
The acquisition of Eco Green will bring EGA’s recycling capacity to more than 400,000
tonnes per year across the UAE, Europe and the United States, with an additional 200, 000 tonnes of capacity under development in Europe and the USA.
