Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Eco Green, an Italian aluminum recycling company. The transaction has now cleared all required regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
“Eco Green makes EGA an even better partner for Europe’s green future and further expands our growing global aluminum recycling business,” said Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, chief executive officer of EGA. “Eco Green also brings us capability in Europe’s aluminum scrap market, which is important for our expanding recycling operations in the continent. I welcome everyone working at the Eco Green to EGA and an even brighter future as part of the biggest ‘premium aluminum’ producer in the world.”
Eco Green Recycling
Founded by the Scappini family, Eco Green has two plants in northeast Italy and specializes in aluminum scrap collection, sorting and casting, and dross processing. At its plant in Villafranca di Verona, the company collects, sorts, and distributes approximately 23,000 tonnes of aluminum scrap annually.
Some of this scrap is supplied to the Eco Green plant in nearby Nogara di Verona, which casts more than 20,000 tonnes of secondary sows per year. The furnace at the plant has a nameplate capacity of 30,000 tonnes per year. The plant also processes dross. Currently, Eco Green is expanding the Nogara di Verona facility to add 20,000 tonnes per year of recycled aluminum capacity. The expansion is expected to be complete in December 2026.
Altogether, the company distributes a total of more than 70,000 tonnes of recycled aluminum per year. Eco Green has more than 60 customers across Europe, and a network of more than 350 aluminum scrap suppliers.
Following the acquisition by EGA, the Scappini family remain minority shareholders, and members of the management team. The company will be rebranded as EGA Eco Green.
“At Eco Green, we are proud of what we have achieved, growing our company into a leading aluminum recycling business in Italy over more than three decades,” said Luca Scappini, chief executive officer of Eco Green. “Becoming part of EGA unlocks our potential for further growth, as a key pillar of EGA’s expanding European aluminium recycling network. It will enable us to deliver even better products and services to our customers. And it creates further opportunities for our people. We are glad to join the EGA family.”
EGA’s Recycling Growth
Industry analysts expect around half of all aluminum demand to be met with recycled metal by 2040. Over the past few years, EGA has been growing its global aluminum recycling business to help meet the world’s increasing demand for low carbon aluminum.
In Germany, EGA acquired EGA Leichtmetall in 2024. In December, EGA announced a major expansion project that will increase EGA Leichtmetall’s recycling capacity more than six-fold, adding 110,000 tonnes per year of scrap sorting capacity and 150,000 tonnes per year of melting and casting capacity.
Also in 2024,.EGA acquired 80% of EGA Spectro Alloys in the United States. EGA Spectro Alloys completed an expansion in July 2025, bringing its total production capacity to 165,000 tonnes per year of recycled aluminium ingots and billets. A second expansion phase, adding a further 35,000 tonnes of billet capacity, is under development, with first hot metal expected in 2027.
In the UAE, EGA is currently ramping up production at the new Al Taweelah recycling plant, the country’s largest aluminium recycling facility with a capacity of 185,000 tonnes per year.
Now, eith Eco Green, EGA now has more than 400,000 tonnes per year of aluminum recycling capacity across the UAE, the U.S., Germany, and Italy, with a further 200,000 tonnes of capacity under development.