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A Turkish waste recycling vending machines manufacturer is looking for partners

Summary

Profile Type
  • Business Offer
POD Reference
BOTR20240718004
Term of Validity
18 July 2024 - 18 July 2025
Company's Country
  • Turkey
Type of partnership
  • Commercial agreement
Targeted Countries
  • All countries
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General information

Short Summary
The company, which was founded in 2014, manufactures waste recycling vending machines. The Project of firm, which started as a prototype product in 2012, was established in 2014 and made its first sale to Denizli Municipality. Until 2017, pilot studies were carried out with municipalities with Recycling Automatics.
Full Description
It was aimed to expand the project by establishing a strategic partnership in 2017. The firm’s production facility was established and the firm joined Pamukkale Teknopolis with the Atıkmatik project since 2017. The firm has an R&D office in Teknopolis, covering Atıkmatik, Field Software, Batch Countıng and Compression Projects. As its field of activity, the company carry out special operations on Deposit Return Machines, Kalemmatik, Pilmatik, Mamamatik, Waste Collection Equipment and Cnc Laser Cutting.
Before the "Zero Waste" project, the company made sales to municipalities for by-product groups, waste collection equipment and waste field software projects, in addition to vending machines. Following the "Zero Waste" project in 2017, the firm has products such as Mobile Waste Collection Center, Waste Basket, Piggy Bank and Battery Vending Machines in accordance with the regulations. The company is located in Mobile Waste Collection Centers in almost every provincial and district municipality in Turkey. Its field software project aims to collect waste cleanly at the source; It was carried out for the first time in Turkey with Esenler Municipality. The company also carry out special machinery and equipment works according to customer demands.
Advantages and Innovations
Glass, metal and plastic beverage packaging waste is accepted with the machine, which aims to collect waste at the source, and plastic and metal beverage waste is pressed and collected in separate chambers. Glass beverage packaging waste is collected separately without any treatment. It also has the feature of breaking/shredding glass waste in a separate vending machine. When accepting products into machine; it recognizes waste with 360°Barcode reader, shape and weight recognition algorithms. Once the defined products are accepted into the machine, those are converted into money-points at the end of the transaction and transferred to the user through different loyalty programs. Although vending machines have standard dimensions, those may vary depending on the demands. With the web interface the firm has developed, project managers can access information about the vending machine online through the portal provided. Information about vending machine malfunction and service situations, error codes, occupancy and discarded waste can be reviewed on this portal.
Stage of Development
  • Already on the market
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
IPR status
  • IPR granted

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The company aim to expand the sales of its products in the foreign market. The firm would like to come together with the system administrators operating in the sector and be included in the deposit system for that country. The company want to carry out projects with system stakeholders in countries where the deposit system is implemented or pilot studies are carried out.
Type and Size of Partner
  • SME 11-49
  • Other
  • SME <=10
  • SME 50 - 249
Type of partnership
  • Commercial agreement

Dissemination

Technology keywords
  • 10003004 - Recycling, Recovery
Market keywords
  • 08004003 - Water treatment equipment and waste disposal systems
  • 08004004 - Other pollution and recycling related
Sector Groups Involved
  • Electronics
Targeted countries
  • All countries

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