# ALBA Group

Group identifier: 529900SO83U6ISM6DL85 (LEI of the parent company)  
Ultimate owner: ALBA Group (LEI 529900SO83U6ISM6DL85, GLEIF, class A) – Reason given in GLEIF: controlled by natural persons  
Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships – Source [A]: GLEIF – Level 2 (“who owns whom” relationships), LEI record 529900SO83U6ISM6DL85 – https://search.gleif.org/#/record/529900SO83U6ISM6DL85  
Data as of: 2026-10-21, version 2.32  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/alba-group

## At a glance

ALBA Group – 1 company in the register with 4 plants in 1 country (most: Germany 4). Metals of the plants: copper, aluminium, nickel. Main links of the chain: recycling – 4 plants. The parent company ALBA Group has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: controlled by natural persons.

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 0 | – |
| Smelting and refining | 0 | – |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 4 | non-ferrous scrap recycling 4 |
| End uses | 0 | – |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| Germany | 4 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

No capacity of operating single-metal plants with a unit.

## Group structure

- **ALBA Group** (corporate group; 529900SO83U6ISM6DL85)
  - [ALBA Metall Nord GmbH](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/alba-metall-nord-gmbh.md) (company; Germany; LEI 529900CWHGNV3WWZDI64; Business register HRB 181; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - Friedland – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard (Friedland, Germany) – plant; non-ferrous scrap recycling; operating; class B
    - Hoppegarten – steel and non-ferrous scrapyard (Hoppegarten, Germany) – plant; non-ferrous scrap recycling; operating; class B
    - Rostock – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard (Rostock, Germany) – plant; non-ferrous scrap recycling; operating; class B
    - Wilhelmshaven – steel and non-ferrous scrap yard (Wilhelmshaven, Germany) – plant; non-ferrous scrap recycling; operating; class B

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.

The plants of the group companies have no capacity or output with a unit in the register.

## Flow analyses

“Metal flows” analyses in which plants of the group companies appear; below – analyses covering the metal and country of the group plants.

- [Aluminium Flows in Germany](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-germany.md) – in the analysis: 4 plants, 1 company
- [EU Copper Flow Analysis](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md) – covers the metal and country of the group plants
- [Copper Flows in Germany](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/copper-flows-germany.md) – covers the metal and country of the group plants
- [EU-27 Aluminium Flows](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-aluminium-flow-analysis.md) – covers the metal and country of the group plants

## Similar groups

Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.

- [Jost Gruppe](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/jost-gruppe.md) – in common: copper, aluminium, nickel; recycling; Germany
- [Steil-Gruppe](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/steil-gruppe.md) – in common: copper, aluminium; recycling; Germany
- [Grupo Inglés](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/grupo-ingles.md) – in common: copper, aluminium; recycling
- [Müller-Guttenbrunn Gruppe](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/muller-guttenbrunn-gruppe.md) – in common: copper, aluminium; recycling

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 0, B 4, C 0
- Plants verified at source: 4 / 4 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-08)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 1 of 1; group as recorded: 0 of 1; companies with an LEI: 1 of 1
- Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships (class A); Reason given in GLEIF: controlled by natural persons

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.