# Muldenhütten Recycling und Umwelttechnik GmbH

Group: Clarios (od 05.2026; wcześniej Ecobat)  
Ownership path: Muldenhütten Recycling und Umwelttechnik GmbH (company, LEI 5493000T102O4TIYJY13) → [Clarios](https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/clarios.md) (corporate group)  
Country of seat: Germany  
Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31  
Page: https://www.ai-waw.com/en/companies/muldenhutten-recycling-und-umwelttechnik-gmbh

## Plants

### Freiberg (Muldenhütten) – secondary lead smelter (battery recycling) (Freiberg, Germany)

- Link: non-ferrous scrap remelting
- Status: operating
- Metals: lead
- Output 2024: 50.9 kt of battery scrap processed (charge, not metal)
- Coordinates: 50.91, 13.39 (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0)
- Source [B]: Ecobat, press release “Ecobat Completes Sale of Germany & Austria Operations to Clarios”, 04.05.2026 – Freiberg, Braubach and Arnoldstein plants – https://ecobat.com/2026/05/ecobat-completes-sale-of-germany-austria-operations-to-clarios-marking-exit-from-european-lead-market/
- Source [C]: EUWID Recycling, 20.08.2025 – Clarios takes over three Ecobat plants (data from reports: Freiberg approx. 50.9 kt of battery scrap in 2024) – https://www.euwid-recycling.de/news/wirtschaft/clarios-uebernimmt-drei-recyclingwerke-von-ecobat-in-deutschland-und-oesterreich-200825/
- Note: Acquisition by Clarios closed on 04.05.2026.
- Verified at source: 2026-10-08