Wheelabrator
Allevard is the world leader in the production and marketing of abrasive
steel grit. This industrial abrasive is made up of small steel balls,
and is used principally for the cleaning and surface preparation of
metallic pieces as well as for the cutting of granite. Wheelabrator
Allevard is an international group employing 1300 people, with 16
production sites, holding a 40% share of the world abrasive steel
grit market. With headquarters at Le Cheylas, France, it has an industrial
presence on each continent and sales in more than 80 countries. Turnover
in 1999 was almost 250 million euros.
The Wheelabrator Allevard group produces more than 400,000 tonnes
per year of high carbon steel via electric furnaces for subsequent
transformation into steel abrasive. In line with it's environmental
strategy towards the reduction and/or valorisation of the waste products
from it's operations, the group, via it's French subsidiary Wheelabrator
Allevard, and in collaboration with Recupyl, subsidiary of the holding
company INPG SA created by the Institute National Polytechnique de
Grenoble, has developed and patented the Recupac procedure for the
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Recupyl
SA researches the application and optimisation of hydrometallurgical
techniques in industrial procedures, especially for the treatment
of industrial products and wastes containing heavy metals. This competence
is based on the know-how developed in the treatment of batteries.
In fact, a local-government approved facility for the treatment/ recycling
of batteries has been in operation at the Recupyl site in Domène,
France, since 1995.
As well as it's own laboratoy and pilot facilities, Recupyl also has
the possibility to call on other important scientific resources. A
tripartite agreement between Recupyl, the "Institut National Polytechnique
de Grenoble" and the CNRS give Recupyl access to the entire network
of scientific research laboratories in the Grenoble region, notably
the laboratories of the School of Electrochemistry at the INPG.
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