Service provider for environmental service, industrial service, utility services, restoration, and disaster management with own recycling and sorting technology.
Lobbe Gruppe
Iserlohn · Dormagen · Bergheim · Weert (NL) · Schwerin · HagenNew on Amplifa
About Lobbe
The Lobbe Group is a medium-sized family-owned company with its headquarters in Iserlohn and around 2,750 employees at 54 locations in Germany, generating an annual revenue of 465 million Euro. The company offers technically demanding services for industry, the chemical region, and municipalities across five focuses: disposal, industrial service, utility services, restoration, and disaster management. In industrial service, the scope of services includes cleaning of industrial tanks and containers, catalyst and reactor service, chemical industrial cleaning, shutdown management, air conveying technology, steel and piping construction, and HD technology. With its patented, computer-controlled Robotized Lance Frame (RLF), Lobbe automatically cleans heat exchangers with ultra-high-pressure water of approximately 2,500 bar. In the recycling sector, the company operates sorting facilities for light packaging, an installation in Schwerin (FVH) for plastic film recycling with granule production from low-density polyethylene, and since 2025 in Iserlohn, the AI X-ray sorting system DangerSort, jointly developed with Fraunhofer IIS, for the isolation of lithium-ion batteries. The subsidiary Rohrsan in Bergheim specializes in robot-assisted sewer restoration.
- Site
- Iserlohn
- Processes
- Environmental Service / Waste Disposal (Municipal, Commercial, Special Waste, Container Service,, Scrap and Metal Recycling (Commercial/Industrial and Private Households), AI X-ray Sorting (DangerSort) – Detection and Isolation of Lithium-Ion Batteries from, Plastic Film Recycling: Washing, Separation, and Drying of Contaminated/Mixed, Operation of Sorting Systems for Light Packaging, High-Pressure Cleaning of Heat Exchangers with the Robotized Lance Frame (RLF) – fully, Industrial Services (including industrial tanks and containers, catalyst service, reactor cleaning,, Utility Services: Pipe and Sewer Cleaning, Sewer CCTV Inspection, Tightness Testing
- Materials
- Low-Density Polyethylene (Type Granulates), Plastic Films / Mixed Plastics (Postconsumer), Lithium-Ion Batteries / Li-Ion Batteries, Scrap Metal, Plastic Films and Mixed Plastics (Postconsumer), Lithium-Ion Batteries, Steel (Pipes, Heat Exchangers)
- Certificates
- German B2B Award (DtGV) 2023, German B2B Award (DtGV) 2022
- Employees
- 2.750+
- Industries
- Waste Disposal/Circular Economy, Chemical Industry, Industrial Services, Plastic Recycling/Processing Industry, Municipalities/Public Sector
- 01
Waste and material flow management (municipal, commercial, special waste,
- 02
Sorting (light packaging, AI X-ray sorting DangerSort)
- 03
Recycling and utilization (scrap metal, plastic film recycling,
- 04
Industrial services (cleaning, shutdown management, piping construction)
- 05
Restoration and disaster management
- 06
Digital processing (commercial portal, municipal portal, eANV)
Material Flows and Processes
Low-Density Polyethylene (Type Granulates)
Recycled granulate from contaminated plastic films for the plastic processing industry.
Plastic Films and Mixed Plastics (Postconsumer)
Input material for the FVH recycling plant for washing, separation, and drying.
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Detected and automatically isolated from packaging waste via AI X-ray sorting.
Scrap Metal
Raw material for scrap and metal recycling for commercial, industrial, and private households.
Steel (Pipes, Heat Exchangers)
Material of industrial plants cleaned with the Robotized Lance Frame.
Locations
Iserlohn
DECorporate Headquarters, Environmental Service, Industrial Service, Recycling Plant
- Materials
- Packaging waste, Lithium-ion batteries, Scrap metal
- AI X-ray sorting system DangerSort (with Fraunhofer IIS)
- Sorting facilities for light packaging
Dormagen
DEIndustrial Service Site (Rhineland/Chemical Region)
Bergheim
DEUtility Services (Rohrsan GmbH & Co. KG)
- Augering and Restoration Robots for Sewer Restoration
Weert
NLRohrsan Branch (Utility Services Benelux)
Schwerin
DEPlastic Recycling (FVH Folienveredelung Schwerin)
- Materials
- Plastic films, mixed plastics, LDPE granules
- Plastic Recycling Plant (washing, separation, drying, granulation)
Hagen
DEEnvironmental Service Sales
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Service / Waste Disposal (Municipal, Commercial, Special Waste, Container Service,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scrap and Metal Recycling (Commercial/Industrial and Private Households)Engineering | – | – | – | – | Scrap Metal |
| AI X-ray Sorting (DangerSort) – Detection and Isolation of Lithium-Ion Batteries fromTesting | – | – | – | – | Packaging Waste, Lithium-Ion Batteries |
| Plastic Film Recycling: Washing, Separation, and Drying of Contaminated/MixedPlastic | – | – | – | – | Plastic Films, Mixed Plastics, Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) |
| Operation of Sorting Systems for Light PackagingEngineering | – | – | – | – | Light Packaging, Plastics |
| High-Pressure Cleaning of Heat Exchangers with the Robotized Lance Frame (RLF) – fullySurface | – | – | – | – | Steel (Pipes/Heat Exchangers) |
| Industrial Services (including industrial tanks and containers, catalyst service, reactor cleaning,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Utility Services: Pipe and Sewer Cleaning, Sewer CCTV Inspection, Tightness TestingTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Restoration: Soil Restoration, Water/Groundwater Restoration, Sludge and Tar Remediation,Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Disaster Management: Oil Spill Cleanup, High-Pressure Surface Cleaning, Hazardous Materials RecoveryEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Vacuum Suction/Disposal of Insulation Material (Floor Debris, Insulation Layers) using VacuumEngineering | – | – | – | – | Insulation Material, Construction Debris |
6 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI X-ray Sorting System (DangerSort, with X-ray source, detector, and precision nozzle isolation) | Fraunhofer IIS / Lobbe DangerSort | 1 | High-speed belt in the sorting process | 2025 (Inbe | Iserlohn |
| Robotized Lance Frame (RLF) – automated high-pressure cleaning system for heat exchangers with | Lobbe Industrieservice Robotized Lance Frame (RLF) | – | Heat exchangers stationary/lying, with and without crown; approx. 3,000 pipelines; water ultra-high | – | – |
| Vacuum Truck with Vacuum Pump | – | 1 | – | – | Regensburg (Deployment) |
| Sorting System for Light Packaging | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plastic Recycling Plant (Washing, Separation, Drying; Granulation) | FVH Folienveredelung Hamburg / CVP Process | – | – | – | Schwerin |
| Grinding and Restoration Robots for Sewer Restoration | Rohrsan GmbH & Co. KG | – | – | – | Bergheim, Weert (NL) branch |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Awards
Lobbe Industrial Service was awarded in 2023 by the German B2B Award (DtGV) as the Industry Champion with 1st place in price-performance and 3rd place in customer satisfaction and customer service; awards were also given in the same categories in 2022. The basis is a focus on work safety ("Target Zero"), including automated cleaning techniques.
| Evidence | Iserlohn |
|---|---|
| German B2B Award (DtGV) 2023 | |
| German B2B Award (DtGV) 2022 |
History
- 2014
Development and market launch of the patented Robotized Lance Frame (RLF), the first fully automated computer-controlled heat exchanger cleaning system in Europe.
- 2016
Acquisition of Rohrsan GmbH & Co. KG (Bergheim, branch Weert/NL) to expand utility services with robot-based sewer restoration.
- 2018
Acquisition of the majority (80%) of FVH Folienveredelung Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG (Schwerin) by Lobbe Entsorgung West; exclusive license of the patented CVP procedures in Germany.
- 2023
German B2B Award: Industry Champion 1st place Price/Performance, 3rd place Customer Satisfaction and Customer Service (DtGV).
- 2024
Christian Meret joins the management of Lobbe Umweltservice GmbH & Co KG on 01.08.2024.
- 2025
Commissioning of the AI X-ray sorting system DangerSort (with Fraunhofer IIS) in Iserlohn; acquisition of Röhrtaler Wertstoff GmbH including TATAY Containerdienst GmbH; relocation of the industrial service site to Dormagen.