Zabok – Centar za reciklažu akumulatora i baterija: lead-acid battery recycling, smelting and production of lead alloys
operating- Status
- operating
Products: Other unwrought lead and lead alloys (PbCa, PbSn, bullion lead)
At the Zabok recycling centre, C.I.A.K. d.o.o. sorts and hydro-separates spent batteries, smelts lead grids, paste and dust and produces lead alloys in ingots, sold to battery makers. According to the group, the plant processes 95% of lead-acid batteries in Croatia.
Verified at source:
- A CIAK Grupa d.d. – Godišnji izvještaj 2025, konsolidirano (management report) p. 17 (PDF); also pp. 29, 40, 46
- B Group website – CIAK Ekologija (gospodarenje otpadom, CIAK EcoCycle)