# Befesa S.A. Group identifier: 222100VXGA8L6J4ZWG61 (LEI of the parent company) Ultimate owner: Befesa S.A. (LEI 222100VXGA8L6J4ZWG61, GLEIF, class A) – Reason given in GLEIF: the parent does not consolidate the company Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships – Source [A]: GLEIF – Level 2 (“who owns whom” relationships), LEI record 222100VXGA8L6J4ZWG61 – https://search.gleif.org/#/record/222100VXGA8L6J4ZWG61 Data as of: 2026-10-20, version 2.31 Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/befesa-s-a ## At a glance Befesa S.A. – 9 companies in the register with 15 plants in 4 countries (most: Germany 6, Spain 5, France 3). Metals of the plants: aluminium, zinc, nickel. Main links of the chain: recycling – 12 plants; smelting and refining – 3 plants. The parent company Befesa S.A. has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: the parent does not consolidate the company. Largest full capacity in a single stage: zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross) (zinc) – 597 kt/yr, 5 operating plants (no ownership shares in plants). ## Value-chain coverage | Link | Plants | Stages | |---|---:|---| | Raw materials | 0 | – | | Smelting and refining | 3 | secondary aluminium and foundry alloys 3 | | Processing | 0 | – | | Products | 0 | – | | Recycling | 12 | zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross) 12 | | End uses | 0 | – | ## Plants by country | Country | Plants | |---|---:| | Germany | 6 | | Spain | 5 | | France | 3 | | Sweden | 1 | ## 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. | Metal | Stage | Full capacity | Unit | Plants in total | |---|---|---:|---|---:| | zinc | zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross) | 597 | kt/yr | 5 | | aluminium | dross and salt-slag processing | 450 | kt/yr | 3 | | aluminium | secondary aluminium and foundry alloys | 205 | kt/yr | 3 | ## Group structure - **Befesa S.A.** (corporate group; 222100VXGA8L6J4ZWG61) - [Befesa](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa.md) (company; France; register · C) - Befesa Fouquières-lès-Lens (Fouquières-lès-Lens, France) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 140 kt/yr; class A - Befesa Gravelines (Gravelines, France) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 110 kt/yr; class A - Befesa Landskrona (Landskrona, Sweden) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 64 kt/yr; class A - [Befesa Aluminio CT Valladolid](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-aluminio-ct-valladolid.md) (company; Spain; register · C) - Befesa Aluminio CT Valladolid (Befesa Escorias Salinas) (Valladolid, Spain) – plant; dross and salt-slag processing; operating; Capacity: 150 kt/yr; class B - [Befesa Aluminio, S.L.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-aluminio-s-l.md) (company; Spain; LEI 213800YVIE872F9BW185; Business register B48934038; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source) - Erandio plant (Erandio (Bizkaia), Spain) – plant; secondary aluminium and foundry alloys; operating; Capacity: 64 kt/yr; class B - Les Franqueses del Vallès plant (Les Franqueses del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain) – plant; secondary aluminium and foundry alloys; operating; Capacity: 66 kt/yr; class B - [Befesa Aluminium Germany GmbH](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-aluminium-germany-gmbh.md) (company; Germany; register · C) - Werk Bernburg (Bernburg (Saale), Germany) – plant; secondary aluminium and foundry alloys; operating; Capacity: 75 kt/yr; class B - [Befesa Salzschlacke GmbH](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-salzschlacke-gmbh.md) (company; Germany; register · C) - Standort Töging am Inn (dawniej ALSA Süd GmbH) (Töging am Inn, Germany) – plant; dross and salt-slag processing; closed; class B - Werk Hannover (Hannover, Germany) – plant; dross and salt-slag processing; operating; Capacity: 130 kt/yr; class B - Werk Lünen (Lünen, Germany) – plant; dross and salt-slag processing; operating; Capacity: 170 kt/yr; class B - [Befesa Sondika /](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-sondika.md) (company; Spain; register · C) - Befesa Sondika / Amorebieta (Sondika, Spain) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 16 kt/yr; class A - Befesa Steel Services GmbH (intermediate company – GLEIF parent outside the register; Germany; LEI 39120001BC1ZHYAM1T82; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source) - [Recytech S.A.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/recytech-s-a.md) (company; France; LEI 9695009JA1E3W19D2S49; Business register 382568053; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source) - Recytech S.A. (Fouquières-lès-Lens, France) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; class B - [Befesa Zinc](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-zinc.md) (company; Germany; register · C) - Befesa Zinc Duisburg (Duisburg, Germany) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 87 kt/yr; class A - Befesa Zinc Freiberg (Freiberg, Germany) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 194 kt/yr; class A - [Befesa Zinc Asúa](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/befesa-zinc-asua.md) (company; Spain; register · C) - Erandio (Erandio (Bizkaia), Spain) – plant; zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross); operating; Capacity: 160 kt/yr; class A ## 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. | Metal | Stage | capacity / output | Unit | Plants in total | |---|---|---:|---|---:| | aluminium | secondary aluminium and foundry alloys | 205 (capacity) | kt/yr | 3 | | aluminium | dross and salt-slag processing | 450 (capacity) | kt/yr | 3 | | nickel + zinc | zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross) | 174 (capacity) | kt/yr | 2 | | zinc | zinc recycling (EAF dust, dross) | 597 (capacity) | kt/yr | 5 | ## 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://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-germany.md) – in the analysis: 4 plants, 2 companies - [EU-27 Zinc Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-zinc-flow-analysis.md) – in the analysis: 7 plants, 4 companies - [EU-27 Aluminium Flows](https://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. - [Derichebourg](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/derichebourg.md) – in common: aluminium, zinc, nickel; smelting and refining, recycling; Spain, France - [ArcelorMittal](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/arcelormittal.md) – in common: aluminium, zinc, nickel; smelting and refining, recycling; Germany, Spain, France - [Jost Gruppe](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/jost-gruppe.md) – in common: aluminium, zinc, nickel; recycling; Germany - [Grupa Elemental](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/grupa-elemental.md) – in common: aluminium, zinc, nickel; smelting and refining, recycling ## Data quality - Source class of plants: A 7, B 8, C 0 - Plants verified at source: 15 / 15 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-08) - Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 2 of 9; group as recorded: 7 of 9; companies with an LEI: 2 of 9 - Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships (class A); Reason given in GLEIF: the parent does not consolidate the company 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.