Recycled aluminium from Hydro enables circular truck manufacturing for Mercedes-Benz Trucks

28 Apr Recycled aluminium from Hydro enables circular truck manufacturing for Mercedes-Benz Trucks

(Oilandgaspress) -– Hydro is supplying low-carbon, recycled aluminium made from Hydro CIRCAL to the reECONIC Mercedes-Benz Trucks project, demonstrating how circular aluminium solutions can reduce emissions while keeping critical materials in continuous use in commercial vehicle manufacturing.

The vehicle, based on the eEconic battery electric waste collection truck from Mercedes-Benz Trucks, developed in collaboration with more than 30 partners, showcases how materials can be kept in closed loops while meeting demanding safety, quality and performance requirements.

For the reECONIC project, Hydro supplied 31 different extruded parts totaling 600 kilos. All the profiles are made from Hydro CIRCAL, Hydro’s range of recycled aluminium with one of the world’s lowest carbon footprints and a minimum 75 percent post-consumer scrap content. The aluminium components are used in structural and safety critical applications, proving that high recycled content aluminium can support advanced vehicle design while significantly reducing the carbon footprint of materials.

The Hydro CIRCAL billets used in this project were produced at Hydro’s recycling facility in Ghlin, Belgium, with the profiles extruded, machined, and anodized at Hydro’s extrusion sites in Harderwijk, Netherlands and Trzcianka, Poland. Produced in Europe, this strengthens supply chain resilience and further reduces environmental impact.

The reECONIC is based on the Mercedes-Benz eEconic and applies circular thinking across the value chain, from material sourcing and manufacturing to recyclability at end of life. Aluminium plays a key role in this approach, as it can be recycled repeatedly without loss of properties.

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