Foundry service / amine recycling

For more than 15 years the Buchen Group has been working as an expert partner to the foundry industry, operating a closed recycling system for amines at its Voerde facility.



Our service package comprises:

  • Supply of wash concentrate K 103 (sulfuric acid)
  • Provision of mesh box containers
  • Acceptance of loaded wash concentrate (loaded washing liquid or amine sulphate)
  • Compilation of the necessary documents according to the German Recycling and Waste Management Act
  • Preparation of records of proper waste management by the simplified procedure as a specialist disposal business according to § 52 German Recycling and Waste Management Act
  • Notifications relating to the international shipment (import) of waste according to EC regulation 1013/2006
  • Logistics and analysis
  • Distillation of the amines (e.g. DMEA, DMIPA, DMPA)
  • Delivery of the recovered amines to the foundry supply industry