IFAT 2026 : Lindner showcases innovation, integrated engineering expertise and service excellence

In line with its theme, 'Ready for the future of your business', the renowned company Lindner will be at IFAT, showcasing future-oriented solutions specifically designed to address current sector challenges. 'The recycling sector is under enormous cost pressure. Rising energy prices, volatile raw material markets and higher recycling quotas are increasing the demand for greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness. At the same time, material flows are becoming more complex, and the risk of fire from lithium-ion batteries is growing, further tightening the requirements for process reliability and plant technology," says Matthias Egarter, Lindner's CEO. The recycling pioneer is addressing these challenges through smart plant engineering and innovative shredder technology. Robust process parameters, consistent quality, reliable throughput and high adaptability to materials and applications are all key focuses. Lindner draws on its technical expertise gained from many years of working on complex recycling projects, as well as its high-performance mechanical engineering, which is made in Austria.

At IFAT Munich, Lindner will demonstrate how modern recycling plants can produce high-quality, marketable reusable materials from complex waste streams. As a recycling pioneer, Lindner's engineering can be found in powerful standalone machines, which the company combines with solutions that incorporate every stage of the process, from planning to the operation of commercially robust plants. “We take over once waste collection is complete,” says Marco Egger, Managing Director of Lindner’s Systems Engineering Division. ‘Our goal is to take heterogeneous waste and produce clearly defined, quality-assured material streams, because clean fractions are a prerequisite for high-quality recycling,’ says Egger. Using tailored sorting and plant concepts, we create the conditions for consistently high-quality products, whether they are used for plastics recycling or other demanding recycling processes. This is how mixed waste is used to produce high-grade raw materials that are systematically fed back into recycling processes and reintegrated into the product loop.” The company’s services cover the entire project cycle, from consulting and engineering to technical implementation and risk minimisation, and from commissioning to servicing.

In plastics recycling, Lindner focuses on comprehensive systems that combine engineering, shredding, sorting, and washing. The company's international project and process expertise is evidenced by the installation of more than 200 washing plants and components worldwide. The technology partnership between Lindner Washtech and extruder manufacturer EREMA, who are co-exhibiting with Lindner at IFAT, also ensures a smooth integration of the extrusion process. This creates complete solutions from the feedstock to the final recyclate, which can be supplied in food-grade quality. The company's core value proposition lies in consistently optimising all process steps along the entire added value chain.

At IFAT in Munich, Lindner will be showcasing its latest shredding technology innovations. Following its official launch last year, the new Urraco Evo series will be presented to a wider audience at the event. This mobile twin-shaft shredder has been specially designed for heavy-duty applications and offers impressive power, a quick-change function and Lindner’s renowned shaft versatility. As well as processing wood, domestic and commercial waste, and plastics, the focus is on applications such as scrap metal, mixed scrap, and aluminium. Visitors can view the Urraco Evo in action at Lindner’s outdoor exhibition space (FM/708/2) as part of the VDMA demonstration days (VDMA Praxistage). There will also be a demonstration of the Merak 2800. This will not be the established model with its electric drive, but an additional Merak series with a new drive concept.

Lindner will also present another new product in Munich: the fourth generation of its Micromat series.

At the heart of this series is a synchronous reluctance motor that achieves an energy efficiency class of IE6, offering over 97% efficiency while using no rare earth metals. In shredding news, the new Multicut rotor enables flexible operation with a wide range of materials, including plastic, wood, commercial and domestic waste, and textiles. It also reduces maintenance effort and downtime thanks to its rapid-change knife system.

As the leading trade fair for environmental technologies, IFAT 2026 will be all about innovation, sustainability, and future-proof solutions for the water, waste, and recycling industries. This is precisely in line with Lindner’s focus. “Business owners worldwide are tasked with ensuring their plants run as economically and safely as possible, while also being fit for the future. Through our customised recycling solutions, we support them in sustainably optimising their processes and efficiently bringing materials back into the loop,” says Egarter. Using our expertise, we offer innovative and reliable individual and complete solutions that ensure our customers remain competitive in light of rising regulatory and economic requirements and help them to close material loops sustainably. Our mission is to collaborate with our customers to implement concepts that are both commercially successful and environmentally viable.”

These solutions have stood the test of time, as evidenced by the company’s service division.

"Lindner machines have been synonymous with reliable performance for nearly 80 years, even under the most demanding conditions, with some operating for over 200,000 hours.’ The decisive factors that make this possible start with quality-assured manufacturing and continuous further development, and also include professional maintenance, collaborative service, and specific retrofitting and upgrade solutions throughout the entire life cycle. Our digital service platform, Nexus, also enables us to use the digital intelligence of our machines for performance monitoring and first-level support, thereby offering additional process reliability," says Hubert Graf, Head of Service.