SungEel in Hungary
SungEel Hitech Hungary Ltd. started its operation in Hungary in 2019. After our processing plant in Szigetszentmiklós, in 2021 we expanded our presence with a new battery processing plant in Bátonyterenye. In this town, located in Nógrád county, a recycling park with a plant hall of 8700 square meters has opened. The HUF 9.27 billion investment has created more than 100 new jobs.
2019
SungEel Hitech starts production at its Szigetszentmiklós site.
227 employees
SungEel Hitech currently employs 227 people
2 sites
Szigetszentmiklós and Bátonyterenye
The period of enlargement
Global expansion, production scale-up and preparation for electric vehicle recycling.
At our two sites in Hungary alone, we have the capacity to process up to 35 000 tonnes of battery waste per year. In the future, we want to strengthen all the conditions for environmentally friendly operations with new technologies and set up new plants around the world.
- Creating a full pre-treatment-recycling cycle
- Continuous plant and production expansion
- New hydrometallurgical plant in Gunsan (South Korea)
- Establishment of a recycling park in Poland
2014-2020
New battery recycling technologies and plant expansion
- Safe dismantling of electric vehicle packs, commercialization of recycling technology
- Strengthening product portfolio (nickel, cobalt, manganese, copper – compound, metal, liquid)
- Selected as a global small giant
- Relocation head office to Gunsan
- Establishing of battery waste recycling parks worldwide (Malaysia, China, Hungary, India)
2008-2013
SungEel Hitech enters the secondary battery recycling market
- Developed manganese separation technology and equipment
- Developed high-purity cobalt sulfate and cobalt metal manufacturing technology
- Completed secondary battery hydrometallurgy plant (Hydro Center 1) [Gunsan]
- Completed secondary battery physical treatment plant (Recycling Park) [Gunsan]
2000: Foundation of the company
SungEel Hitech initially focused on the recycling of rare metals
- In 2000, SungEel Hitech Co Ltd. is established in Incheon
- Construction and relocation of headquarters
- Establishment of a research institute linked to the company
