Hera Group finalises acquisition of TRS Ecology
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Hera Group finalises acquisition of TRS Ecology
Hera Group finalises acquisition of TRS Ecology
Through its subsidiary Herambiente Servizi Industriali, the Group has further consolidated its leadership in the waste management sector. The acquisition of 70% of Piacenza-based TRS Ecology broadens the Group’s scope of operations and strengthens the growth prospects of a well-established local company. A project to renovate the Caorso platform has already begun, aimed at additional environmental protection and increased material recovery.
The closing, following January’s binding agreement
A company serving the circular economy, ever closer to businesses and increasingly focused on environmental protection: this is the goal of the finalisation of the acquisition by Herambiente Servizi Industriali (a subsidiary of Herambiente, itself part of the Hera Group) of 70% of TRS Ecology, a company based in Caorso, near Piacenza, and focused on industrial waste treatment and recovery, with 70 employees and a roughly 2,700 current customers. The closing follows up on the binding agreement signed by the parties on 25 January and was made possible by the concurrence of all the conditions precedent foreseen in the preliminary phase.
Claudio Dodici at the helm of TRS Ecology
TRS Ecology is the newco to which TRS Ecologia (owned by the Dodici family) has transferred its business unit related to the multifunctional platform for special waste treatment located in Caorso in Piacenza area, which will be headed by Claudio Dodici as CEO.
The industrial and economic rationale of the operation
The merger into Herambiente rests on two main rationales. First of all, it offers TRS customers (located mainly in the provinces of Piacenza, Lodi, Cremona, Brescia and Parma) additional opportunities in the treatment and recovery of their industrial waste, which will have access to Herambiente’s network of approximately 100 plants, by far the largest in the country. TRS Ecology’s platform will also allow Herambiente Servizi Industriali to further expand the geographical scope of its services to western Emilia, lower Piedmont and Lombardy (including the Milan area), also achieving significant technical and commercial synergies with the Group’s other plant solutions and companies.
10 million invested in sustainability at the Caorso platform
This new corporate structure will govern the important changes made to the Caorso platform over the upcoming months. Storage spaces will indeed be optimised and reorganised, and new treatment lines will be introduced to increase opportunities for recovery and production of secondary raw materials from incoming waste. The work should be completed by the end of 2027 and will see the use of innovative technologies aimed at further improving environmental protection and safety for workers, in line with European best practices.
Ramonda: “TRS shows skills in line with our standards and the same entrepreneurial vision”
“This merger creates additional value for all Herambiente’s stakeholders,” explains Andrea Ramonda, CEO of Herambiente. “On the one hand, because it allows us to broaden our scope of action, and on the other because what we have found in TRS are not only distinctive skills fully in line with our standards, but also the same entrepreneurial sensitivity, oriented towards seeing industrial waste as an essential lever for the full implementation of the circular economy.”
Dodici: “joining the Hera Group marks a new beginning for TRS”
“Becoming part of the Hera Group marks a new beginning for TRS, which looks above all towards development,” states Claudio Dodici, CEO of TRS Ecology. “The Hera Group’s know-how, unique in Italy, and its financial solidity, will act as true accelerators of growth, and will find their first application in the project to renovate the Caorso platform, which when fully operational will also have a significant impact on employment in the area, in terms of both spin-offs and direct hires, amounting to about 30% more than the 70 current employees.”
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A collaboration agreement has been signed to support companies and local areas on their path towards the energy transition and circular economy, through innovative solutions that combine sustainability with competitiveness
Saipem, a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and Hera Group, one of Italy’s leading multi-utilities, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement, initially lasting three years, with the aim of supporting Italian companies in their energy efficiency, decarbonisation and circular economy journeys.
The partnership draws on Saipem’s engineering and technological expertise and Hera Group’s long-standing experience in waste, water and energy services. Both companies share a firm commitment to sustainability and emissions reduction.
The agreement between the two organisations aims to support companies and local areas in the energy transition, offering concrete, integrated solutions to reduce emissions, improve consumption efficiency and enhance resource recovery. Particular attention will be paid to the needs of the most energy-intensive industrial sectors, such as ceramics, glass, paper, chemicals, cement, steel and other industries characterised by processes that are difficult to electrify, all of which face an increasingly complex and challenging path towards Net Zero.
Through this partnership, Saipem and Hera Group will make their multidisciplinary expertise available, offering a comprehensive portfolio of technologies and integrated solutions for energy efficiency, renewable energy, hydrogen and carbon capture systems. The objective is to identify, on a case-by-case basis, the most effective energy transition pathway from a technical, energy and economic perspective.
Interested companies will be able to benefit from a free preliminary audit designed to assess the best possible decarbonisation pathway from an energy and economic standpoint, as well as support in evaluating incentive schemes available at national and European level to help make projects feasible. This represents a concrete contribution across the entire energy transition value chain, a rapidly evolving sector that is increasingly strategic for the competitiveness of the production system.
For Saipem, the agreement with Hera Group forms part of its strategy to support the energy transition of the most complex industrial sectors. The partnership enhances the Group’s engineering and technological expertise and its ability to integrate innovative solutions, strengthening Saipem’s role as a technology partner for Italian industry. It also broadens access to solutions for energy efficiency, renewables, hydrogen and CO₂ capture, in line with Saipem’s evolution towards increasingly sustainable business models.
This agreement is fully aligned with the path outlined by Hera Group in its Business Plan to 2029, which envisages €3 billion in investments dedicated to the energy transition and circular economy of local areas and businesses. Also moving in this direction is the cutting-edge project for the capture of CO₂ emissions at the Ferrara waste-to-energy plant, proposed by Hera Group as lead partner in collaboration with Saipem. The project was selected in October 2024 to receive funding under the fourth call for mid-scale projects of the EU Innovation Fund, confirming the multi-utility’s commitment to promoting advanced technologies and strategic partnerships to make a concrete contribution to national and European climate targets.
Hera Group
Hera Group is one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities and operates in the environment, energy and water sectors, with over 10,500 employees. More than 7.5 million citizens receive at least one service provided by the Group. Listed since 2003, it is among the top 40 Italian companies by market capitalisation, is included in the FTSE MIB index and has been part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index since 2020, recently renamed the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index.
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Saipem
Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. Saipem is a “One Company” organised into business lines: Asset Based Services, Drilling and Sonsub, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind and Sustainable Infrastructures. The company has five fabrication yards and an offshore fleet of 17 owned construction vessels and 12 drilling rigs, nine of which are owned. Always focused on technological innovation, the company’s vision is “Engineering for a sustainable future”. For this reason, Saipem is committed every day to supporting its clients on their energy transition journey towards Net Zero, using increasingly digital means, technologies and processes geared towards environmental sustainability. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, Saipem operates in more than 50 countries worldwide and employs around 30,000 people of over 130 nationalities.
Website: www.saipem.com