Francisco Alberich SA

More Than 120 Years in Metal Recycling

Francisco Alberich SA is a Spanish company specializing in industrial metal recycling, with more than 120 years of activity. Its headquarters is in Can Pelegrí Industrial Park, Carrer Ferro, 8, 08755 Castellbisbal, Barcelona. The company recycles, recovers, and reuses materials using its own specialized equipment, truck fleet, and waste-management and recovery facilities.

Main Services

• Purchasing and handling ferrous and nonferrous scrap
• Industrial demolition and dismantling
• Waste management and recovery
• Waste transportation, sorting, and recovery logistics
• End-of-life vehicle management
• Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) management
• Electrical transformer recycling
• Industrial shredding, sorting, and materials separation

Materials It Handles

The company buys and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap, including sheared and shredded scrap, low-residual scrap, structural profiles, zorba and other shredded nonferrous materials, used beverage cans, shot, stainless steel, brass and bronze, lead, and zinc.

Scale and Track Record

The company has more than 100 employees, including engineers, specialized technicians, and skilled staff. It reports having recycled more than 300,000 metric tons and completed more than 100 projects.

Facilities and Locations

• Headquarters, Castellbisbal: Pol. Ind. Can Pelegrí, Carrer Ferro, 8, 08755 Castellbisbal, Barcelona. Phone: +34 936 530 153.
• La Llagosta, Barcelona: Carrer Indústria, 46, 08120 La Llagosta, Barcelona.
• Tarragona: Carrer d’Europa, 14, 43120 Constantí, Tarragona.

Company History

The company traces its history to 1900, when Brígida Vilalta Casals began recovery operations. In 1930, Francisco Alberich Vilalta brought an industrial dimension to recycling in Poblenou. In 1960, Pedro Alberich Larguier expanded into demolition and dismantling industrial facilities and ships. The company joined BIR (Bureau of International Recycling) in 1974 and became a corporation in 1990. In 1992 it acquired the waste-management yard in Castellbisbal. Pedro Alberich De Castro and Francisco Alberich De Castro became general managers in 2003, advancing the company’s expansion in industrial waste management. The La Llagosta yard joined the operation in 2006, and construction aggregate recycling began in 2008. Environmental permits were updated and expanded in 2009, alongside new systems and machinery for recycling electrical cables, transformers, and electronic equipment. In 2011, the company was authorized as a WEEE treatment plant. It installed a water-injection scrap-shredding system in 2012, launched SCRAPCENTER and SCRAP XTREM operations in 2015, and started a new production line for secondary-smelt aluminum from zorba and an aluminum-can recycling facility in 2017. In 2018, it acquired 16,500 square meters to expand the Castellbisbal center and began developing a new center in Constantí, Tarragona.

Certifications and Registrations

The company is listed as an authorized waste manager under code E-345.97. It has certifications and an ethics channel and is authorized as a WEEE treatment plant.

Contact

Phone: +34 936 530 153. Email: info@alberich.net. Phone support: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Website: www.alberich.net. Social media: LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/alberich) and Facebook (facebook.com/alberichSA).