We are investing in a company in our core sector of industrial services, whose business is particularly forward-looking. We are happy to use our expertise to support inorganic growth and assist Stirling Square in developing Itelyum’s European presence, with future acquisitions in Germany.
Key facts at a glance
- Leading European Circular Economy player
- Technology and market leader in most most of the niches in which it operates
- Inorganic growth and expansion of European presence also planned through company acquisitions in Germany
Revenues in €mn
353
479
As of 31 December 2022
Profile
Established in 1963, Itelyum is a leading European Circular Economy player, specialised in recycling complex streams of hazardous liquid waste, leveraging distinctive chemical competences. Itelyum operates 25 plants, employs over 800 people, and is a technology and market leader in most of the niches in which it operates: waste oil regeneration, solvent purification, and industrial waste management and recycling. With its one-stop-shop approach and solid processes and procedures, the Company targets industrial companies which need to comply with increasingly strict waste regulations and reach higher recycling rates.
Under Stirling Square’s stewardship, Itelyum has evolved from a local, family-owned company into a professionally managed European leader with multiple product lines across diversified streams of hazardous waste. The Company has a virtuous environmental footprint, as its activity results in 500 kilotons fewer CO2 emissions, 1,000 tons fewer air pollutants, 15 million cubic meters of water savings and 400 hectares less of land consumption, per year.
500
kilotonnes
of CO2 emissions can be saved per year through Itelyum
Potential for development
Itelyum is a champion of sustainability and a reference for the circular economy in Europe. Together with Stirling Square, who remain majority owners, DBAG will accompany Itelyum on its growth path and benefit from the company's market leadership, its leading technical expertise and its extensive acquisition pipeline.
Contact

Julian Nahm
Director
Julian Nahm joined Deutsche Beteiligungs AG in 2018.
He has ten years of experience in the private-equity and M&A sector. Prior to joining DBAG, he worked at the British private equity company Cinven. He began his career at Goldman Sachs, working in the area of investment banking.
Julian Nahm holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a Master of Science in Finance from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. He also studied at the USC Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.