Stadler opens test center for textile and plastic sorting in Germany

Stadler Group, which manufactures sorting systems, has opened new test center In Altshausen, Germany.

The center, which covers over 2,100 square meters, can test, among other things, the sorting of plastic and textile waste using various machine configurations and processing parameters.

Founded in 1791, Stadler's new test center serves the company's design and development work as well as customer tests. The center can conduct basic tests, develop prototypes, and test machines, components, and digital solutions.

The center is divided into several halls and features examples of the machines and equipment manufactured at the Altshausen plant. The company's artificial intelligence-based STADLERconnect platform.

Customers' own materials for testing

Altshausen is also home to Stadler's headquarters, where more than 350 people work. The plant manufactures equipment and components for sorting plants, such as conveyor systems, ballistic separators, drum-type wind screens, dosing systems and sorting booths.

The test center can process customers' own materials, such as plastic and textile waste fractions. The tests investigate the effects of different processing parameters and machine configurations on the sorting result.

The center is also used for training machine operators and maintenance personnel.

Test centers in Germany and Slovenia

The Altshausen center complements Stadler's testing and innovation center in Krško, Slovenia. Krško also houses the company's second production facility, which manufactures, among other things, drum screens, label removers and electrical components for sorting plants.

The Altshausen center focuses on testing Stadler's own technologies and customer materials, while in Krško, Stadler equipment is combined with other processing technologies, such as crushing, magnetic and eddy current separation, and NIR sorting.

Text: Uusiuutisten editorial team

Photo: Stadler. Representatives of recycling plants and equipment suppliers from ten countries attended the opening of the test center at Stadler's Summit 2026 in Altshausen in September.