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Innovation arises when we decide to look at things from a different perspective, without following established paths. In economics, this attitude contrasts with the concept of “path dependence,” according to which past decisions heavily influence future ones, even when conditions change.

With over 40 years of experience in designing material recovery machinery, Stokkermill has developed a line of combined plants capable of treating photovoltaic solar panels and electronic waste (WEEE) with the same efficiency.

Discover Stokkermill technologies at Ecomondo 2025 for recycling solar panels, WEEE, and electrical cables. Innovation and sustainability at Rimini Fiera.

In recent days, the Stokkermill team visited our partners in Mexico, taking a step that is not only commercial, but also cultural and human. This collaboration with Stokkermill México is not just an expansion of our international presence: it is concrete proof of how innovation and sustainability can unite countries, people, and visions in a single global project.

On September 10, 2025, the international magazine Recycling Inside published the article “Solar Panel Recycling: Stokkermill Technology Turns Aluminum into Furnace-Ready Value,” dedicated to Stokkermill Recycling Machinery's solutions for recycling photovoltaic panels.

The compact Stokkermill K750 granulator, now equipped with high-end ABB motors, represents a significant step forward in the industrial recycling sector.

Stokkermill, in collaboration with Cela Machinery, has created a customized high-tech plant for Old Metals for the recovery of copper and metal powders from complex waste, with innovative and sustainable solutions.

Stokkermill has never adopted the pressure cylinder-based photovoltaic panel delamination system. This solution involves high operating costs and limited efficiency. Instead, the company has chosen to develop more reliable, faster, and more efficient automatic solutions that guarantee higher yields and high-quality output materials.

An epoch-making change in solar panel recycling. In recent years, the world of solar and photovoltaic panel recycling has been undergoing a real revolution. The strong expansion of installations in the early 2000s is now generating a growing volume of panels that have reached the end of their life cycle. This evolution has highlighted the limitations of traditional plants: processes that are too complex, slow, expensive, and often based on manual interventions, such as the removal of the aluminum frame

At the E-Waste Conference 2025 held in Frankfurt, Stokkermill previewed its latest innovations for solar panel recycling, attracting great interest among industry players, investors and insiders.

The recycling and treatment of end-of-life solar and photovoltaic panels is one of the most relevant and discussed challenges in the renewable energy sector today. As solar energy has become increasingly popular over the past two decades, a phenomenon that continues to grow, there is an urgent need for an adequate infrastructure for the recovery and valorization of the materials that make up end-of-life modules.

Stokkermill develops tailor-made plants and solutions for the treatment of spent batteries, ensuring efficient and safe separation of the different material fractions. Each process step is designed to maximize recovery and preserve the value of secondary raw materials.

Solar panels contain valuable and highly recyclable materials such as aluminum, glass and silicon. Modern recycling technologies allow more than 98 percent of the materials to be recovered, making this process not only beneficial but also extremely sustainable.