About us

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We develop scalable technologies to recover critical materials from industrial waste products, enabling resilient and sustainable industries.

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Our story

Dutch innovations for a resilient industry

As pioneers in metal recovery, we help Europe's stainless steel industry reduce its dependence on virgin metal imports and build a more resilient, circular supply chain. Our technologies recover materials such as nickel, chromium, and molybdenum from production waste, upcycling material that would otherwise be downcycled or discarded into high-grade metals ready to go straight back into steel production.

Since our foundation in 2022, and our spin-off as an independent company in 2026, we've been building the infrastructure European stainless and specialty steel producers need to source critical metals from their own waste — starting with our first commercial plant in Alkmaar.

Our team

Wouter Wehmeijer, Chief Executive Officer at Steel CleanUp

Wouter
Wehmeijer

Chief Executive Officer

Vikash Lachman, Chief Technology Officer at Steel CleanUp

Vikash
Lachman

Chief Technology Officer

Lisanne van der Hijden, Finance Lead at Steel CleanUp

Lisanne
van der Hijden

Finance Lead

Tim Smits van Oyen, Commercial Lead at Steel CleanUp

Tim
Smits van Oyen

Commercial Lead

Bram Borst, Project Lead at Steel CleanUp

Bram
Borst

Project Lead

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