Oryx Stainless Opened New Flagship Facility in Malaysia
In May 2025, the Oryx Stainless Group, a leading supplier of recycled stainless steel raw materials, officially opened its latest facility in Johor, Malaysia.
The site would reinforce the region’s position as a strategic hub for sustainable industrial growth, the company headquartered in the Netherlands underlined. Around 200 guests attended the ceremony, including foreign ambassadors and senior government officials, including the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA).
According to the information, the facility will support the national target of carbon intensity reduction and help attract 300 billion Malaysian Ringgit (more than 62 billion Euro) in green investments. With each ton of recycled material saving up to 8.5 tons of CO2, the plant’s annual impact would approach one million tons in emissions reduction.
“Only in very few industries is the recycling rate as high as in stainless steel,” Michael Pawlowski, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Oryx Stainless Group, was cited. “New stainless steel – with no loss in quality – can be produced from up to 90 percent of the materials processed on this site. The prerequisite is: Smart Recycling, as Oryx Stainless has practiced it since 1990.”
In the first phase, the facility will process 150,000 tons of stainless steel annually. Oryx Stainless emphasized that local talent development stands central to the facility’s mission. Malaysian employees have already completed advanced training in Thailand, learning to operate specialized equipment, including Malaysia’s first special Sennebogen material handlers. “The workforce, drawn almost entirely from local communities, is set to double by mid-2026. Partnerships with Malaysian universities create pathways for engineering students into the growing green technology sector.”
About Oryx Stainless
The business for trading and processing scrap metal as a raw material for stainless steel production specializes in creating blends of recycled raw materials for various stainless steels, addressing the need for over 150 different alloys. Their process involves analyzing, storing, and producing high-quality recycled materials to meet specific metallurgical compositions. “This ensures consistent quality and reduces the use of high carbon footprint primary raw materials like ferronickel, ferrochrome, and ferromolybdenum,” the company informs. “Leveraging its smart logistics and a digitized production setup, Oryx also ensures that the entire blending process is as climate-neutral as possible.”
(Published in GLOBAL RECYCLING Magazine 2/2025, Page 16)
