Overview
TOMRA Systems ASA is a Norwegian technology company focused on collecting, sorting and recovering resources. Its three business areas are Collection, which provides reverse-vending machines and related systems for beverage containers; Recycling, which supplies sensor-based sorting solutions for waste and metals; and Food, which develops sorting and processing equipment for food. TOMRA’s stated mission is to transform how resources are obtained, used and reused, supporting its ambition to “Lead the resource revolution.” [1][2][3]
Founded in 1972, TOMRA serves customers internationally, with its solutions installed in more than 100 markets. For 2025, the company reported revenue of €1.318 billion and 5,791 employees; it also reported approximately 119,900 installations worldwide.[4][5][6][1] [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Products & services
TOMRA Systems’ products are organized across its Collection, Recycling and Food divisions. Collection develops, produces, sells and leases reverse vending machines (RVMs) and related data-management systems. Its machines collect beverage containers for deposit-return, recycling and reuse schemes; examples include TOMRA R1/Multi-Feed, which accepts containers in bulk, and T70 Dual/TriSort configurations. Collection also provides digital fleet monitoring and service support, and Material Recovery services that pick up, transport and process empty beverage containers for beverage producers and fillers in parts of North America. TOMRA reported more than 91,900 Collection installations across over 60 markets at FY2025 [7][8][9][10][11][12].
Recycling supplies sensor-based sorting systems for recycling and waste-management applications, with more than 11,900 installations in 100 countries reported at FY2025 [13]. Product examples include AUTOSORT, a configurable sorter; AUTOSORT SPEEDAIR, which uses closed-loop laminar airflow to stabilize lightweight material and supports belt speeds up to 6 m/s; GAINnext, which uses deep learning to identify and sort difficult-to-classify items; and X-TRACT, which uses dual-energy X-ray sorting, including for aluminum processing [14][15][16][17][18]. Food supplies sensor-based sorting and grading equipment for growers, packers and processors; TOMRA reported approximately 16,100 installed units at FY2025 [19]. Examples include TOMRA 5B, a belt sorter for products such as fries, vegetables, leafy greens and proteins using camera and laser sensing; Nimbus BSI+, a free-fall optical sorter using Biometric Signature Identification; and InVision² with LUCAi, a deep-learning platform for cherry grading and defect detection [20][21][22][23].
Services include equipment leasing, maintenance and technical support, spare parts, operator training, remote troubleshooting and software support. Food service offerings include TOMRA Care maintenance and support plans and Visual Assist augmented-reality troubleshooting; Recycling also offers remote and on-site assistance, preventive maintenance and service agreements [24][25][26][27]. For FY2025, division revenue represented approximately 56.2% of group revenue for Collection, 16.5% for Recycling and 24.9% for Food; Horizon accounted for 2.4%. These are calculated from reported division and group revenue, and describe division—not individual product or service—contributions [28]. [7][8][13][19][28][28][28][28][28][9][29][11][12][14][15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Geographic presence
TOMRA reported market presence in more than 100 countries. Its FY2025 materials disclose regional revenue for the Recycling and Food divisions, but not a full Group-wide geographic revenue breakdown. Recycling revenue was €218 million: Europe €136m (about 62%), Asia €40m (18%), North America €21m (10%), South America and Africa €8m each (about 4% each), and Oceania €5m (about 2%). Food revenue was €328 million: North America €109m (33%), Europe €99m (30%), South America and Asia €40m each (about 12% each), Oceania €24m (7%), and Africa €15m (about 5%). Percentages are calculated from the reported regional amounts, which are rounded.[30][31] TOMRA’s FY2025 Group operating revenues were €1,318m.[32]
The FY2024 employee disclosure counted 5,303 employees across 43 countries, with headquarters in Asker, Norway. Germany (1,022 employees), the United States (885), Norway (528), Slovakia (490), Australia (390) and China (294) were the largest listed country workforces; these figures describe FY2024, not FY2025.[33][34] TOMRA’s certified-site overview identifies Asker as head office, R&D and operations; Lier, Norway as a production location; Xiamen, China as an R&D, sales, service and manufacturing location; Senec, Slovakia as an operations location; and Koblenz, Germany as a sorting-operations and mining-production location.[35] Its official office directory lists the main office in Asker and provides details of offices in multiple countries.[36] [30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
Business segments
TOMRA reports Collection, Recycling, and Food as its three divisions, with TOMRA Horizon reported separately for new business activities; its operating-segment structure reflects the activities’ risk and return profiles and internal reporting [37]. In FY2025, segment revenue was €741m for Collection (approximately 56% of group revenue), €218m for Recycling (17%), €328m for Food (25%), and €32m for Horizon (2%), based on group revenue of €1,318m [28]. Percentages are approximate; Group Functions reported −€1m.
TOMRA Collection provides systems and reverse vending machines for collecting beverage containers for recycling and reuse [8]. TOMRA Recycling supplies sensor-based sorting technologies for recycling and waste management, recovering resources and supporting closed-loop recycling [13]. TOMRA Food provides sensor-based sorting and grading machines for food production, supporting food safety and reducing food loss [19]. TOMRA Horizon covers newer activities that leverage TOMRA technology, including TOMRA Feedstock, TOMRA Reuse, and c-trace [38]. [37][28][8][13][19][38]
Company history
TOMRA began with a bottle-return problem identified by Norwegian brothers Petter and Tore Planke. After developing an automated return machine, the company installed its first prototype in an Oslo grocery store on January 2, 1972, and was officially founded on April 1 that year. By the end of 1972, 29 machines had been installed in Norway. In 1977, TOMRA introduced the Tomra SP, a self-programmable reverse-vending machine; the company went public in 1985 and expanded internationally during the 1980s.[4][39]
TOMRA broadened beyond reverse vending with its 1992 acquisition of NEROC, entering material recovery, and expanded sensor-based sorting through acquisitions including TITECH (2004), Commodas (2006), Ultrasort (2008), Odenberg (2011) and BEST (2012). It acquired Orwak in 2005 and divested its compaction business in 2014. In food sorting, it acquired Compac in 2017 and BBC Technologies in 2018. Tove Andersen became president and CEO on August 16, 2021, succeeding Stefan Ranstrand. In 2024, TOMRA acquired an 80% stake in digital waste-management provider c-trace.[40][41][42][43] [44][4][39][40][41][42][43][4][39][40][41][42][43]
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