Friedrich Rechberger is the new CEO der HydroDyn Recycling GmbH

Friedrich Rechberger takes over as the new CEO of HydroDyn Recycling GmbH on February 2, 2024. Company founder Michael Hofmann focuses as co-CEO on strategic business development and sales. With this strengthening of the management team, the specialists in innovative process engineering for cleaning and processing plastic waste aim to further advance their growth plan and expand their role as a technological pioneer.

For his new role as CEO, 56-year-old Rechberger brings over 30 years of international experience in managing technology companies. 

The manager, who grew up in Feldkirchen an der Donau (Upper Austria), has an impressive track record in establishing and managing machinery and plant construction companies worldwide, particularly in the plastics processing industry.

"I am delighted to take on the CEO position at HydroDyn and continue the successful development of the company," says Friedrich Rechberger. “I am confident that with the dedicated HydroDyn team, we can further advance our mission of a better and sustainable future.”

Before joining the Hamburg-based washing system manufacturer, Mr. Rechberger worked, among other roles, in an advisory capacity in the conception of facilities for the plastic circular economy.

Josef Hochreiter, CEO of the NEXT GENERATION GROUP, and HydroDyn founder Michael Hofmann welcome the addition of Friedrich Rechberger: “With his extensive industry experience and management expertise, he brings the necessary know-how to drive HydroDyn's growth forward and to fully exploit the enormous synergies with the sister companies of the NEXT GENERATION GROUP.”

HydroDyn Recycling GmbH

HydroDyn is part of the NEXT GENERATION GROUP and a leading technology provider for the CLEANING and PURIFYING of plastic waste, headquartered in Hamburg with a research and technology center in Schwerin, Germany. Founded in 2015 as a start-up, HydroDyn has specialized in developing state-of-the-art washing and treatment solutions for heavily contaminated plastic waste. With a steadily growing team of dedicated professionals from the fields of mechanical engineering, process engineering, polymer technology, and process water treatment, HydroDyn offers expertise, innovative technologies, and system solutions for the processing of plastic waste for mechanical and chemical recycling. The company possesses the patented core technology of the HydroCleaner, which has been developed into standardized systems. Synergies with the sister companies of the NEXT GENERATION GROUP are being further developed under the common vision of gradually substituting virgin plastics and using plastic waste as a sustainable raw material in high yields.