Transucatas, S.A. began working in scrap iron in Arranhó in 1991, and in 1997 it opened new facilities in Seixal. Its activity began to expand in these new facilities and extended into other areas, such as integrated waste management. Transucatas, S.A. operates in the area of global waste management, carrying out sorting, treatment, and recycling through its reuse and recycling, finding a destination for a set of wastes that, up to now, registered a low percentage of transfer to recycling, thereby contributing to the reduction in the disposal in landfills.
Since 2003, Transucatas, S.A. has been a collection point accredited by the managing entity of used tyres – Valorpneu, receiving all types of used tyres.
In October 2005, Transucatas, S.A. became a Valorcar Network centre for the reception and dismantling of end-of-life vehicles. The reception and dismantling centre of Transucatas, S.A. is equipped with all the necessary technology for decontamination and dismantling of end-of-life vehicles, ensuring that this is carried out in an environmentally correct manner and that the vehicle registrations and number plates are cancelled.
Beginning in 2007, Transucatas, S.A. became the reception centre for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), integrated in the management entities AMB3E and ERP, receiving all the WEEE flows, storing them, and sorting them.
Transucatas, S.A. also holds the Building Permit No. 57154, issued in 2007 by IMPIC, the public entity with oversight over public contracts in real estate and construction, and it has several years of broad experience in the dismantling of industrial plants.
In 2013, Transucatas, S.A. opened the unit of Maia, where a metal separation and WEEE dismantling unit is installed. This unit has made it possible to create an added value in the reuse of metals, using the latest technology that allows this multidisciplinarity of waste treatment to be employed in a single line. With this UTVR (waste treatment and recovery unit), it is possible to reuse a portion of wastes that until then were being sent to landfills, by separating the ferrous and non-ferrous portion and the fuel portion, which can be routed to energy recovery.
Transucatas, S.A. is part of a group of companies that aim to eliminate the disposal of waste in landfills, transforming waste into raw materials and reusable products, with the mission of offering quality services, in line with the environmental concerns of companies and institutions, complying with all legislation in force and seeking continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
Thus, Transucatas, S.A. contributes to a better environment and sustainable development, through the proper treatment and forwarding of waste, with installations in the Industrial Ecology Parks (PEI) currently located in Maia, Seixal, and Chamusca.
Transucatas has gradually invested in people, innovative processes, and production equipment, adapted to meet market demands and safeguarding the safety and well-being of employees.
Transucatas, S.A. currently has two production centres, one in Seixal, not covered under the certification of our Integrated Quality, Environment and Safety Management System (SIGQAS), and another in Maia, which is certified.
Transucatas, S.A. – Maia Unit relies on the Integrated Quality, Environment and Safety System to ensure the proper quality of its products, as well as the provision of its services, preserving the safety and health of all employees and respecting the environment, in accordance with the provisions of the standards NP EN ISO 9001, NP EN ISO 14001, and NP 4397.
Transucatas, S.A. is a waste management operator licensed in its two production centres by the competent authorities: the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Regional Coordination and Development Commission, and the Northern Regional Coordinating and Development Committee.
We are also certified for the treatment of non-hazardous WEEEs by Weeelabex.
Transucatas – Environmental Solutions, S.A. is committed to offering quality services in the recovery of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and ferrous and non-ferrous metals, as well as a mixture of wastes, in line with the environmental concerns of companies and institutions, always complying with legal, statutory, and regulatory requirements and other requirements to which the company subscribes, and always seeking continuous improvement and the satisfaction of our clients and other stakeholders through the development of best management practices in the areas of quality, environment, and safety.
TRANSUCATAS pursues a medium/long-term business strategy based on the concept of sustained growth, promoting good environmental practices through the reuse of waste, relying on production efficiency, quality, innovation, and research, contributing to the strengthening of a solid and respected image in society.
To this end, it has the support of the Maia Unit, so that it can achieve levels of profitability suited to the human, financial, material, and technology resources used and available, with the aim of acting in all geographic regions, where competitive advantages are recognized.
To comply with the requirements agreed upon with our clients and other stakeholders, and in order to exceed their expectations, with the objective of gaining their loyalty, we count on the valorization, training, and participation of our key factor, our employees.
We are also committed to ensuring that all employees and all those who collaborate with us are provided with all the safety, hygiene and health conditions in the workplace.
In order to achieve sustained prevention, through the prevention, control and monitoring of environmental, occupational and organizational risks, TRANSUCATAS encourages the participation of its employees in the definition of programmes of prevention and occupational safety and health, as well as in the prevention and protection of the environment, with the aim of improving working conditions and preserving the environment.
In order for the management of TRANSUCATAS to be carried out in regard to quality, environment and safety, it is essential to reinforce the involvement of all its clients, employees and suppliers. This means the latter must be qualified and committed in the areas of quality, environment and safety and in the products and services provided.
The Management also undertakes to ensure the systematic optimization of its processes, through the proper planning and use of its resources, adopting the best environmental and safety practices and ensuring competitiveness and sustainable development through the development and continuous improvement of its services and products, complying with all the requirements of its SIGQAS and the continuous improvement of its effectiveness.
Since TRANSUCATAS belongs to a group of companies with activities related to waste collection and management, it is essential to focus on the group's internal solutions, in regard to the recycling and reuse of waste.
In line with what has already been stated, it is essential to pursue the establishment, fulfillment, and review of our objectives and goals.
TRANSUCATAS intends to be a reference in the markets where it operates, through integrated management, based on optimized, excellent processes and oriented to the satisfaction of the needs and expectations of clients, employees, and other stakeholders.
The Management defines and disseminates its policy, committing itself to its suitability and to its understanding and implementation by Transucatas' employees, providing all the necessary means.
