Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers' waste metal

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La Chaux-de-Fonds - On Friday, a Swiss company inaugurated two solar-concentrated furnaces in the watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Swiss Jura, with the aim of setting up a recycling system for green-energy metals. The Jura region has many watchmakers and manufacturers of medical instruments that use very high-quality steel. The aim is to recover their production waste in the form of ingots with the help of the concentration of solar…

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In Switzerland, solar furnaces to recycle metals in Admin FCE watchmaking 03 Oct 2025 - 19:27 A Swiss company inaugurated on Friday two solar-concentrated furnaces in the watchmaking city of Chaux-de-Fonds, in the Swiss Jura, with the aim of establishing a recycling industry for green-energy metals. The Jura region has many watchmaking companies and manufacturers of medical devices that use very high-quality steel.

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On Friday in La Chaux-de-Fonds NE, the Jurassic company Panatere inaugurated the world's first two solar furnaces that will produce fully recycled steel. The company speaks of a project "real circular sustainability".