IC&Partners: agreement with BTT Italia, international consultancy also in the recovery of strategic metals and rare earths

From Europe to the Far East, BTT Italia 's technology for the recovery of precious metals, rare earths and strategic metals now has the push of about twenty offices abroad. The Arezzo-based company has entered into an agreement with the Friulian IC&Partners , which for 30 years has supported Italian companies in their expansion strategies on international markets and in foreign direct investments. BTT Italia holds the technology with very low _CO2 impact to recover gold, silver, platinum and copper from urban mines of electronic waste such as smartphones and computers using hydrometallurgical processes . It is the technological heart of the Terranuova Bracciolini plant managed by IREN SpA, operational since last December. Half of IC&Partners' network of foreign offices represents a potential for new markets for BTT; while overall it is worth greater proximity to customers in countries already covered.

IC&Partners has a network of 15 flagship offices in Europe , from Spain to Bosnia Herzegovina, passing through Serbia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ukraine, up to Romania and Bulgaria, and in Poland, where four offices are active. The Friulian company also has three active offices in China , in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and as many in Vietnam in Hanoi, Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City. Hong Kong, Manila for the Philippines, Mumbai and Goa in India and Dhaka in Bangladesh, complete the presence in Asia . While Houston, New York and Mexico City are the IC&Partners headquarters in the United States and Mexico for North America .

"The agreement with IC&Partners - comments Omar Antonio Cescut , CEO of BTT Italia (on the left in the photo above) - allows us to expand our commercial potential towards new markets both in Europe and Asia and to better position ourselves where we already have customers. An important support for the development of our industrial strategy which is centered on the concept of "urban mining": circular recovery, in addition to recovery and refining from extractive activities. In Poland, for example, IC&Partners operates in cities that for about two decades have been the heart of the electronics industry in Europe for large international brands. Just as we see a high potential in Vietnam. Having a front office in the countries where IC&Partners is present and where we also operate also means greater proximity and support to our customers. Especially in this moment of market blockage due to geopolitical instability".

Seen from Udine, the operation adds the item precious metal recovery and circular economy to consultancy in tax and accounting, legal, export services, up to the management of international human resources; assets of IC&Partners developed over the years for champion companies in the sectors, among others, food, banking and insurance, wood and furniture, mechanics up to fashion.

"The circular economy - adds Roberto Corciulo , president of IC&Partners SpA (on the right in the photo above) - represents one of the most strategic challenges for companies today. In BTT we have found a reliable partner, with 45 years of experience and a leading reference in the treatment of precious metals, a value further recognized by the recent entry of Nord Engineering into its capital. Our partnership with BTT will allow us, through our network of foreign offices, to actively propose the theme of the circular economy in the countries where we already operate. This collaboration aims to support a top-level company like BTT, which has been able to transform a regulatory obligation into a significant market opportunity".

BTT ITALY

BTT Italia Srl is based in Marciano della Chiana (AR) and has over 45 years of activity. In the first 40, it dealt with the construction of plants for the refining of precious metals, in the last six the experience gained has been invested in the development of solutions for the recovery of precious and critical metals in the circular economy. During 2024, BTT Italia built the first hi-tech hydrometallurgical plant, the “Hydro B One” in Tuscany, which reduces extraction activity and maximizes the recovery of strategic raw materials from WEEE, without incineration processes. In November 2024 Nord Engineering SpA acquired 60% of the capital of BTT Italia Srl.

IC&PARTNERS

IC&Partners is based in Udine and has a thirty-year presence in Italy. It is the largest Entry Strategy and Foreign Direct Investment support platform for Italian companies. To date, it has 34 owned offices in 20 foreign countries and 30 qualified partnerships that allow it to cover a total of 50 offline and 190 online countries with its 300 professionals. The competitive advantage of IC&Partners is to operate directly from foreign markets offering professional services (fiscal, administrative, legal) and temporary export management.