ORBIX PRODUCTIONS

Their core work

ORBIX PRODUCTIONS is a Belgian industrial SME based in Genk — a city with deep metallurgical heritage — specializing in processing industrial by-products and residues into recoverable materials and construction products. Their work covers two connected domains: extracting residual metals from low-grade metallurgical slags through hydrometallurgical processes, and converting construction and demolition waste into circular building material streams. In their more recent project work, they have integrated digital technologies — BIM-based pre-demolition audits, RFID tagging, and QR tracing systems — to bring traceability and data intelligence into material recovery workflows. They operate as an industrial practitioner in research consortia, contributing processing know-how and hands-on infrastructure rather than pure research capacity.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ORBIX entered H2020 through the metals recovery angle — CHROMIC (2016–2020) placed them squarely in mineral processing and hydrometallurgy, recovering value from low-grade slag, a domain closely tied to the steel and zinc industries historically concentrated around Genk. By 2020, their focus had shifted substantially toward the built environment: ICEBERG introduced pre-demolition audits, circular building design, and digitalized material tracking, suggesting a strategic move from upstream metallurgical residues toward downstream construction-sector circularity. The trajectory points toward a company repositioning itself at the intersection of physical material recovery and digital supply chain tools for buildings.

ORBIX is moving from raw metallurgical processing toward digitally-enabled circular economy services for the construction sector, making them a credible partner for projects combining material recovery with building lifecycle management or smart waste logistics.

How they like to work

ORBIX has exclusively participated as a non-leading partner across both projects, consistent with an industrial SME that contributes specific processing or demonstration capacity rather than scientific coordination. With 47 unique partners across only 2 projects, they have operated in very large, multi-actor consortia — both an RIA and an IA — which suggests they are comfortable in complex, multi-country setups. There is no evidence of repeated partner relationships, indicating broad network exposure rather than a tight inner circle.

ORBIX has accumulated 47 unique consortium partners across 11 countries from just two projects, suggesting participation in large-scale, pan-European consortia with diverse actor mixes. Their network spans well beyond Belgium, though no dominant geographic cluster is identifiable from the available data.

What sets them apart

ORBIX sits at an unusual intersection: they are an industrial SME with both metallurgical processing roots and an emerging profile in construction-sector circular economy — a combination rare enough to be genuinely useful in mixed consortia. Their Genk base gives them proximity to real industrial residue streams, lending credibility that pure research or consulting partners cannot offer. For consortium builders needing an industrial demonstrator with digitalization ambitions, ORBIX bridges the gap between processing infrastructure and data-driven material management.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ICEBERG
  Their largest funded project (EUR 192,763), covering the full circular construction stack from BIM pre-demolition audits through digital tracing to industrialized green building products — the richest signal of their current capabilities.
• CHROMIC
  Establishes ORBIX's foundational credential in hydrometallurgical processing of industrial residues, anchoring their environmental materials expertise in hard industrial chemistry rather than desk research.