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SOLAR MATERIALS GmbH

Business / industry · Energy · HQ: Germany · website · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, SOLAR MATERIALS GmbH appears in 6 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

6
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SOLAR MATERIALS GmbH develops and operates a patented thermomechanical process for the recovery of high-value materials from end-of-life photovoltaic modules. The company recovers silver (an EU critical raw material under the CRMA), silicon, glass, aluminium, and copper at high purity, contributing to closed material loops at industrial scale. SOLAR MATERIALS engages at EU level to promote regulatory frameworks that incentivise…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 6 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA350%
Socialists & Democrats233%
European People's Party117%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (4 in 2026).

2023
2
2024
0
2025
0
2026
4

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Peter Liese
1 meeting · EPP
Erik Marquardt
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Bruno Tobback
1 meeting · S&D
Elena Sancho Murillo
1 meeting · S&D
Rasmus Nordqvist
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 6 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackRecycling of Solar Modules
4 Jun 2026Elena Sancho MurilloRelevant issues to the ENVI Committee
4 Jun 2026Peter LieseAustausch
3 Jun 2026Rasmus NordqvistSolar materials/waste
1 Sep 2023Erik MarquardtUnternehmensbesuch, genereller Austausch
1 Sep 2023Anna Cavazzini- Was ist das Kerngebiet des Unternehmens, woran arbeiten sie gerade? - Vor welchen Herausforderungen und Chancen stehen sie als Unternehmen? - Wie blicken sie auf die aktuelle politische Lage? - Welche Bedarfe nach Unterstützung hat das Unternehmen,

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