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Circular Showcase

On 6 September, the inaugural Circular Tech Awards brought global circular technology leaders together in Berlin. Meet the 12 winners driving circular innovation and impact:

Alchemy
📍 Ireland
🔗 https://www.wearealchemy.com/
🏆️ Best OEM Distributor
Alchemy is one of the world’s fastest-growing circular tech companies, refreshing over 2 million devices annually. With 3,000 partners in 60 countries, they run global trade-in programs and resale platforms (Loop & Callisto) that extend the life of consumer electronics, cutting e-waste and helping enterprises hit sustainability and net-zero goals.

APL Global Logistics
📍 Dubai
🔗 https://aplgloballogistic.com/
🏆️ Best Logistics Company
APL specialises in time-critical logistics for high-value cargo, from medical devices through to consumer electronics. With 15+ years’ experience across the UAE, Europe, and Asia, they offer 24/7 operations, compliance expertise, and advanced tracking to keep circular supply chains moving under pressure.

Flip
📍 Romania
🔗 https://flip.ro/
🏆️ Best Online Retailer & Best Trade-In Programme
Flip is Romania’s leading refurbished electronics marketplace, extending the life of smartphones and tablets through rigorous 67-point testing and 2-year warranties. The platform serves 400k+ customers and has expanded exports across Central and Eastern Europe, offering affordable and circular electronics to a wider market.

Back Market
📍 France
🔗 https://www.backmarket.com
🏆️ Best Online Marketplace
Back Market is the world’s leading marketplace for premium refurbished tech, trusted by over 10 million customers. With €884M raised to date, it drives the “Tech Reborn” movement, making refurbished devices accessible, affordable, reliable, and significantly lower-impact than new.

Mobile Outfitters
📍 US
🔗 https://www.moutfitters.com/
🏆️ Best Mobile Accessories
Mobile Outfitters is one of the world’s leading mobile accessory brands, installing a product every 7 seconds across shopping malls and major retailers. Backed by lifetime replacements, global reach, and recognition from Inc. 5000, EcoVadis, and Greenly, the company blends innovation, customer trust, and sustainability at scale.

TMX Mobile Solution
📍 Hungary
🔗 https://www.tmx.hu/
🏆️ Best Repair Services
TMX is Eastern Europe’s leader in after-sales services, supporting carriers, manufacturers, retailers, insurers, and enterprise clients. Operating the region’s largest single-site B2B repair centre, they handle 1,000+ devices daily with 350+ technicians, delivering repairs, returns management, reclamation, and tailored trade-in and buyback programs.

Cyculus Services
📍 Germany
🔗 https://cyculus.com/
🏆️ Best Diagnostics Software & Most Innovative
Cyculus is Europe’s first provider of fully automated Device-Processing-as-a-Service (DpaaS), making AI-powered robotic grading, cleaning, testing, and data-wiping accessible without heavy upfront costs. They are capable of processing 300+ devices per hour with 99% accuracy, delivering efficiency, consistency, and scalability. Co-Founder and CEO Fergal also received the Circularity Hero award!

Opal FX
📍 UK
🔗 https://www.opalfx.co.uk/
🏆️ Best FX Solutions Provider
Opal FX is a boutique London-based foreign exchange provider offering spot and forward contracts with real-time pricing and expert guidance. Designed for businesses and private clients, Opal delivers competitive commercial rates and secure segregated accounts, helping safeguard international transactions, which is critical in the secondary markets.

Storfund
📍 UK
🔗 https://storfund.com/
🏆️ Best Financing Company
Storfund provides embedded financing for 60+ global marketplaces, including those offering refurbished goods. They enable sellers to receive payment on the day of sale instead of waiting 20–45 days, and help marketplaces to strengthen seller support, improve retention, and drive scalable growth.

Sunstrike
📍 Hong Kong
🔗 https://www.sunstrike.com/
🏆️ Best Manufacturer Approved Mobile Device Distributor
Sunstrike is a leading global distributor of Apple certified pre-owned and end-of-line devices, serving 23+ mobile operators and 2,500+ customers worldwide. Beyond Apple, the company also supplies gaming consoles and memory products, offering physical stock, trade-in solutions, and value-added logistics. Owner and Group CEO Bobby also received the Circular Lifetime Achievement award!

Breezy
📍 Cyprus
🔗 https://breezy.band/
🏆️ Marketing Campaign Of The Year
Breezy is an international trade-in provider and seller of refurbished tech, with 2,500+ partner stores and 150+ employees driving device reuse. Operating a large AI-powered facility in Poland, they deliver refurbishment, buyback, and resale programs with 55+ quality checks, warranties, and eco-friendly packaging.

Fairphone
📍 Netherlands
🔗 https://www.fairphone.com/
🏆️ Circularity By Design (Fairphone 6)
Gen 6 is Fairphone’s most sustainable smartphone to date, built with over 50% fair and recycled materials, fully e-waste neutral, and modular across 12 user-replaceable components via a single screwdriver. It promises an industry-best five-year warranty and eight years of software support.

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Cheers to circularity,

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