Sustainability meets digital infrastructure: An investment opportunity

Short Company Introduction

Oceanic Environmental Cables GmbH (OEC), headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, is Europe’s first, and one of just three worldwide cable recovery and recycling companies offering sustainable, end-to-end solutions for the Out-of-Service subsea cable industry. Since 2021, OEC has pioneered a unique, carbon-free, and patent-pending recycling methodology. OEC dismantles, separates, and sorts all components of Telegraph, Coaxial, and Fiber Optic cables, meeting all present and foreseeable future European environmental standards. In 2022/2023, OEC acquired over 45,000 km of cables globally, including extensive networks in the Mediterranean.

OEC recovers and recycles all cables, repeaters & spare units, repurposing or remanufacturing them back into the value chain. By doing so, OEC creates a complete circular economic model, minimizing waste and maximizing resource utilization.

Workshop Host: Horst Brockmüller

Horst is the Managing Director and co-founder of Oceanic Environmental Cables GmbH. With over 35 years of practical experience, he has a proven track record of building and scaling successful companies. His pragmatic approach to business ensures a reliable value proposition for customers, employees, and investors.

Based on his experience as a serial entrepreneur in the IT and logistics industries, he brings a global network of clients. He has accomplished two exits from two global IT service consultancies which he built from scratch, various successful exits from private investments as well as start-up companies in various stages. He draws on a longstanding track record of his public traded equity investments and provides valuable funding and financing experience form an owner’s perspective.

A German national, Horst speaks English, German, French. He holds a Diplom-Kaufmann (MBA) from the University of Hamburg and has majored in International Management and Portfolio Theory.

Workshop Objective

– Learn how OEC’s sustainable practices generate revenue and profit while preserving the environment.

– Understand how OEC turns subsea cable waste into valuable resources through circular economic model

– Get insights into OEC’s unique, carbon-free, patent-pending cable recycling methodology

Workshop Content

– Overview of OEC’s mission, the subsea cable industry, and the importance of sustainability.

– Business case for cable recovery and recycling: market demands, revenue streams, cost-saving strategies

– OEC’s recovery and recycling processes.

– Quantifying the carbon footprint reduction in one of OEC recovery & recycling projects.

– Market growth projections.

– Long-term vision & growth strategy.