Attero: Technology Pioneer 2012

The World Economic Forum announced that Attero Recycling has been selected as a Technology Pioneer 2012. This is a tremendous honor and a proud day for Attero and its employees! This has been achieved by the excellent work put in by the team at Attero. The World Economic Forum is one of the most prestigious collaborative problem-solving organizations on the planet.

The identification of the Technology Pioneer companies is the result of a rigorous selection process for which the Forum received hundreds of applications from around the world and that were evaluated by over 50 global technology experts. The selection committee includes leading academics, journalists, technologists and venture capitalists. Attero now joins a select group of 25 companies from the world over who have been selected as the technology partner.

Since 2000, the World Economic Forum has recognized the work of young companies who hold the promise of significantly transforming the way business and society operate. More than 400 innovative companies from five continents have been selected as Technology Pioneers. Among them, approximately 60% are still independent and 20% have been acquired by industry leaders. Previous Technology Pioneers include Monitise (2006), Mozilla Corporation (2007), Nanosolar (2007), Gridpoint (2008), Mint.com (2009), BloomEnergy (2010), Takadu (2011) and NetQin (2011).

Technology Pioneers are selected on a yearly basis. Candidate companies are nominated by Members, constituents and collaborators of the World Economic Forum, as well as by the larger public. A selection committee, comprised of top technology and innovation experts from around the world, reviews all candidate companies and makes a recommendation to the World Economic Forum, which then takes the final decision.