Ravago
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| Headquarters |
Ravago SA 76-78 rue de Merl L-2146 Luxembourg  Luxembourg |
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| Founder(s) | Raf Van Gorp |
| CEO | Theo Roussis |
| Industry | plastics, rubbers and chemicals |
| Services | distribution, resale, compounding, recycling |
| Employees | 5200 (2016) |
| Slogan(s) | Think Global, Act Local |
| Website | www.ravago.com |
Ravago is a plastic producing company with its headquarters located in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. The company is active in the distribution, resale, compounding and recycling service for plastic and elastomeric raw materials. Ravago is world leader in plastic recycling.[1]
History
On 25 April 1961, the company was founded by Raf Van Gorp in Arendonk, Belgium. In 1965 he bought the premises of his former employer, a dynamite company (PRB: Poudre Reunion d'Arendonk, Belgique). This enabled him to work out the luminous idea he had: recycling production waste from the plastics producing petrochemical companies. From there, the company grew into a successful service provider to the petrochemical industry as a distributor and reseller of plastic resins. Diversification towards production and distribution of building products guaranteed a second revenue line in Europe.
In 2006, Ravago acquired Muehlstein, an American polymer producing company.[2] Together they produce more than $5 billion of plastic and rubber polymers. Today, the Ravago Group is the number one service provider in the global market of plastics, rubber and chemicals.
Global Presence
As an international company, Ravago Group has more than 200 subsidiaries located in about 50 countries, and supply over 4 million metric tons of polymers to more than 40,000 active buying customers. Ravago employs about 5200 people of which 700 in Belgium.
Services
Distribution
Ravago Distribution Plastics is a service-oriented business, focused on distributing a broad product offering of branded plastic and rubber raw materials, including mainly third party prime products as well as its own recycled and compound products. Ravago Distribution Plastics’ customers are active in e.g. automotive, electrical appliances, wire and cable, and packaging. The product portfolio includes commodities, engineering plastics, specialties, custom compounds, rubber and chemical products.
Ravago Distribution Chemicals is the goto partner for the chemical industry and delivers the essential chemical materials and specialty additives to Ravago's customers. Focus on four market segments: coating & construction, performance chemicals, PU & polymers, and life science.
Manufacturing
Ravago Manufacturing’s activities (Recycling & Compounding, EPS and Construction Materials) have always been a core competence for the Group. Today, Ravago has 30 factories in North America, Asia, Europe and Turkey with a total recycling and compounding capacity of over 1,000,000 metric tons.
Resale
Resale is Ravago’s international trading business unit that uses market intelligence as a tool to respond to the fast-moving dynamics of both global and local markets. The product portfolio includes plastics, natural & synthetic rubbers and chemicals. More specifically, Ravago Resale offers generic & branded prime, off-grades and recycled plastic resins and rubber products.
Building & Construction Solutions
One of the historic cornerstones, the Ravago Building & Construction Solutions business has grown from a local Belgian activity in the sixties to a pan-European division dedicated to distributing and developing specialized construction products and systems. The portfolio includes products for thermal and sound insulation, waterproofing, dry construction, construction chemicals, geosynthetics, façade systems, ETICS, films and bags. RBCS has manufacturing sites in Belgium, Turkey, Greece and Russia producing specialized building applications and systems.
Trading
Ravago’s Global Trading is the interface between all business units of the Ravago Group and the globally traded markets. It focuses on the wholesale side of the markets, in close partnership with Ravago’s key suppliers, and offers an alternate supply to its existing manufacturing, distribution and resale channels.
References
Sources
- Raf leerde zijn volk recycleren (Dutch)
- Ravago zonder tralala (Dutch)