DOMO Investment Group is a
Belgian holding group. The holding consist of 3 parts,
DOVESCO,
DOMO Chemicals &
Alinso Group. The company's head office is located in
Zwijnaarde near
Ghent
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. In 2006 the company had a turnover of 993 million
euro
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and employed 2007 people; in 2022 this had increased to a 2.47 billion euro. Since 1994, DOMO operates
caprolactam
Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the chemical formula, formula (CH2)5C(O)NH. This colourless solid is a lactam (a cyclic amide) of caproic acid. Global demand for this compound is approximately five million tons per year, and the vast ...
and
polyamide
A polyamide is a polymer with repeating units linked by amide bonds.
Polyamides occur both naturally and artificially. Examples of naturally occurring polyamides are proteins, such as wool and silk. Artificially made polyamides can be made throug ...
granulate and fibre plants in
Leuna
Leuna () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, south of Merseburg and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle, on the river Saale.
The town is known for the ''Leuna works, Leunawerke'', at 13 km2 one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes i ...
,
Germany
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.
History
The company was founded in 1992 from the
carpet
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manufacturing companies
Eurantex, DOMO and Fabelta. DOMO itself was founded in 1991 as one of companies which were created out of
Beaulieu.
References
DOMO Investment Group(Dutch)
Domo opgesplitst in drie bedrijven
External links
DOMODOMO Chemicals
Textile companies of Belgium
Carpet manufacturing companies
Companies based in East Flanders
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