Ravago is a

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producing company with its headquarters located in

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. The company is active in polymer and chemical distribution, building materials, recycling and compounding of plastic and

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ic raw materials. Theodoros Roussis is the chief executive officer of the company. In the United States, Ravago has six main subsidiary companies: Amco, Channel Prime Alliance, Entec, Muehlstein, Ravago Chemicals North America (RCNA) and Ravago Manufacturing Americas. Ravago has plastic compounding facilities in the United States located in

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History

On 25 April 1961, the company was founded by

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and in 1965 he bought the premises of his former employer, a dynamite company (PRB: Poudre Reunion d'Arendonk, Belgique) in

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Operations

Today, the Ravago group represents over 6,600,000 metric tons of annual polymer sales serving more than 50,000 active customers through 325+ locations across more than 55+ countries worldwide. Ravago’s production competence consists of 45+ manufacturing facilities of which 19 recycling and compounding plants in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa with a combined annual capacity of over 775,000 metric tons; 13 production plants in Europe that are offering finished products for the building sector and 7 plants and 6 application laboratories for the Chemicals business.

External links

Ravago

Amco Polymers

Channel Prime Alliance

Entec Polymers

Ravago Chemicals North America

Ravago Manufacturing Americas

Sources

Ravago: Facts & Figures

References

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