Company news RAVAGO
The inconspicuous giant RAVAGO was founded in 1961 when Raf Van Gorp had the opportunity to buy the premises of a dynamite company in Arendonk, Belgium. This enabled him to work out the luminous idea he had: recycling production waste from the plastics producing petrochemical companies. For caravanning professionals RAVAGO is an established and recognized partner. Aboutcamp BtoB now presents the company for experts who are not acquainted with the company and its highly advanced products Words Peter Hirtschulz
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avago Industry Solutions can be considered as an offshoot of Ravago Building Solutions, a division of the Ravago group, operating in the thermal insulation sector, both for buildings and (as in the case of Ravago Industry Solutions) in the thermal insulation for industrial solutions. Specific applications, such as in the walls of caravans, motorhomes and refrigerating vehicles. However, the division is not new to the sector and boasts
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well over 60 years of experience: following the acquisition by Ravago of the Building Solutions division of the Dow group, the company has taken on the role as the largest European producer of XPS (extruded polystyrene). Today, the Ravago Group serves more than 50,000 active customers across more than 55 countries worldwide. Nine XPS production plants in Europe are offering finished product solutions for the building and industrial sector and laboratories for our chemicals business. This all is managed by 8,000 employees worldwide. Facing these figures you should be fascinated by this “inconspicuous giant” that operates with confidentiality and at the The blue Ravatherm XPS same time with numer-
ous big players. Aboutcamp BtoB could have a look at Rheinmünster (Baden Württemberg - Germany) in one of the RAVAGO production plants, to better understand this reality and to meet the people who work behind the scenes. Three production lines guarantee product excellence in the field of thermal insulation: the first line concerns “RAVATHERM™ XPS”, an iconic blue product par excellence and already many years available in the thermal insulation market and with a proven thermal and mechanical performance. “RAVATHERM XPS” is the result of practical long-term experience and well-founded technical and technological know-how; important pre-requisite for the successful development of intelligent and innovative solutions for composite production. A broad range of products for a wide variety of applications. The second line concerns
