European Plastics Firm Closing Recycling Subsidiary

The Deceuninck Group, based in Belgium, will close down the operations of its subsidiary Deceuninck Recycling the end of next month. A buyer, Govaerts, based in Limburg, Belgium, will purchase the machines and customer database. The group will continue its PVC recycling activity, essentially carried out at the Hooglede-Gits, Belgium, plant.

In 1989, Deceuninck took over Rhéo S.A., a company that belonged to the group comprised of Belgium’s Fabrique Nationale  and Generale Maatschappij.

This past December the company was renamed Deceuninck Recycling. The new name was more in keeping with the company’s core activity, namely the recycling of plastic residues (mainly non-PVC plastics) into posts and planks used in the manufacturing of town and park furniture.

The company opted to close its non-PVC recycling operation due to a decline in sales, as well as a steep drop in the investment in PVC programs by Belgian authorities.

Deceuninck has for a number of years specialized in the recycling of PVC residue from its own extrusion operations, in addition to purchasing recycled PVC from third parties. The recycled materials are extruded into profiles that are subsequently covered with decorative foil. This activity, mainly carried out at the Hooglede-Gits plant, will be maintained.