{"id":16,"date":"2025-06-04T18:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=16---9c3c41a9-6a72-4583-8889-b534842a2a20"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:20:04","slug":"van-gorp-raf-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/famille-van-gorp-raf\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gorp family: Heritage and Traditions in Belgium since 1958"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Van Gorp Fortune Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ravago Plastics' success is rooted in the entrepreneurial vision of <strong>Raf Van Gorp<\/strong>Van Gorp, a Belgian by birth, started out as a building contractor in Arendonk. Van Gorp's evolution was significant during the<a href=\"\/en\/famille-boel\/\">mass industrialization<\/a> in the 1960s and 1970s, a period during which he capitalized on the industrial boom in Kempen, a region that had become home to many multinational chemical companies. The family business taken over by Van Gorp soon distinguished itself by specializing in the recycling of plastic waste from industrial production.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image16_8cbd86-d7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image16_8cbd86-d7 kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-land32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/recyclage-des-dechets-plastiques.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Van Gorp - Ravago Plastics\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/recyclage-des-dechets-plastiques.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/recyclage-des-dechets-plastiques-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/recyclage-des-dechets-plastiques-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/recyclage-des-dechets-plastiques-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Capital: \u20ac 3 178 041 000<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Evolution<\/strong>: Positive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ranking<\/strong>: 7th in wealth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: Arendonk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This strategic conversion propelled Ravago Plastics into a major global player in plastic recycling, the manufacture of plastic objects and the distribution of plastic granules. The company has undergone impressive global expansion, marked by the acquisition of Muehlstein in 2006, a former subsidiary of the Ashland Oil group and the world's fifth-largest plastics producer.<a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-janssen-solvay\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17\"> distribution of chemical products.<\/a> With this transaction, Ravago strengthened its position and expanded its international network with :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Presence<\/strong>80 countries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Employees<\/strong>: 4000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Installations<\/strong>26 plants, including 22 in Europe and 4 in the United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image16_f28b84-47 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image16_f28b84-47 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/fabrication-dobjets-en-plastique-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Raf Van Gorp - Ravago \" class=\"kb-img wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/fabrication-dobjets-en-plastique-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/fabrication-dobjets-en-plastique-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/fabrication-dobjets-en-plastique-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/01\/fabrication-dobjets-en-plastique.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Raf Van Gorp's death in 1993, Theo Roussis, an entrepreneur of Greek descent and husband of Gunhilde Van Gorp, took over the management of the group. Under his stewardship, Ravago maintained its upward trajectory. In 2011, it formed a joint venture with Dutch wholesaler Barentz Europe. This partnership, extended to include Campi y Jov\u00e9, raised combined sales to<strong> more than 400 million euros,<\/strong> ranking the company fifth in Europe's <a href=\"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/famille-maas-manuchar\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"612\">chemical trading.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, Ravago acquired six European Styrofoam plants from DowDuPont, an American multinational, marking its entry into the production of recognized insulation materials.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the rise of Ravago Plastics, the Belgian company which, under the impetus of Raf Van Gorp, took advantage of the industrial era to become a world leader in plastics recycling and distribution, with a presence in 80 countries and assets valued at over 3 billion 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