Ravago acquires UK recyclers Aurora Manufacturing and Venture Polymers

LONDON (ICIS)–Ravago has acquired two UK-based recyclers – Aurora Manufacturing and Venture Polymers, a company source confirmed on Thursday.

Both companies collect and mechanically recycle post-consumer waste.

Aurora Manufacturing primarily produces and distributes recycled polyolefin flakes and pellets from post-consumer waste, but is also active in other recycling markets. It is active in recycled polypropylene (R-PP), recycled high density polyethylene (R-HDPE), recycled low density polyethylene (R-LDPE), recycled nylon (R-nylon), recycled polystyrene (R-PS) and recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).

Venture Polymers produces and distributes R-PP, R-LDPE, R-HDPE, recycled medium density polyethylene (R-MDPE), R-ABS, R-PS, recycled polyvinyl chloride (R-PVC), recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET), R-nylon, recycled polycarbonate (R-PC), and R-ABS.

Ravago has not ruled out additional investment in the UK, it said in a press release.

Additional reporting by Stephanie Wix