Regupol BSW

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The Regupol BSW GmbH (proper spelling Regupol BSW GmbH) is a medium-sized, family-owned industrial company headquartered in Bad Berleburg in North Rhine-Westphalia . The company was founded in 1954 as BSW Berleburger Schaumstoffwerk GmbH and renamed in August 2019 after the company's main product.

development

The company focuses on the processing of recycled and recycled, high quality plastics. Sports floors, fall protection floors, anti-slip mats for securing loads, products for impact sound insulation and vibration isolation as well as protective layers for flat roofs and solar and photovoltaic systems are offered. BWS already employs around 500 people worldwide and generates annual sales of over 100 million euros. In 2020 Regupol will have more than 700 employees worldwide. Subsidiaries are: Regupol America LLC, Regupol Australia Pty. Ltd., Regupol Acoustics Middle East FZE, Regupol Schweiz AG, Regupol Zebra Athletics LLC and BSW Shanghai CO. LTD. In 2018, the group achieved total sales of € 120 million and recycled around 90 thousand tons of elastomers.

history

In 1954, the year it was founded, the company developed a wide range of composite foam products and the first office and administration building was erected in Bad Berleburg. In 1968 the material Regupol was developed, an elastic, versatile, heavy-duty material. Further products and product variants were developed from this material. In 2000 the first subsidiary was founded in Australia. In the following years, further subsidiaries and locations were added. Regupol was one of the first German companies to establish economic ties with today's Russia. In 1989 the first joint venture for production in the USA began. In 2002 the material REGUFOAM was developed. The company signed an advertising contract with Usain Bolt , who ran the 100 m with a world record time of 9.58 seconds on a Regupol tartan track at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin's Olympic Stadium . In addition to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the industrial company from Bad Berleburg also relocated its products to the Olympiastadion Berlin , the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, the National Stadium in Jamaica and the Shijingshan Cultural Center in China. Due to a brand relaunch , the company name "BSW Berleburger Schaumstoffwerk GmbH" was changed to the current company name "Regupol BSW GmbH".

Sports cities with Regupol railways (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rebranding of foam family business stadionwelt-business.de
  2. ↑ The new company name REGUPOL BSW GmbH regupol.com
  3. ↑ Hidden Champions and Urban Development, page 34; Federal Institute for Building, Urban and Spatial Research
  4. ↑ Main customer in the construction and sports industry wp.de
  5. ↑ BSW Berleburger Schaumstoffwerke GmbH raumeinrichtung.de
  6. ↑ a b c Blue track for athletes stadionwelt.de
  7. ↑ Sprinter legend Usain Bolt loves Regupol tartan tracks wp.de
  8. ↑ University gets blue and yellow plastic running track
  9. ↑ [1]