Subsidiary of Ikea, RetourMat specializing in mattress recycling sets up in South Aveyron
Ivan Van Es (à gauche) fier d'arriver en Sud-Aveyron avec le PDG, Chico Van Hemert (à droite). Midi libre – Maxime Cohen
L'entreprise néerlandaise prévoit la création de 11 emplois à La Cavalerie, en Sud-Aveyron, au mois de septembre 2024.
For the moment, the Dutch chefs are happy to take possession of 6,000 m2… empty! The thinking heads of RetourMat actually collected the keys to their premises in the Millau-Larzac commercial area this Monday morning. In the afternoon, they invited the press for a quick tour of the owner, but above all, to present their baby. The company, established in the Netherlands, England and Belgium, specializes in mattress recycling. If this exists in France with artisanal methods, it has the particularity of automating this practice and therefore of having a greater reception capacity. < em>"From 200,000 to 800,000 mattresses", claims Chico Van Hemert, the CEO of the company, still at odds with the language of Molière but present on the Larzac to take possession of the place.
11 jobs created in September
For the moment, 11 jobs are planned and hoped for September 2024, date on which the start of the activity is scheduled. "We still need to buy machines and plan recruitment", notes Ivan Van Es, the company's France director. It will begin in particular at the TAF (Work Future Training) exhibition, organized by the Occitanie Region, which facilitates the installation of the Dutch on the Larzac. The next one is scheduled for March 27 in Millau. "We hope to go up to 40 jobs created within 3-4 years" , he announces.
Mattresses recovered from Toulouse to Marseille
So that the company continues to grow and so that it receives more and more material to recycle, it plans to recover mattresses from the South of France, "from Toulouse to Marseille", specifies the France director. " ;We came across here because we were looking for land in the South of France, we looked as far as Nîmes or Marseille but ultimately, here it was well placed."< /em>
A subsidiary of Ikea
The company recycles more than a million mattresses across Europe each year."We hope to double with our establishment in France", announces Chico Van Hemert, the CEO of the company. 200 people are employed by RetourMat, and the business manager claims 20 M€ of turnover. RetourMat is a subsidiary of the Swedish group Ikea, well known in the furnishing of French households. "Chico , the CEO has 5% of the company, presents Ivan Van Es. The rest is ;eacute;held by Ikano industry and Ingka Investments (IKEA)." With a large part of internalized research and development, the #39;company also counts on the La Calaverie site to continue to develop ever more efficient machines for recycling mattresses.
To occupy this immense empty space, the teams must also invest in new machines. "We have to adapt to each country because the mattresses are different, the seams are not the same, continues Ivan Van Es. For example, here we have a lot of mattresses in 140 and in the Pays -Bottom we have more than 90cm by 2 meters or 180cm by 2m."
75kg of CO2 saved per mattress
Once dismembered, the mattress materials are recycled. Their foam makes it possible to make protective mats for play areas and other mattresses can also be made from this waste. " ;We save 75 kg of CO2 per mattress that we recycle, explains the France director.
"The President of the Region was committed to supporting the development of a virtuous economy and this project ticks all the boxes& ;quot;, also praises Emmanuelle Gazel, present as regional advisor with the teams of the AdOcc agency, responsible for economic development in the region. With the keys in hand, the Dutch company's teams only have to find raw materials and labor to fill the void and make this industrial space a living space.
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