Annual rank10
Belgium · Basic Materials
Campine
Campine recovers metals and is a producer of antimony trioxide and flame-retardant masterbatches.
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
FY2022–FY2025
current context only
Company profile
From discarded batteries to metals, chemicals and engineered plastics
Campine is a Belgian industrial group that links battery recycling, metals recovery, antimony chemistry and recycled polypropylene. Its two divisions, Circular Metals and Specialty Chemicals, share recovered materials and technical know-how across six manufacturing sites in Belgium and France. The result is an unusual chain that can move from waste batteries and complex residues to lead alloys, antimony trioxide, flame-retardant formulations and engineered rPP compounds.
Circular metals
Recover the battery, then refine each useful fraction
Campine says its circular-metals system keeps more than 10 million lead-acid batteries from landfill each year. Batteries are separated into lead, plastics and other fractions; Beerse refines lead into pure metal or customer-specified alloys, while metals recovery extracts antimony, tin and precious-metal-bearing material. The 2025 French acquisition also added lead anodes and other customised semi-finished products.
- Follow the battery loop Breaking, separating and returning lead and polypropylene to production
- See high-purity lead and alloys Refining secondary feedstock into lead products at Beerse
- Recover more metals from residues Lead, antimony, tin and precious-metal-bearing streams
- ▶ VideoWatch lead recovery and casting Language-neutral Campine plant film embedded on its English product pages
Antimony chemistry
Put fire-safety chemistry inside everyday products
Campine reports 18,000 tonnes of annual antimony trioxide capacity and says roughly 15% of its antimony supply comes from proprietary recycling, using up to 90% less energy than primary production. The chemistry appears in fire-safety systems for textiles, vehicles, construction and electrical products, as well as PET catalyst and pigments. Customers can buy powders, dust-reducing packs, dispersions or polymer masterbatches.
- Explore flame-retardant applications Textiles, vehicles, construction, electronics and artificial turf
- Use a ready-to-dose masterbatch Tailored polymer carriers, compositions and particle sizes
- See antimony in PET production Extra-pure catalyst grades for a stable polymerisation reaction
- ▶ VideoWatch antimony and plastics production Language-neutral Campine film on plant, laboratory and product handling
Recycled polypropylene
Engineer new compounds from bumpers and battery cases
Campine recycled Polymers, a French subsidiary added with selected Recylex assets in 2022, turns bumpers, battery cases, bottle caps and production scrap into engineered rPP. Feedstock is analysed, sorted, shredded, extruded at 260 degrees Celsius and compounded into more than 70 grades for automotive, construction, horticulture, packaging and industrial equipment. The operation dates to 1988 and introduced recycled polypropylene to automotive applications in 1994.
- Walk through the rPP process Collection, sorting, shredding, extrusion and compounding in Arnas
- Open the compound range Standard, impact-modified, filled, coloured and automotive grades
- Read how the French platform began Campine's purchase of selected Recylex recycling assets in 2022
Industrial footprint
Connect six plants across Belgium and France
At 31 December 2025 the group reported six manufacturing sites: Beerse in Belgium and Arnas, Escaudoeuvres, Bazoches-les-Gallerandes, Pont-Sainte-Maxence and Estrées-Saint-Denis in France. The September 2025 transaction added two battery-recycling plants and one downstream lead-products plant, with more than 70,000 tonnes of battery-shredding capacity. It excluded lithium-ion collection and sales or distribution of new lead-acid batteries. The Beerse site's industrial roots reach back to 1899.
- Read the current group map Six manufacturing sites, two divisions and the enlarged French platform
- Inspect the 2025 acquisition boundary Three industrial plants added and the activities explicitly excluded
- See the circular operating model How in-house recovery connects waste to new industrial inputs
- Trace the Beerse industrial roots From the 1899 site to lead, antimony and circular materials
Official profile sources: Metal recycling | Campine · About Campine · Campine | Sustainable waste treatment for new raw materials
Annual record
Ranking history
Future editions add rows; they do not rewrite the 2026 record.
| Edition | Measurement period | Rank | Revenue growth | Net-income growth | Stock return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | FY2022–FY2025 | 10 | +141% | +258% | +409% |