Hainaut Plast Industry

What Hainaut Plast Industry does

Hainaut Plast Industry (HPIsas) is a French industrial recycler founded in 2013 in Cambrai, France, that produces and markets recycled polyvinyl butyral (PVB) derived from post-consumer laminated glass, principally automotive windscreens and architectural windows. The company operates a single patented production line at its Cambrai facility (72 Rue de Saint-Olle), with an administrative authorization to recycle up to 20,000 tonnes of PVB per year and a stated production capacity of 15,000 tonnes. Its technology is positioned as a novel, patented recycling process that yields regular and reproducible material characteristics suitable for industrial use.

The company sells recycled PVB as a secondary raw material in pure, additived, or compounded pellet form under five product grades (B0, BC30, BB, BPP5, BPP20) targeting elastomer applications, polypropylene impact modification, PVC compounds, binding agents for textiles and other materials, hot melt adhesives, and coatings. Customer segments include industrial plastics manufacturers and industrial users of PVB seeking sustainable, economical alternatives to virgin plastics, with laminated glass producers serving as a feedstock source rather than a customer. The business model is direct B2B contract sales with guaranteed minimum annual volumes for contract customers and competitive, stable pricing.

Hainaut Plast Industry is a privately held SAS with €1,000,000 in share capital, has raised approximately $1.48M across two disclosed funding rounds (2015 and 2019), and is led by founder David Pate as President, CEO, and Chairman. Geographic scope covers France and Belgium, with logistics positioning that enables broader European distribution via motorway, river port, and seaport access. The company has no disclosed subsidiaries, M&A activity, partnerships, or recent leadership changes.

Name

Hainaut Plast Industry

Legal name

HAINAUT – PLAST – INDUSTRY sas

Website

https://hainautplast.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hainaut Plast Industry is a French industrial recycler founded in 2013 that produces recycled polyvinyl butyral (PVB) pellets from post-consumer laminated glass at its Cambrai plant, selling contract-based secondary raw material grades to industrial plastics manufacturers across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycled Plastic Raw Materials

NAICS

Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Compounding & Additives for Recycled Plastics (Compatibilizers, Stabilizers, Color) (EUAIAKAJ)

Keywords

• Recycled plastic pellets
• Polyvinyl butyral recycling
• Secondary raw materials
• Thermoplastic elastomer compounds
• Industrial plastic manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambrai

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Secondary Raw Material Sales: Direct B2B sales of recycled post-consumer PVB as secondary raw material to industrial users. The company produces pure, additived, or compounded PVB pellets. Revenue generated through contract-based sales with guaranteed volumes for customers under contract.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Hainaut Plast Industry produces and markets recycled polyvinyl butyral (PVB) in pure, additived, or compounded pellet form, derived from post-consumer laminated glass (automotive windscreens and architectural windows). The company operates a single patented production line at its Cambrai plant with a recycling authorization of 20,000 tonnes per year and a production capacity of 15,000 tonnes per year, selling its output as secondary raw material to industrial plastics manufacturers for use in elastomers, impact modifiers, compounds, binding agents, hot melt adhesives, and coatings.

Product overview

Hainaut Plast Industry is a producer of recycled polyvinyl butyral (PVB) post-consumer materials, operating as a secondary raw material manufacturer since 2013. The company offers a product portfolio of five distinct PVB recycled compound grades: B0 (pure post-consumer PVB), BC30 (calcium carbonate compound), BB (baryte compound), BPP5 (polypropylene-compatible PVB), and BPP20 (polypropylene compound). These materials serve as ecological and economical alternatives to virgin plastics for industrial users, with applications including elastomers, impact modifiers, PVC compounds, binding agents, hot melt adhesives, and coatings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• B0 - PVB Post Consumer

Quantifiable outcome

• Recycling capacity of 20,000 tonnes per year
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Eastman Chemical Company: Global specialty chemicals major and incumbent PVB interlayer producer (via former Solutia/Saflex business) with circular-economy initiatives for vehicle glazing. Highly comparable as both a PVB industry incumbent and as a potential competitor or partner for Hainaut's recycled PVB output.
• Kuraray Co., Ltd. Producer of Trosifol PVB interlayer films for automotive and architectural laminated glass. As the world's leading PVB film maker with sustainability programs, Kuraray is both a potential customer for Hainaut's recyclate and a comparable incumbent in the PVB value chain.
• Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. Manufacturer of SentryGlas and PVB interlayers for safety glass. Comparable as a downstream PVB buyer that could source recycled content from Hainaut and as an incumbent with circular-economy targets overlapping Hainaut's proposition.
• INEOS Group: Large petrochemicals group with compounding and post-consumer recyclate (PCR) operations across PVC and other polymers. Comparable operating model at much larger scale, and a potential partner/competitor for industrial compounding of recycled resins.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services and waste-recycling major with plastic-recycling streams in Europe. Comparable as a broader recycling operator that could vertically integrate into specialty polymer recovery like PVB, and a logical acquirer or partner.
• Suez SA: European water and waste-management major with plastics-recycling operations in France. Comparable as a large incumbent recycler geographically overlapping Hainaut's Cambrai/France footprint and a potential acquirer or feedstock partner.

Emerging players

• MBA Polymers: Specialty recycler recovering engineering plastics (ABS, PC, PP, PA) from end-of-life vehicles and WEEE. Highly comparable emerging-stage recycler focused on hard-to-recover polymers, illustrating the same niche-recycling thesis as Hainaut's PVB line.
• Agilyx AS: Chemical/advanced-recycling player converting mixed plastic waste to feedstock. Comparable as an emerging specialized recycler that competes for talent, capital, and partnerships in the plastic-to-feedstock space relevant to Hainaut.
• Carbios: French biotech/advanced-recycling company developing enzymatic depolymerization of PET and other polymers. Comparable as a French-headquartered emerging recycling innovator with European industrial backing and a contrasting but adjacent technology pathway.
• Plastic Energy: Chemical-recycling company converting end-of-life plastics into feedstock. Comparable as a specialized European polymer-recycling venture competing for mandates, offtake agreements, and licensing slots in the same broader market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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