What Ramo does

Ramo (legal entity Groupe Ramo inc.) is a Quebec-based environmental consulting and phytotechnology company founded in 2006 that commercializes willow-based solutions for wastewater management, soil restoration, noise and dust control, and carbon sequestration. The company operates over 1,000 hectares of willow plantations across Canada and the United States — making it North America's largest willow producer — and cultivates 70+ native and hybrid varieties in its own nursery operations. Its core proprietary technologies are Evaplant™, a zero-liquid-discharge system that uses precisely irrigated shrub willow plantations to reduce wastewater volumes and manage PFAS contaminants, and Evacap, an evapotranspiring cover that passively reduces runoff water at industrial sites. The company also holds exclusive North American licenses for two European noise barrier systems — Danish Pilebyg and German Fahlenkamp HF1 — and markets a portfolio of woven willow fences, willow hedges, RCW mulch, revegetation substrates, and turnkey degraded-site restoration services.

Ramo serves four primary customer segments: landfill operators (leachate and runoff management), mining companies (effluent treatment, site restoration, PFAS management, and TSM compliance), municipalities (green infrastructure, noise barriers, green-waste valorization), and a secondary base of organic residuals generators and real estate developers. Revenue is generated through four streams: turnkey environmental project services billed as professional services contracts, willow product sales (cuttings, stems, bundles, potted plants, mulch), manufactured noise barrier and fence product sales through a distributor network spanning Quebec, Western Canada, Ontario, and the United States, and licensing royalties on the European noise barrier technologies. Go-to-market is dual-track: direct enterprise field sales for large infrastructure projects with municipalities, mining firms, and landfill operators, complemented by a channel of regional installer-distributors for consumer-facing products. The company has three regional business hubs in Quebec, Alberta, and New York State following its November 2023 acquisition of Bionera Resources, and is led by founder-CEO Francis Allard, General Manager Benjamin Walczak (appointed October 2025), and Western Division CEO John Lavery.

Name

Ramo

Legal name

Groupe Ramo inc.

Website

https://ramo.eco

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ramo is a Quebec-based environmental phytotechnology company that uses proprietary willow-based systems — including Evaplant™ for wastewater reduction and Evacap for runoff control — to serve landfill operators, mining firms, municipalities, and agricultural clients across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Remediation Services

NAICS

Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (221310)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Reclamation & Reuse Production (Tertiary/Advanced Treatment) (EUANADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Watershed Protection & Water Quality Services (AFAMAMAB), Riparian & Watershed Reforestation (Streambank Stabilization) (AFAMACAK), Disaster Risk Reduction Services (Flood Mitigation, Erosion Control, Landslide Stabilization) (AFAMAMAJ)

Keywords

• Phytoremediation services
• Wastewater management solutions
• Noise barrier manufacturing
• Soil restoration services
• Willow cultivation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint-roch-de-mékinac

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Environmental Project Services: Turnkey environmental projects including engineering, installation, and ongoing monitoring for wastewater management, soil restoration, and green barrier installations. Revenue generated through project contracts with municipalities, mining companies, and landfill operators.
2. Willow Products Sales: Sale of willow products including cuttings, stems, bundles, potted plants, and RCW mulch. Bulk orders available for commercial, municipal, and industrial needs with shipping across the US and Canada.
3. Noise Barrier and Fence Products: Sale of manufactured noise barriers (Pilebyg and HF1) and woven willow fences through distributor network. Prefabricated panels sold to installers and distributors.
4. Technology Licensing: Manufacturing of licensed noise barrier technologies (Pilebyg and Fahlenkamp) under exclusive North American licensing agreements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Ramo delivers willow-based environmental phytotechnology solutions for wastewater volume reduction, industrial runoff control, soil restoration at degraded and mining sites, and ecological noise/dust barriers. The company operates North America's largest willow plantation network (>1,000 hectares, 70+ varieties) to provide turnkey environmental projects under proprietary brands (Evaplant™, Evacap) alongside licensed Pilebyg and HF1 noise barriers and consumer-facing products such as woven willow fences and ramial chipped wood mulch.

Product overview

Ramo offers a portfolio of willow-based environmental solutions centered on phytotechnology products and services. The core offerings include Evaplant™ (wastewater volume reduction through willow irrigation) and Evacap (evapotranspiring covers for runoff reduction), complemented by Green Screens product line comprising Pilebyg and HF1 noise barriers and Woven Willow fences. The company provides willow supply (cuttings, stems, plants), soil restoration substrates, and degraded site revegetation services. A circular economy model converts harvested willows into RCW Mulch for landscaping. Services span landfill, mining, municipal, and industrial sectors across North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Evaplant™: Zero-liquid-discharge wastewater volume reduction technology using fast-growing shrub willows precisely irrigated with wastewater.
• Evacap
• RCW Mulch (Ramial Chipped Wood)

Products and services

• Evaplant™ Zero-liquid-discharge wastewater reduction technology based on fast-growing shrub willow plantations precisely irrigated with wastewater. Combines soil microorganisms and willows to reduce effluent volume and manage PFAS contaminants for landfill, mining, and municipal clients.
• Evacap Evapotranspiration cover system that uses willow trees to passively reduce industrial site runoff water through natural absorption and evaporation, deployed on landfill, mining, and industrial sites.
• Pilebyg Noise Barrier Danish-designed noise barrier with woven willow cladding and rock wool acoustic core, providing sound absorption on both sides. Ramo is the only authorized North American manufacturer under exclusive licensing.
• HF1 Noise Barrier German-designed wooden noise barrier using larch and rock wool with patented technology that minimizes contact areas. Absorbent on one side, reflective on the other, designed for exceptional durability.
• Woven Willow Fence Ecological privacy fence made from dried willow stems woven into panels, providing a maintenance-free aesthetic and ecological solution for residential backyards, terraces, and pools. Locally manufactured in Quebec.
• Willow Hedge Natural vegetative barrier for industrial, municipal, or agricultural sites that grows up to 25 feet tall in four years without maintenance, serving as a visual barrier, windbreak, dust barrier, and waste retention barrier.
• RCW Mulch (Ramial Chipped Wood) Natural soil amendment produced from 100% willow wood chips harvested every three years from Ramo's willow plantations. Sold bagged and bulk via the paillisramo.com e-commerce site and distributors for landscaping and soil improvement.
• Willow Supply North America's largest willow supply offering cuttings (from 8 inches), stems (0 to 13 feet), bundles of twigs, and 1-gallon potted willow plants across 70+ varieties for bank stabilization, erosion control, reforestation, windbreaks, and riparian buffers.
• Mining Soil Restoration Substrate Willow-based organic-rich revegetation substrate designed to restore mining sites, landfills, depleted agricultural lands, and sand pits by improving soil structure, enhancing water retention, and stimulating microbial life.
• Degraded Site Revegetation Turnkey ecological restoration service using willows to revegetate degraded sites including mine sites, sand/gravel pits, and degraded lands, covering ecological design through on-site planting across North America.
• Organic Residuals Management Recycling service for organic residual materials (fertilizing residuals, industrial sludge) spread on willow plantations, providing an economical and ecological alternative that optimizes willow growth and carbon sequestration.
• Green Waste Management Municipal green waste valorization service that recycles green waste by spreading it over willow plantations, reducing treatment costs while boosting carbon sequestration, with willows harvested every three years to produce RCW mulch.

Quantifiable outcome

• Willows reach up to 8 metres in just three years and begin carbon capture from the first day of growth
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bionera ResourcesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2023Acquisition of Bionera Resources by Ramo, bringing Western CEO John Lavery to the company to expand operations in Western Canada.
• Pilebyg (Denmark)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2006Exclusive North American licensing agreement for Danish Pilebyg noise barrier technology. Ramo is the only authorized manufacturer in Canada. The technology features woven willow cladding with rock wool acoustic core, absorbent on both sides.
• Heinrich Fahlenkamp GmbH & Co (Germany)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 1 January 2006Exclusive North American licensing agreement for German Fahlenkamp HF1 noise barrier technology. The product uses larch and rock wool with patented technology for exceptional durability and acoustic performance.
• Saules QuebecminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner website for selling willow cuttings directly to private individuals.
• VegprominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on willow windbreak hedge project for agricultural site management.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Canadian engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with significant water, wastewater, mining, and remediation practices. Comparable in targeting the same municipal, mining, and landfill customers that Ramo serves, although via engineering services rather than willow-based technologies.
• WSP Global: Major Canadian-headquartered engineering and environmental consultancy offering site assessment, remediation, and water management services. Comparable in serving mining and municipal environmental projects, though via consulting rather than proprietary phytotechnology.
• Xylem Inc. Global water technology company providing pumps, treatment systems, and smart water solutions to utilities, mining, and industry. Overlaps with Ramo on the wastewater and leachate treatment customer base, competing as a conventional equipment-led incumbent.
• Tervita Corporation: Canadian environmental services and waste management firm serving oil & gas, mining, and industrial customers with waste handling, remediation, and water management. Comparable to Ramo's industrial waste, leachate, and mining water services customer segments in the Canadian market.
• GFL Environmental Services: Canadian environmental services company providing solid waste, liquid waste, and soil remediation to municipal, industrial, and mining customers. Comparable customer base to Ramo's landfill, mining, and municipal segments and the most natural Canadian incumbent competitor.
• Veolia Environnement: Global water, wastewater, and environmental services giant serving municipalities and industry across North America. Overlaps with Ramo's landfill leachate, mining water, and municipal customer segments at much larger scale, often as the conventional incumbent competing against Ramo's phytoremediation.

Emerging players

• Land Life Company: Dutch nature-based restoration company using the Cocoon planting technology to restore degraded land and drylands, including mining and infrastructure sites. Comparable to Ramo's degraded-site revegetation and nursery-driven restoration model, but with a different planting technology.
• Biohabitats: US ecological restoration firm delivering watershed, wetland, and riverine restoration services for mining, infrastructure, and municipal clients. Comparable to Ramo's site revegetation and degraded-land restoration services for similar environmental consulting buyers.
• Organica Water: Hungarian-headquartered biological wastewater treatment company using plant-rooted Fixed Activated Sludge Technology (FAS) for municipal and industrial plants. Closely comparable to Ramo's nature-based Evaplant approach, with overlapping value proposition for green wastewater treatment.

Direct peers

• Phytorestore: French/European company pioneering willow-based phytoremediation and constructed wetlands for wastewater and polluted water treatment. Closest direct comparable to Ramo's Evaplant and Evacap technologies in terms of method, target contaminants, and nature-based value proposition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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