Departing EuRIC frontman Katrakis joins Galloo

Emmanuel Katrakis, currently secretary general of EuRIC will be joining the Belgian/French recycling firm Galloo in May.

The news comes four weeks after Katrakis announced he was stepping down from the European recycling industry’s umbrella organisation he has served for ten years. He leaves at the end of March.

‘His regulatory knowledge should enable us to remain at the forefront of the political and legislative issues that impact our ongoing development,’ Galloo comments.

Regulatory challenges

The company’s market development and environmental affairs officer Olivier François, who is also EuRIC president, says the recycling industry at large will benefit from retaining Katrakis within the sector. ‘This talent is crucial as we navigate the regulatory challenges ahead.’

According to Galloo’s ceo Rik Debaere, Katrakis’ experience and knowledge align with ‘our proactive and innovative vision for both Galloo and the industry’.

‘A more corporate role’

Of the move, Katrakis says: ‘Galloo is not only among the leading companies in the field of metals and technical plastics recycling, it is also a highly structured and innovative company which keeps investing into state-of-the-art processes to maximise material recovery.

‘The industrial vision of this family owned and future-oriented company perfectly matches my ambition to continue serving the recycling industry with a more corporate and thus business-oriented role.’

Handling one million tonnes of scrap

With a turnover of EUR 700 million, Galloo is among the biggest ferrous and non-ferrous recyclers in Europe. Thanks to an extensive network of branches in northern France (28), Belgium (15) and the Netherlands (2), more than one million tonnes of material are processed every year.