Grupo RAR, one of Portugal’s leading business groups, comprises a portfolio of diversified businesses in the areas of packaging, food, real estate and services. With a turnover in 2019, of 781 million euros and 4,228 employees, RAR Group is present in Portugal, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. The company is headquartered in Porto and was founded in 1962 by João Macedo Silva as RAR - Refinarias de Açúcar Reunidas, S.A.R.L., with an initial capital of 10 million escudos.[1] A piece of land was by then purchased at Rua Manuel Pinto de Azevedo in Porto for the construction of the future industrial sugar refining plant which is the origin of the company.
External links
- (in English) Official website
References
- ^ "História". www.rar.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-04-29.
RAR Group's Companies and Brands
| Food | | Vitacress | | Fully owned | - Vitacress Portugal
- Horticilha-Agro Indústria SA (Portugal)
- Vitacress Salads (UK)
- Vitacress Sales
- Van Heyningen Brothers
- Margaret Nurseries (ES)
- Lighthorne (UK)
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| Other | COLEP Portugal
(Packaging) | | Fully owned | - COLEP Polska
- COLEP Rapid-Spray (DE)
- COLEP (UK)
- COLEP E. de Nav.
- CPA (BR)
- Provider
- Totalpack
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| Services | - Acembex
- Acembex Es.
- COMP-RAR Central de Compras
- RAR (Genève)
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