BOB – Bleed treatment Olen Beerse
Aurubis starts construction of recycling plant for nickel and copper in Belgium
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Thijs Raeymaekers (34), Elektromechanieker

Thijs werkt sinds 2011 op onze Contirod productieafdeling. Na enkele jaren als productieoperator ging hij aan de slag binnen de onderhoudsafdeling.

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Olen, 7 March, 2023

Aurubis starts construction of recycling plant for nickel and copper in Belgium

The new BOB (Bleed treatment Olen Beerse) facility, in which valuable metals like nickel and copper will be recovered from the electrolyte stream (the bleed), will meet the highest environments standards in Belgium and the European Union as well as create roughly 30 new jobs for the region.

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Nathalie Stappaerts (28), Team Lead General Accounting

Nathalie has been working for our Finance department since autumn 2018 and recently advanced to team lead. Discover here what fascinates her about a job at Aurubis Olen.

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Laurens Verstraelen (29), Junior Manager IT Infrastructure

Laurens will be working for our IT department for 8 years next month, first as an external consultant and then as a permanent Aurubis Olen employee. Read here why this IT colleague feels so in his element within our IT team!

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Olen/Beerse, 9 December 2022

Dirk Vandenberghe becomes Managing Director Aurubis Olen and Aurubis Beerse as of January 1, 2023

Aurubis AG’s Supervisory Board appointed Dirk Vandenberghe as the successor to Inge Hofkens as Managing Director of Aurubis Olen (Belgium).

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Theo Van Santvoort (51), Operator Contirod

Theo has been working at Aurubis Olen since 2013. After twenty years in construction, he started as a production operator in our Contirod department.

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Kevin Vranken (38), Purchaser

Kevin has been working as a Purchaser at Aurubis Olen since January 2019. He cycles 60 kilometres to and from work every day.

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Hamburg, September 14, 2022

Inge Hofkens joins the Aurubis Executive Board and strengthens the focus on the recycling business

Aurubis Supervisory Board appoints the current Managing Director of the Belgian site in Olen as the fourth Executive Board member with effect from January 1, 2023.

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Els Wils (41), Warehouse Worker

Els works for Aurubis Olen since 2012. She is part of the internal warehouse team. Find out Els' story here!

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Olen, 18 augustus 2022

19 Olense collega’s zweren de sigaret af

In het voorjaar startte Aurubis Olen met een nieuwe rookstopcampagne. Onder begeleiding van een erkende tabakologe kunnen werknemers tijdens hun werkuren rookstopsessies volgen. Het is de tweede keer dat het Olense multimetaalbedrijf dat organiseert.

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Paul Verwimp (64), Teamleader Contirod

Paul, team leader at Contirod, has worked at our company for no less than 45 years. He will soon be retiring, but first Paul proudly takes a look back at his career in production with us.

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Olen/Hamburg, July 28, 2022

Aurubis signs renewable power deal with green energy producer Eneco and lives up to industry leadership in sustainability

As of January 2023, more than 90 % of the externally generated power for Aurubis Olen will come from renewable energy sources.

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Sarah Bakelants (31), Payroll Coördinator

Sarah works as Payroll Coordinator at Aurubis Olen. Discover here what appeals to her about an HR career at Aurubis!

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Daan Goossens (19), Electromechanic

Say Hi to Daan, the youngest electromechanic in our team! He started working for Aurubis Olen in 2020 after his graduation.

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Olen, 28 april 2022

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton visits Aurubis Olen

Mr. Thierry Breton, EU commissioner for Internal Trade, was welcomed at our plant in Olen by Heiko Arnold (COO Aurubis Group) and Inge Hofkens (Managing Director Aurubis Olen) on Thursday April, 21.

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Michiel Coolkens (23), Technical Operator

Find out here why operator Michiel feels so at home in his team at Aurubis Olen. He says he learns new things every day and likes the clear work planning.

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