Barnartrade was founded in 1987 with the aim of marketing raw materials, recycling plastic waste and representing equipment for the plastics industry.

It was authorized to carry out the activity of recycling plastics, at its facilities in Estarreja, with a covered area of ​​6,200 m2, by licensing issued by the Ministry of Industry on 1996.01.03.

Its founders, José Barros Gonçalves, who has been involved in the plastics sector since 1966 and Narciso Augusto Lopes since 1979, started recycling in 1980 in another company, created by them for this purpose, with two other partners.

The knowledge acquired over the years about raw materials, as well as techniques for differentiating the different types of plastic waste, have been transmitted to younger employees, in order to continue the work performed.

Activity

The commercialization of raw materials is centered on general-purpose materials of LDPE, HDPE, PP and PS for extrusion, injection and blowing.

The recycling of plastics, essentially focuses on the waste of commercialized materials.

The company has special equipment to recycle HDPE tubes and blocks of large diameters and thicknesses, such as those used in sanitation networks, and is therefore collaborating with the largest producers of HDPE tubes in Portugal.

Investigation

The company has sought to investigate and find processes for the use of some waste that were previously deposited in landfills, such as: low polymer HDPE, complexes and laminates of PE/PP, PE/PA, films with high printing content, having already found a solution, with added value, for some of them.

Strategy

At the end of 2002, a new company was created: Nargonplás – Matérias Plásticas, Lda., whose capital is 100% owned by the founding partners of Barnartrade, with the aim of working exclusively with raw materials, leaving all other activities, recycling and representations, in charge of Barnartrade, SA., thus thinking that it will be able to further develop the industrial component