Private company

Tessenderlo Group

Logo: tessenderlo.com⁵

Chemicals manufacturer (e. 1919)

Tessenderlo Group is a multinational industrial group that was founded in Tessenderlo, Belgium, in 1919 as Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo. The group's areas of business include the production, trading and marketing of crop nutrients and crop protection products, animal by-product processing, and industrial services. Tessenderlo Group is traded on the Euronext Brussels stock exchange.³ It was founded by Émile Raynaud and François Raynaud.¹ Its chief executive is Luc Tack.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1892Founded¹

Industrychemical industry¹
HeadquartersTessenderlo¹
Websitewww.tessenderlo.com
Legal formPublic limited company (Belgium)¹
LEI549300ZKLIF7RP6EH823⁴
StatusActive⁴
LEI statusIssued and current⁴
Registered addressTroonstraat 130, 1050 Elsene, Belgium⁴
Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0412.101.728⁴

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Corporate structure

Tessenderlo Group sits at the top of its group. 12 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Tessenderlo Group Elsene, Belgium
- Picanol Ypres, Belgium
  - PICANOL GROUP Subsidiary · Ypres, Belgium
  - PROFERRO Subsidiary · Ypres, Belgium
  - PSICONTROL Subsidiary · Ypres, Belgium
  - VERBRUGGE Subsidiary · Ypres, Belgium
- FMC Corporation Stake · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- P B GELATINS U.K. LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · Pontypridd, United Kingdom
- AKIOLIS IBERIA S.L. Subsidiary · Ribera d'Ondara, Spain
- DYKA PLASTICS Subsidiary · Overpelt, Belgium
- PB Gelatins GmbH Subsidiary · Nienburg, Germany
- TESSENDERLO CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL Subsidiary · Ixelles, Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); stakes of 5% or more it reported on Schedules 13D and 13G (1 companies). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by François Raynaud and Émile Raynaud in 1892.¹

On Wednesday, 29 April 1942, an enormous explosion of ammonium nitrate destroyed the entire Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo factory and much of the surrounding town of Tessenderlo. In the incident, 189 people died and more than 900 were injured. The factory was later rebuilt in the same place, a very controversial decision.

In 2015, Tessenderlo merged with Picanol.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tessenderlo Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁶

Leadership

Who has led Tessenderlo Group, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderÉmile Raynaud¹
FounderFrançois Raynaud¹
Chief executive officerLuc Tack¹

Acquisitions

Succeeded Picanol¹

Timeline

1892Founded Founded¹

Stakes it holds

Tessenderlo Group has told the SEC it owns more than 5% of 1 company, latest first (Schedules 13D and 13G).

FMC CorporationSCHEDULE 13D Sep 25, 2026⁷

SEC filer profile

How Tessenderlo Group is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

Name on EDGARTessenderlo Group NV²
CIK0002150441
Employer ID (EIN)98-1073954²
Incorporated inBelgium²
Fiscal year endsDecember 31²
Business addressTroonstraat 130, Rue Du Trone, Brussels, 1050, Belgium²
Phone32 2 639 18 11²
On EDGAR sinceSep 25, 2026²
Filings2 in all: 3 (1), SCHEDULE 13D (1)²

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataTessenderlo Group on Wikidata
2
SEC EDGARTessenderlo Group filings on SEC EDGAR
3
WikipediaTessenderlo Group on Wikipedia
4
GLEIFTessenderlo Group LEI record (549300ZKLIF7RP6EH823)
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Company websiteTessenderlo Group logo
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WikipediaTessenderlo Group on Wikipedia (revision used)
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SEC EDGARTessenderlo Group SCHEDULE 13D on FMC Corporation