Rikardo-Civerts Polysynthetics
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Native name | Rikardo-Civerts Polysintetika |
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Formerly | Rikardo-Civerts Company |
| State-private hybrid | |
| Industry | Agricultural chemistry, plastics/sealants |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Founders | Rikardo Alavanez and Edgar Civerts |
| Headquarters | Palco, Rakeo |
| Products | Pesticides Synthetic rubbers Plastics |
| Brands | Acowcuko-brand Sealants |
Production output | 1.8m kg Pesticides 60,000 kg Sealants 20,000 kg Ass. Plastics (2015[1]) |
| Revenue | ~6-12 billion QSC annual |
Number of employees | ~50,000 (2015[2]) |
| Parent | Directory of Industrial Matters |
| Footnotes / references Available data is self-reported | |
Rikardo-Civerts Polysintetika (Jackian: Rikardo-Civerts Polysynthetics), also referred to as RCP, is a Rakeoian national chemical corporation headquartered in Palco, and is a subsidiary of the state-owned Directory of Industrial Matters. The company is the largest chemical producer in the country.
RCP manufactures agricultural pesticides, plastics, and other chemicals. It employs about 50,000 people.
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Main products
Pesticides
Rikardo-Civerts Polysynthetics is Rakeo's largest domestic producer of pesticides, with much of its production located in its plants in the Palco heavy industrial municipal zone; It produces 90% of all pesticides used in the country. It is believed that it produces the compound atrazine for internal use in Rakeo's agricultural sector, but controversy over its use due to health impacts has led to the removal of information regarding precisely what pesticides are produced by the company.[3][4]
Plastics
While plastics were originally the main product of RCP, their share of production has steadily fallen since the 1950s in favor of more specialized materials. Most of Rakeo's plastics are now imported rather than produced domestically, although some domestic production is undertaken by Olino Kemia.
Sealants
The source of the Polysynthetics moniker, RCP produces significant quantities of polysulfide based sealants for use in aviation and the oil industry. Polysulfide's ability to act as a sealant in conditions where other plastics would be dissolved (due to presence of solvents) became of interest during the 1930s, and a production line was eventually perfected in the 1950s. Today, sealants are the second largest product line of the company, finally surpassing plastics in the 1970s.
Most sealant production is exported, most likely for use in the Creeperian aviation industry.
History
Early history
In 1920, the chemist Rikardo Alavanez (1880–1952) founded a laboratory to study plastics. While it would not succeed in its goals of producing cheap artificial plastics, it collected expertise from across the country. When news of artificial plastics arrived in Rakeo, the lab set to work in discovering a polymer to patent. After three years of research, the laboratory partnered with entrepreneur Edgar Civerts to form the Rikardo-Civerts Company. They would produce cellulose (readily obtainable due to a large logging sector) treated with resins and other products for commercial use.
The company faced a financial reckoning in 1934, after it attempted to go into the field of artificial textiles. Owners of companies producing hemp and linen lobbied for its ban fearing loss of profit, but it was consumer resistance to the product that nearly drove the company to bankruptcy.
Expansion
When disaster struck Paragon in 1935, the company's profits exploded, as fire-proof boric-acid treated cellulose insulation briefly became the most popular chemical good in Rakeo. Debts incurred the year before were paid back, and soon the company expanded to three separate chemical plants. Research into polysulfides became a priority for the company as the Rakeoian government issued special contracts to industry for products that could help the war aid efforts. When in 1952, a polysulfide compound known as Acowcuko (deriving from the Rakeoian word for glue and sulfur) was discovered, the company renamed itself Rikardo-Civerts Polysynthetics, a name that has persisted to present day.
Postwar role
When the isolationist policies of Mateo Jozefo and later Richard Cornell took effect, the economy contracted, and many industries were harmed. The chemical industry was not immune to the chronic power outages and general infrastructural decline, but RCP found itself in the privileged position as the sole domestic producer of pesticides. It expanded production to meet demand, but stagnated under the generally weak economy until the re-opening of Rakeo in 1974. Having been gifted several other firms' assets in the 60s, it was primed for expansion when the economic hit its stride in the 1980s.
Criticism
Palco cover-up
Rikardo-Civerts Polysynthetics was found responsible for the Palco incident, which remains the most ecologically damaging industrial accident in Rakeoian history. Dozens were sickened, and frogs/amphibian populations saw an increase of mortality and mutations. While five individuals involved in covering up the release of pesticide into a local watershed were arrested- With two allegedly being executed, the company's board survived the incident.
Chemical warfare
Experimental tear gas manufactured by Rikardo-Civerts Polysynthetics was used against the 2005 protests, which some defectors claim later led to bloody coughing fits. The company has also allegedly tested chemical agents against members of the public, leading to several unreported deaths.[5][additional citation(s) needed]
References
Citations
- ↑ D. 2015, pp. 30–33.
- ↑ D. 2015, pp. 33–36.
- ↑ "Health hazard to humans thought possible with Atrazine exposure". 9 April 2002.
- ↑ "Host Fanea K. discusses Frog sexuality in Rakeo (chemical linkage confirmed?!)". 3 December 2005.
- ↑ "Palco 1977 – The truth REVEALED W/ HOST FANEA K." 7 February 2004.
Bibliography
- D., Sicily (4 March 2015). "Survey of chemical industry". Governmental Review of Production. Directory of Industrial Matters (12).
