tomra systems asa type allmennaksjeselskap traded as ose tom industry recycling founded 1972 1 headquarters asker norway key people hans stefan ranstrand president and ceo jan svensson chairman products reverse vending machines compactors and sensor based sorting equipment revenue nok 6.143 billion 2015 2 total assets nok 7.317 billion end 2015 2 total equity nok 3.945 billion end 2015 2 number of employees 2 622 end 2015 2 subsidiaries tomra connect website tomra.com tomra systems asa is a norwegian multinational corporation active in the field of instrumentation for recycling solutions . the company is the largest 3 reverse vending machine rvm producer globally and leading sensor based machines for sorting and recycling . 4 in addition to rvms tomra manufactures compactors material recovery and sorting machinery . 5 with over 70 000 rvms installed worldwide tomra is the leading provider in the industry . 6 tomra is listed on the oslo stock exchange osebx under the ticker symbol tom . 7 the parent company tomra systems asa is headquartered in asker norway with central departments located in m lheim k rlich germany and shelton connecticut . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit a tomra rvm reverse vending machine in a german supermarket 1970s tomra was founded by the two brothers tore and petter planke in 1972 . it started out with the design manufacturing and sale of reverse vending machines rvms for automated collection of used beverage containers . 1 through 70s a breakthrough for tomra was in 1974 where the swedish entity systembolaget ordered 100 rvms . 8 1980s 2000s tomra was listed in oslo b rs and tried to secure a position in the american market to no avail . 8 it was then successfully attempted to enter the market in 1990s . by 1999 sales in the us accounted for more than half of total revenues . in 2006 tomra delivered more than 8000 new reverse vending systems to germany . 8 tomra s sensor based sorting technology business was first established in 2004 with the acquisition of titech a leading provider of optical recognition and sorting technology . with the acquisition of orwak in 2005 tomra established itself as a producer of compaction and baling solutions with an installed base of more than 67 000 balers . 9 2010 2016 via several acquisitions tomra had grown into a global company since the 2000s and secured 75 % global market share in rvms and 60 % material recovery from collection solutions and 40 % 65 % in sorting solutions . 6 the images shows a tomra t 820 bc bottle and crate machine . see also edit list of norwegian companies container deposit legislation infinitum as reverse vending machine references edit a b c history tomra . www.tomra.com . tomra systems asa . retrieved 9 august 2016 . a b c d tomra annual report 2015 . tomra systems asa . retrieved 2016 07 27 . sumitomo corporation establishes joint company with world s largest reverse vending machine rvm maker tomra sumitomo corporation . sumitomo corporation . retrieved 25 july 2016 . fallan kjetil 2012 . scandinavian design alternative histories english ed . . london berg . pp . chp . 5 . isbn 9781847889119 . access date requires url help 1 archived 12 october 2011 at the wayback machine . a b tomra presentation materials dnb markets sme conference . www.newsweb.no . oslo stock exchange . retrieved 9 august 2016 . tom oslo stock quote tomra systems asa . bloomberg.com . retrieved 9 august 2016 . a b c j rgensen finn arne 2011 . making a green machine the infrastructure of beverage container recycling . new brunswick n.j. rutgers university press . isbn 978 081355054 1 . 2 archived 21 september 2012 at the wayback machine . external links edit tomra.com company s official website stock summary from yahoo finance coordinates 59 49 30.22 n 10 23 57.69 e 59.8250611 n 10.3993583 e 59.8250611 ; 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