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Wind-powered cargo ship sets sail for IJmuiden

The Tres Hombres is a sailing freighter that ships fair products, such as artisanal cocoa, rum, coffee, wine and honey. The ship was named after three ...

Linseed harvest for Linseed stand oil paint (VIDEO)

On the 159th day after sowing, the time had finally come. Our linseed was ready for harvest. Watch the video of the combine harvest carried out by RvR Loonbedrijf ...

Collaboration with the Zaanse Molens

Our Dutch Linseed Oil is "pressed" from linseed in the oil mills of the Zaanse Schans. A hundred years ago, flax was cultivated throughout the Netherlands. It was used for ...

Dutch Linseed Oil

Since 2013, we have grown our own 'Dutch Linseed Oil' for several of our products. Linseed oil is a plant-based oil that has been used as the best binding agent for paints ...

Theatre spectacle in Beverwijk

Oh, how we've enjoyed the performance of Theatermanifestatie IJmond, which, with its ZICHT show, kills so many birds with one stone: they create a pleasant environment with ...

Masterclass: Hardeners for Parquet Lacquer

Professional parquet lacquers are often applied in combination with a hardener. But what does this hardener do exactly? What are the pros and cons? How can it be applied ...

Art and Culture add colour and widen your gaze

Art and Culture add colour and widen your gaze. And wouldn't you know it: colour is what we're all ...

Craftsman's Assessment in progress

Once we've finished developing a new product in our laboratory and our technical consultants have tested it thoroughly, it's time for "The Craftsman's Assessment": the ...

Students of Nimeto and Cibap excel.

Painting students of Cibap and Nimeto can enrol in an excellence programme focussed on restoration and decoration". This will allow them to specialise in restoration ...

Blooming flax around the longest day of the year

75 days ago, 5 hectares of flax were sown for us. This weekend, around the time of the longest day of the year, the field is in full bloom, as expected. Why not take a ...

Masterclass SKYN and TOPLIN

Linseed Oil and Mineral Silicate PaintsFor current and future heritageOn 19 May at 20:00 online via ZoomFor monuments, linseed oil paint, which has proven itself as wood ...

Making paint is just like cooking

Did you know that making paint is very similar to cooking? Our technical consultant Richard Vermeulen and his colleague Thomas gave a course named "How do you make paint" to ...

Laboratory master Ger Duyndam, retired

Being a laboratory master is not just about making paint, but also about feeling and using your brain."In 1975, when wall paint was still tapped into little pans you brought ...

Paint farmers sow linseed

Last weekend, our linseed was sown! We grow this to make linseed oil. This is an important material for our TOPLIN Linseed Stand Oil Paint and ROYL ...

Old advertising materials turned into a bag

Of course, we want to show off the lovely new products we're releasing at wholesalers. However, the production of roll-up banners became a bit of an issue for us from a ...

Let's make a splash in 2021! (video)

We managed to make these paint splashes a little more interesting by adding unexpected flavours. The paint splashes not only feature a combination of remarkable flavours with ...

Powerful people in a pleasant environment (video)

Creating a pleasant environment with powerful people is our key theme for the coming years. .IJmuiden made a great episode on this for .IJmuiden moet je ...

Bicycle Caravan on the road with full protection!

Aren't they lovely? Bike caravans are great. But how do you optimally protect your bicycle caravan against wind and weather during bicycle trips? And preferably in a ...

Retired craftsman

It finally happened! Our oil and paint production craftsman Theo Bieman has retired. Last Friday, we celebrated the fact that, after 51 years of service, he can now enjoy his ...

Street Art IJmuiden Rauw aan Zee (Raw by the Seaside)

This summer, street art was realised in various locations along the route to IJmuiden aan Zee in the IJmuiden port district. This was part of the project "De Rauwe Loper" ...

Updated Old-Dutch colour chart

Our updated Old-Dutch colour chart has arrived! This chart features the 32 greatest colours from RIGO colour collections going back as far as 1938. Eighty years of colour ...

Brightening up the summer of #2020

Over the past few weeks, we handed out locally grown flowers at our factory and our store. In these strange times, we are happy to help you add a little more colour to ...

Creative with stirring sticks

A few weeks ago, we gave furniture maker Hans Reuling a few RIGO stirring sticks to turn into toys for his granddaughter's birthday. However, we never expected that he'd turn ...

"New flooring "colleagues"

Just before the intelligent lockdown began, we had the pleasure of welcoming two new colleagues. Luckily, they expeditiously got to work in the new style: by phone, email, ...

Making paint during the Corona pandemic

How do you create a pleasant environment in these bizarre times? A third of the world has ground to a halt, while another part keeps going. "But how?" That's the big ...

Board kidnapped on Valentine's Day

Yes, you read that right. On the day of love, our board was kidnapped... by its own MT, no less. The abduction took them to SHIP in IJmuiden (Sluis Haven Informatie Punt, an ...

New water treatment installation

750 litres less water consumption each day! That deserves a compliment! We have recently become the proud owners of a new water treatment installation. And why are we so ...

New craftsmen at RIGO Verffabriek

At RIGO Verffabriek, we're starting 2020 off great by welcoming a number of great, new craftsmen colleagues. From now on, you can ask all your questions about SKYLT, STEP and ...

RIGO hit list at Muziek in de Maak

From Faithless to Queen, and from Dire Straits to Slayer. On Tuesday 28 January, Machiel and Toon were guests at RTV Seaport. In "Muziek in de Maak" (Music under ...

Tomorrow's Bosses

RIGO Verffabriek is a proud participant in the sixth edition of JINC Baas van Morgen (Tomorrow's Boss). On 23 January 2020, director Machiel will cede his desk chair to two ...

Horizon College visits RIGO Verffabriek

What do you need to make paint? We told sixteen first-year Painting students of the Horizon College more about this during their visit to RIGO ...

Painting in heraldic colours

Krijn Kraaijeveld, my former teacher at Nimeto (Vocational school for creative space creators), asked me to visit Cibap (vocational design school) in Zwolle. In Zwolle, I am ...

ROYLiebollen! Toon and Machiel fry them till they're brown

The year's end is approaching, and we're feeling that hankering for greasy oliebollen. Well, what do you know? We managed to make a new variety of this traditional Dutch oil ...

Brain-teasing parquet facts

The first RIGO parquet expert session, attended by the Guild of Parquet Installers, among others, was a great day for sharing knowledge! A variety of professional topics were ...

A party for Jan!

Birthdays are always a great cause for celebration, but when your colleague turns 50, that calls for a little extra festivity! Especially if that colleague is Jan, our ...

Theatre in the factory! On 27 October

Life's good in the yellow city. That is, until blue appears. That's not our colour. That's not what we know. The struggle between yellow and blue leads to something ...

Industrial Culture Week

During the autumn holiday, the Industry around the North Sea Canal area will quite literally be in the spotlight. The theatre spotlights will light up factory floors, quays ...

The story behind the trophy

As technical consultant of RIGO Verffabriek, you get in touch with people that make beautiful objects. For example, earlier this year, I visited the strange workplace of wood ...

Art & Culture widen your gaze

Being masters in creating a pleasant environment. That's our calling at RIGO Verffabriek. And a pleasant environment can be made in a variety of ways. You can do so with ...

Monumentenwacht Utrecht gathers knowledge

This year, RIGO Verffabriek attended the Monument Fair in 's-Hertogenbosch for the very first time. This trade fair is a meeting place for heritage professionals and allows ...

Amazing InCoDa 2019

The Interior Collection Days 2019 were once more a great and bustling event. A brief retrospective of three days from the life of the RIGO Verffabriek ...

Dutch Beach art makes RIGO art

In June 2019, we had Dutch Beach Art create this fantastic artwork on the beach. Rather than paint, they used sand.Just because we love art and beautiful, wacky things. We ...

One ship, two Captains? Yes, thankfully!

We, Toon and Machiel, are both 50% owner and are both directors. Contrary to many other companies, we do not have separate areas of responsibility. Instead, Machiel and I ...

Innovation through Simplicity

by MachielAs a mid-sized family business, we are always on the lookout for ways to distinguish ourselves. Not just in order to carry unique products, but because we believe ...

Linseed Stand Oil Paint is on the rise

Linseed Stand Oil Paint is on the rise thanks to its sustainable, ecological aspects and unrivalled technical properties. There is a good reason why we still find ...

80-year anniversary of RIGO Verffabriek, time for a party!

2018 marked the 80th birthday of RIGO Verffabriek. Of course, that called for a big party. We wanted to celebrate this party with our (former) employees, because they are the ...

The piers of IJmuiden

The piers of IJmuiden were once constructed to prevent the silting-up of the harbour entrance and to offer ships a safe passage to the locks. The long Zuidpier is an ...

The ships in IJmuiden

RIGO Verffabriek has had its roots in IJmuiden since 1938. The Velsen municipality is anything but a boring, meaningless municipality, if you ask us. It has various ...

The Gallic village, IJmuiden

When you think of IJmuiden, what do you say? Ask this question to ten people, and you'll get ten different replies. That was proven once more this week when this question was ...

Green tunnel vision

Quality labels and the danger of green tunnel vision. By: Machiel Green-washing. In this column, I want to discuss the phenomenon of "making matters seem better than they ...