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The acquisition, announced on July 6, 2026, strengthens Saint-Gobain’s construction chemicals platform.

Celebrating the opening of Xypex Germany GmbH and honoring the leaders who brought it to life

“This marks a significant step for Xypex in expanding and strengthening our global footprint,” said Mike Hardman – CEO of XCC.

“This marks a significant step for Xypex in expanding and strengthening our global footprint,” said Mike Hardman – CEO of XCC.

Xypex Chemical Corporation is pleased to announce that the Xypex 2020 Best International Project Award of the Year winner is MC-Bauchemie Brasil for the Canal do Sertão project. The winner was chosen from amongst the five Regional Winners from Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. These awards recognize the achievements of Xypex’s international network of distributors and celebrate their dedication to provide first-class technical service to Xypex customers.

Canal do Sertão – Hinterland Water Channel, a 1,000+ km water channel which brings water from Brazil’s 5th largest river, the São Francisco, to the extremely dry Sertão Nordestino region of Brazil, needed urgent repairs in its early stages of construction as the elevated aqueducts had suffered thermal/dry shrinkage cracks every 2 meters – more than 2,000 linear meters of leaking cracks. The application of Xypex Concentrate and Modified was a resounding success, stopping all leaks within 30 days of application, saving significant time and costs, and avoiding the injection of the extensive cracking. This led to Xypex products becoming an important component of the whole project, solving the waterproofing challenges and enabling the timely delivery of all stages of this crucial project for the Sertão Nordestino region of Brazil.

Xypex also awarded Regional Best Project Awards 2020.

EUROPE

Winner
Hungary – Budapest Pedestrian Tunnel
Presented by ASTOP Magyarország Kft.

Runner-up
Benelux – Pairi Daiza
(The Land of the Cold and the Wilderness)
Presented by Totech B.V
AFRICA

Winner
Egypt – Rod El Farag Axis Tahya Masr Bridge
Presented by Beton Alexco

Runner-up
Tunisia – Tunisia Mall Ennasr
Presented by Le Record

MIDDLE EAST

Winner
Qatar – WOQOD Petrol & Service Stations
Presented by Hanson Doha Trading Co. WLL

Runner-up
Israel – Midtown Towers
Presented by PBS Israel Ltd

ASIA

Winner
India – Rihand Dam Rehabilitation (International Runner-Up)
Presented by APAAR Infratech Pvt. Ltd.

Runner-up
Australia – Murray Irrigation Rehabilitation
Presented by Xypex Australia

LATIN AMERICA

Winner
Brazil – Canal do Sertão
– Hinterland Water Channel (International Winner)
Presented by MC-Bauchemie Brasil

Runner-up
Mexico – Acuario Michin
Presented by Grupo MG

About Xypex
Xypex Chemical Corporation is a world leader in waterproofing, protection, and repair of concrete structures with over 50 years of extensive experience and backed by a distribution network in more than 90 countries. Xypex Crystalline Technology outperforms other methods because of its unique ability to become a truly integral and permanent part of the concrete matrix. Xypex is proud to have served the construction needs of over thousands of global customers including Fortune 500 construction and engineering firms across a variety of projects in general construction, water resources, wastewater, tunneling, bridges, ports, industry, power and utilities.

In September, Xypex Distributors and Licensees from all over Latin America gathered in the historic city of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia for the 2013 Regional Conference. Almost all countries were represented, with delegates attending from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru and Venezuela.

Central to discussions was the progress being made in the implementation of the Xypex Growth Strategy. Chris Miller, International Director at Xypex said: “It was great to see such excellent progress in our key segments over such a short time”. In fact, most countries in the region are growing at a sustainable rate of over 30% per year and are forecasting even more growth in the coming years. Another discussion concerned the importance of teamwork within the region and, as Regional Manager Mauricio Davila stated: “the success in any field in any one country inevitably brings success to the whole region”. Of course, no meeting in Latin America would be complete without celebrating in true Colombian style, and the team spent evenings in the fortified city enjoying the food, sites and sounds. “Lo pasamos muy bien”, was on the lips of many a delegate.

Xypex is always interested in any opportunity to meet with the architects, engineers, contractors and concrete producers who have specified or expressed serious interest in our crystalline concrete waterproofing and protection technology. This year’s WOC offers such an opportunity and we hope you will be able to drop by our booth to meet our team of experts as well as many from our international network of distributors and licensees. The past year has been a good one for Xypex and we want to tell you about it. We have exciting new plans for 2011 and invite you to meet the new management people (see below) who will be helping us realize these plans both domestically and internationally.

Meet Chris Miller
Director of International Development 
Chris joined Xypex as Director of International Development and is responsible for worldwide business outside of North America. Chris holds a degree in International Business Administration and has over 20 years of worldwide construction-related experience. This new position at Xypex represents the company’s commitment to achieving its full international potential.

Meet Jim Caruth
Technical Services Manager
Jim Caruth, P.Eng, has embraced his role as Manager of Technical Services to great success. Jim holds a Degree in Civil Engineering and, in joining Xypex, furthers an extensive career in the concrete and construction industry – a career that most recently included technical sales development with Sika Corporation.

Meet Bert Korteling
Regional Manager
Bert Korteling has joined Xypex as Regional Manager for the North and Mid-Atlantic States which include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. He is an active member of the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and at this time serves as a Director and Chairman of the Membership Committee.