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“Despite all of the difficulties we had in the past, if
we manage to give the right tools to our people, I
am convinced that the country will be on its way to
development.”
Guillermo López Suárez, President
CEMENTOS DE EL SALVADOR – CESSA (HOLCIM)
Rafael Alvarado Cano
President
Av. El Espino, Urbanización Madreselva,
Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad
Tel: (+503) 2505 0000
Fax: (+503) 2505 0777
www.cessa.com.sv
Activity: cement
Date of creation: 1964
Cemento de El Salvador (CESSA) is a company
with 60 years of tradition in the production and
commercialization of cement, concrete and high
quality aggregates for construction. For many
years it had a cement monopoly and even now, it is
practically the only company in its area, due to the
production and technology standards CESSA has
maintained.
Past achievements and future successes include
the value CESSA delivers to its clients, always
complying with its offers, bringing excellence to its
services and offering the best solutions.
In 2009, Holcim, of Swiss origin and one of the
principal cement, concrete and aggregates world
producers with a presence in over 70 countries and
on five continents, acquired over 90% of CESSA’s
shares.
With the transaction, Holcim is a controlling company
of CESSA Group that comprises Cementos de El
Salvador, CESSA and Bolsas de Centroamerica,
both located in Metapan. The first has two cement
plants; it also has an electric generator for its own
consumption and commercialization. The second is a
cement, limestone, fertilizers and consumable grain
bag packing company. CESSA Group also produces
aggregates for the construction industry.
DURMAN – GRUPO ALIAXIS
Carlos Mejía
General Manager
Carretera a Comalapa Km 12½
Tel: (+503) 2220 5000
Fax: (+503) 2220 5292
cmejia@durman.com
www.durman.com
Activity: building material
Date of creation: 1959
In 1959, Arthur Durman imported a container from
Holland equipped with a type of tube that no one
knew of in Costa Rica then: PVC. Those were times
when construction piping was made of galvanized
iron or clay.
Forty-four years later, in 2007, Grupo Aliaxis
Latinoamerica Cooperatiff BV was created after the
merger of the Durman Esq companies and Grupo
Aliaxis, two leading companies in the region in;
PVC piping, spraying, irrigation, dropping, pumping
systems and water treatment equipment, committed
to excellence in the construction field.
Efforts are focused on the development of innovative
products and on the delivery of the best advice,
creating efficient solutions for the needs of their
clients. The company is located in over 39 countries,
that includes all of the Central and South American
region, with operations in Guatemala, El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia,
Peru, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil (with the brand
Nicoll – Provinil)
Products:
Piping and accessories
Geo-synthetics
Cements / Chemical Welding
Pumps
Canoes and Canals
Hoses
Water tanks
Register Wells/ manholes
Septic Tanks
Other Rotomolding products
Irrigation
Water treatment
Valves and hydrants
Grease Traps
Drainage Systems
PVC Windows and Doors
Golf Carriages