Grupo Bitafal Comunicación, Author at Bitafal

BITAFAL BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE WITH CIRENEOS

At Bitafal, commitment to the community is more than words; It is an action that involves all of us who are part of the company

Therefore, this year we decided to turn that vocation into a concrete action. We choose to support Cireneos, the work that provides support to families who live in precarious conditions very close to our facilities, headed by priest Andrés Verde.

On this day, we dedicate our time to assembling and finishing benches and chairs made from the packaging of the raw materials of our production. These furniture will serve so that the members of this important social work can study in better conditions.

Furthermore, we take advantage of this opportunity to put into practice the cardinal values that govern us as an organization: team orientation, commitment to results, continuous improvement and integrity.
It was a day full of satisfaction, sharing lunch and reflection. Without a doubt, this experience motivates us to repeat this type of actions in the future.

AC30 MAX: THE SUSTAINABLE REVOLUTION IN PAVING

The sustainable alternative to conventional asphalt improves the application and quality of pavements

The asphalt research and development work carried out by our Technical Department has been achieving excellent results: particularly with the AC30 MAX. Its recent application on Route 8 allowed us to verify the economic savings, the improvement in useful life, the environmental benefits as well as health and safety for workers.
In particular, we highlight the reduction of mixing and compaction temperatures by more than 35°C, which results in significant fuel savings, an improvement in the compaction of the mixture as well as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. and volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

By reducing the application temperature, truly significant economic savings are achieved, at a rate of 1% for every 1°C reduced. Likewise, it allows the product to be applied over greater distances, since temperature loss is no longer a limiting element in the logistics process.

In addition to reducing the number of compactor passes for each section under construction, achieving better compaction rates, it allows for rapid release of traffic. In addition, it improves the occupational safety of workers, reducing the possibility of accidents due to burns and increasing the comfort of all those who participate in a construction due to the significant reduction of fumes in all stages.

We invite you to learn more about this exclusive BITAFAL product in the following video (link):

https://youtu.be/Zul2_r6kRH8?feature=shared

WE PRESENT THE NEW GENERATION OF MAX ASPHALT

During the 11th AUC Asphalt Technical Conference, the main results were announced

The Uruguayan Roads Association organized its technical day on August 15 and 16. The event brought together authorities, technicians and representatives of the main road construction companies, who gathered in large numbers in the conference room of the Crystal Tower Hotel.

Our Transformation and Strategy Manager, Eng. Ignacio Kröger, was in charge of presenting about the new generation of MAX Sustainable Asphalts. Ignacio focused on an explanation of what warm mixtures consist of and what prospects they have in our country.

“The generation of sustainable solutions for the road industry is in BITAFAL's DNA,” Ignacio began by pointing out, who after explaining the technical characteristics that this line of products brings together, provided a complete overview of what is happening in the world with similar experiences. .

MAX Asphalt offers a series of benefits for our country, including: lower costs due to reduced fuel use, longer useful life of roads, greater safety and ease of application during construction.

“For us, introducing any product into the market seems extremely delicate”; He highlighted the laboratory work carried out in the company, with demanding tests and analysis, which are then continued in the field work.

Finally, the expert referred to the work being carried out with the recently inaugurated BITAFAL – UM Sustainable Asphalt Chair, a joint project with the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Montevideo, where advanced students and graduates of disciplines linked to engineering road find an area where they can deepen their knowledge about Sustainable Asphalts and especially about warm mixtures, with the aim of being able to apply them to road production in the near future. “We hope at the next Ibero-Latin American Asphalt Congress (CILA) to be presenting the first works arising from the work of this chair,” he concluded.

IN BITAFAL… THERE IS A TEAM!!

We share the note from the Info Negocios Portal where we present the team that heads the operations.

Our Transformation and Strategy Manager Ignacio Kröger, interviewed by the prestigious business publication, commented on the challenges we have been facing, improving and professionalizing our internal processes, with the aim of making more and better roads every day.

We thank the Info Negocios team for the good vibes and professionalism, generating high quality photographic production, to reaffirm that in Bitafal… There is a Team!

INAUGURATION OF ROUTE 6

We accompanied Grinor-Saceem in the inauguration of works on route 6.

On June 10, the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works inaugurated the rehabilitation works of 25 km of Route 6, between Arroyo Mansavillagra and the Route 14 bypass, in the department of Florida.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic Luis Lacalle Pou, Minister José Luis Falero and other high national and departmental authorities. The Bitafal management team was present, accompanying the Grinor company that relies on the reliable supply of emulsions, asphalt as well as transportation to carry out its projects.

The work has an extension of 25 kilometers and is of great importance both for agricultural activity and for the communities of Florida and Durazno, connecting cities and towns, rural establishments, schools and other fundamental services in the area.

Drainage correction, widening of the platform, scarifying and compaction of the sub-base, patching, surfacing with granular material and stabilization of the base with Portland cement were carried out. Curing and adhesion irrigations were carried out with Bitafal Riego 65 emulsion as well as placement of a 7 cm thick asphalt layer with AC-30 asphalt. In addition, vertical and horizontal signs were placed and additional work was carried out in Capilla del Sauce, in the section between kilometers 181.8 and 182.4.

The opportunity was favorable for the meeting with the MTOP representatives, deepening the excellent institutional relations achieved and planning new works that will be carried out in the coming months, to together improve Uruguay's road network.

WE CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY!

40 years in the Chemical Industry of Uruguay

Last June 19, in Bitafal we lived a day of celebration. We celebrate 40 years of uninterrupted work in the Uruguayan industry that forged the BITAFAL of today, resilient, committed, innovative and sustainable. That is why all of us who make up the company came together to celebrate, remembering the milestones that mark the history that we were building together.

With the directors and founders of the company Claudio and Diego Kröger at the helm, and with the participation of many protagonists of those times, we review the evolution of the company in its different stages, its growth, the incorporation of technology, until reaching the today, where the challenges are increasingly important and project us into the future.

The day served to share a moment of joy, with music, pizzas, chivitos, photos and anecdotes, everything that reinforces the team spirit that we build every day among all of us who are part of the company. And it was also conducive to highlighting a set of values and principles, the same ones that decades ago led us to open the path that we happily travel today. To everyone who makes it possible, thank you very much!

PRESENT AT THE 3rd SUSTAINABLE URUGUAY EXPO

28 June 2024
in: News
Tags: Sustainable asphalts, Event, innovation

BITAFAL organized a high-level forum on “Sustainable Roads”

Sustainability is a concept strongly incorporated into our vision and our actions. For this reason, within the framework of the 3rd Sustainable Uruguay Expo of the Ministry of the Environment, we organized a forum to analyze from many different angles the progress that our industry has been registering in this regard.

The event, held at the Antel Arena, with the presence of the Undersecretary of the Environment Gerardo Amarilla and a prominent panel of specialists made up of the National Director of Roads Hernán Ciganda, the Director of Environmental Planning of the Ministry of the Environment Silvana Martínez, the expert in roads of the Chamber of Construction Juan Echeverz and the Technical Director of BITAFAL Santiago Kröger.

As a trigger for reflection, the Bitafal team presented a video made by Artificial Intelligence, where the connection between the world of road construction, the environment and sustainable management was raised.

Subsequently, and before an audience made up of business and public representatives of the sector, technicians and students, the panelists advanced on the different aspects linked to sustainability in road construction. The recycling of construction materials on the routes themselves, the use of asphalt mixtures at lower temperatures and techniques with asphalt emulsions, as well as the incorporation of problematic waste from other industries, such as glass sand, vehicle tires or steel slag. , are elements that are already used in Uruguayan road production, in a process that has been growing in recent years and of which Bitafal is a prominent protagonist.

ROUTE 81 REHABILITATION

The work carried out by the company Impacto was inaugurated on April 25.

“Believe me, by far, never before has a public work of this magnitude been seen in Canelones,” said the Minister of Transportation and Public Works, José Luis Falero, this Thursday, April 25, during the inauguration of the widening and reinforcement works. in different sections of route 81, in the department of Canelones, which was attended by the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou.

In the sections between routes 6 and 7, as well as between routes 5 and 64, the original roadway of the route was widened and repaved with asphalt mix. Furthermore, in this last section an old flood-prone bridge was replaced and a dangerous curve was corrected. Rehabilitation and road widening work was also carried out on Route 81 (between Routes 64 and 6) and Route 33 (between San Antonio and Route 81). Horizontal and vertical signage was incorporated, sentry boxes and docks were built to stop buses.

FUENTE:

https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-transport-public-works/communication/news/falero-cannelloni-will-have-investment-publish-large-all-history

WITH THE SUPPORT OF BITAFAL, URUGUAYAN ENGINEERS STAND OUT IN THE CILA

The twenty-second edition of the Ibero-Latin American Asphalt Congress was held with great success in Granada, Spain.

An important Uruguayan delegation, made up of engineers from the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works, representatives of the BITAFAL company and other construction companies in Uruguay, met at the largest event of the Ibero-American road industry, having an outstanding participation in the plenary session of the event, with the presentation of research works of high academic level.

The Technical Director of BITAFAL and CILA Delegate in Uruguay, Santiago Kröger, highlighted the quality of the presentations of the Uruguayan technicians, indicating that “we are proud that a delegation of young engineers from our country interact at the level of technicians from the developed world. "This makes us believe that the path that the public sector is taking together with the private company will be reflected in quality public road work that is sustainable and for the benefit of all Uruguayans."

The joint effort of MTOP and BITAFAL allowed 12 engineers from the Ministry to be present at this important event. Throughout the week, they presented their technical works, which in many cases arise from the application of innovative techniques and materials in public works in our country. The initiative had a great impact on the organization of this edition, which is why BITAFAL received recognition for the effort made during the special Congress awards ceremony.

As for the most notable topics discussed, they were innovations in digitalization, use of artificial intelligence and road connectivity, so much so that the Founders Award went to a work on the matter. Uruguay is not far away and presented technological solutions for monitoring road construction and the general condition of routes and highways, through the development of specific applications with these functionalities.

Sustainability remains the most important topic of the Congress with a multitude of technical works on recycling, use of tire dust, warm mixtures and all their combinations as well as environmental statements and calculations on the reduction of the carbon footprint.

Other notable topics are advances in new testing methodologies on asphalt mixtures, the use of waste from other industries, balanced mixture design and self-repair of pavements.

The next edition of CILA will be in Paraguay in November 2025 and an excellent Uruguayan presence is once again predicted, both in quantity and technical quality of its members.

RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC WORKS: MTOP TECHNICIANS PRESENTED WORKS FOR THE CILA

30 April 2024
in: #interCILA,News,Responsible public work
Tags: Bitafal, asphalt congress, events

BITAFAL's initiative to promote the participation of MTOP Engineers in the CILA achieved the presentation of 12 technical works.

The joint work that both organizations have been carrying out in promoting responsible public works had a very important chapter with the event to present the projects that the portfolio's technicians prepared for the Ibero-American CILA Asphalt Congress.

The launch was led by the Minister of Transportation and Public Works José Luis Falero, the National Director of Roads Hernán Ciganda and the Technical Director of BITAFAL Santiago Kröger, who highlighted the increasingly important role of innovation and sustainability in road construction of our country.

Minister Falero indicated that “we are proud, as Uruguayans more than as ministers, that you have presented projects that have been selected to be exhibited at the CILA,” highlighting the commitment of the entire portfolio team to improve the conditions of the network. road of our country.

For his part, the Technical Director of BITAFAL Santiago Kröger valued “the quantity and excellent level of the work presented” by the portfolio's engineers and noted that “Uruguay was in the Top 5 of the Latin American countries.”

All the innovations, applied to the public works carried out by the MTOP, aim to improve the quality, durability and sustainability of the routes, with the consequent improvement in the quality of life of Uruguayans.

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