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BITAFLEX SA 20 SEALANT ON HIGHWAYS IN BUENOS AIRES

Exporting Innovation

A few months ago we received a request to develop a type SA20 sealant according to the IRAM 6838 standard for use in various bridge joints on the Highways leading to the City of Buenos Aires. The particularity of the order is that they specifically required a torsional recovery above 75% when the standard only requires 30%. We took the challenge and tested a large number of variants to achieve the product that we industrially scaled.

We managed to make the first shipment last December and it was applied during January and February on the Autopistas del Oeste viaducts with excellent performance, solving a problem for the contractor who met the deadlines and quality required by the concessionaire.

We invite you to learn more and see photos of the experience.

SA20 sealant is designed for highly technically demanding applications in wide, high-traffic bridge joints designed to respond to severe stresses and demanding weather conditions, especially in road infrastructure and bridges.

It is characterized by its high elasticity along with adhesion and durability, offering superior behavior against the movements of structures and high resistance to weathering. Its formulation allows us to achieve performance levels that exceed the requirements established by the IRAM 6838 standard, particularly with regard to elastic recovery.

Among its main benefits are:

High elastic torsional recovery, greater than 75%, which improves behavior against deformations.
Softening point above 100°C, suitable for hot climates.
Excellent adhesion and resistance, even in wide joints and conditions of intensive use.

These characteristics make SA20 a solution especially suitable for sealing joints in viaducts such as those on the Accesses to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The development and export of this technology positions our products in the region, providing greater durability and reliability in works that require high performance standards.

PROTAGONISTS OF THE “SUSTAINABLE ROUTES” PROJECT ON ROUTE 9

Unpublished experience in the country together with the construction company Traxpalco

“From now on, when you enter Route 9, you will be entering the path of sustainability” announces the radio mention that presents the Sustainable Routes project. The fact is that the construction project of the double road that connects the cities of Pan de Azúcar and Rocha was much more than a construction project: it was the opportunity to incorporate all the sustainability concepts available in our country, applied to road construction.

At BITAFAL we contribute to the project the sustainable asphalt AM3 MAX, a product that is applied at a lower temperature, drastically reducing CO2 emissions, and that is produced in our plant powered by 100% renewable energy. Added to this is the great contribution of the construction company Traxpalco, responsible for the construction of the double track, which incorporated other substantial elements, such as fauna passages, the replacement of native flora affected by the work and the work with the local communities in the area.

The project had the support of the authorities of the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works and the Ministry of the Environment, who understood the importance of incorporating the concept of sustainability into road construction, taking care of the environmental heritage in projects so necessary for the productive development of the country. “Sustainable Routes” is integrated into the actions of the United Nations Global Compact, contributing to the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Communication played a substantial role in the launch of the project, informing through the media the scope of this unprecedented experience and committing the users of the route to responsible use of it and the environment that surrounds it. At BITAFAL we encourage that the Sustainable Routes project be replicated in future road construction projects.

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FAREWELL TO THE YEAR THE WAY OF BITAFAL

Music, prizes and a lot of joy to close 2025 together.

Everyone knows it: December is a month to celebrate. And at BITAFAL, the end of the year party is a tradition, which is surpassed each year in organization and team participation.

That's why we organized a meeting for our entire team, which had everything necessary to spend a nice moment together. On this occasion, the leadership of the meeting fell to a duo calling themselves “The Low Cost”, made up of our head of Human Resources Marinella Fernández and the recently arrived head of Logistics Alvaro Brugman, who took the entire team through all the sensations: joy, excitement, music and many prizes.

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Our directors Claudio and Santiago Kröger were in charge of reviewing what we experienced throughout 2025 and putting the emphasis on everything that is coming next year. There was no shortage of recognition for the career of several members of the team, as well as emotional and fun words from the honorees.

And after a break for the gastronomic proposal, it was time for music, with the band “P40” directed by our dear colleague Fernado Cardozo, who made the entire audience dance for more than an hour.

This is how we close the year at BITAFAL, in our own way, together, making our motto as a team a reality: #SomosUno!!!

A YEAR OF MILESTONES: DISCOVER OUR 2025 ANNUAL MAGAZINE

We close a year of intense work, innovation and commitment to the infrastructure of our region.

At Bitafal, our mission is to transform roads to develop the future. As we close this cycle, we want to invite you to review the actions, innovations and projects that marked our path throughout 2025 in this second edition of our printed magazine.

Thank you to everyone who joined us on this tour!!!

Download our magazine ON HERE

BITAFAL ON THE RED CARPET AT THE INFONEGOCIOS GALA

Several professionals from our team made up the final shortlists.

For the second consecutive year, BITAFAL participated in the InfoNegocios Gala, the business event in which company teams and professionals are recognized for their performance throughout the year.

On this occasion we received nominations for best professional of the year from our area managers Marinella Fernández in Human Resources, Andrea Ferré in Administration and Finance, and Victoria García in Marketing. Likewise, our entire human team, directors and collaborators, were nominated in the final shortlist as the Team of the Year.

We want to congratulate our nominated colleagues individually and fundamentally the entire team, because behind each nomination is the effort, dedication and commitment of each member of BITAFAL, in all areas. Integrating the different shortlists, together with very prominent companies and professionals, is a great recognition for our work, which we celebrate with great joy.

We especially thank InfoNegocios for the nominations, which for us are already an award, and also for the organization of an event of excellent production quality, filling the Antel Arena with representatives of the most important companies in the country and generating a ceremony full of emotion and joy for all participants.

PRESENT AT THE XXIII CILA IN ASUNCION, PARAGUAY

19 December 2025
in: Uncategorized

BITAFAL led the Uruguayan delegation at the main road industry congress

One of the most important milestones of the year was our participation in the 23rd Ibero-Latin American Asphalt Congress CILA in Asunción, Paraguay. The event brought together the highlights of the road industry at a regional and global level, with more than 1,100 participants from more than 20 countries, to learn about the trends, innovations and perspectives of the sector in the medium and long term.

In this context, once again the Uruguayan delegation stood out for the quantity and quality of projects presented in the different instances of the congress. And within them, the presentations of our general director Santiago Kröger on the “Impact of the Incorporation of Warm Mixes in Uruguay” and on the “Deregulation of Asphalt and Technological Changes” stood out for their scientific rigor and their vision towards the future of the asphalt industry in our country and also in the region.

The projects presented by the students of the BITAFAL UM Sustainable Asphalt Chair were also highly valued, as well as the work of technicians from the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works and representatives of other companies that make up the Uruguayan road construction cluster.

The BITAFAL team was also made up of our founding director Claudio Kröger and the members of the Commercial and Marketing department Victoria García and Ezequiel González, who were able to exchange experiences with representatives of the main companies in the asphalt industry in the region. The occasion was conducive to deepening technical and commercial links, generating new business opportunities and prospecting the incorporation of new technological solutions.

With more than 20 editions, the CILA is the event par excellence of the asphalt industry, the area where you can learn about the state of the art of a very dynamic and strategic sector for all countries. In this edition, highly topical topics were incorporated into the debate, such as digitalization, Big Data, sustainability, performance-based road safety, financing modalities for road work and also the participation of women in the industry.

WE PRESENT OUR ELECTROLINE AT EXPOCARGA

With all the energy, the BITAFAL team participated in the largest transportation and logistics meeting in the country.

In the first days of December, a new edition of Expo Carga was held, the main event of the cargo transportation industry in Uruguay that takes place every two years at the Punta del Este Convention Center.

BITAFAL had a very active presence at the fair, presenting its electric station project that is under construction at our plant on Route 8 with a stand set up for the occasion.
In addition, our general director Santiago Kröger was invited to speak on the Electric Mobility 4.0 panel, along with the president of Ancap Cecilia San Román, the national director of Energy Arianna Spinelli and the head of Electric Mobility at UTE Diego Bentancur. On that occasion Santiago was able to explain in depth the transformation of the energy matrix of our plant, completely converting to solar energy and biomass, and the scope of the electric station project, powered 100% with energy from renewable sources. Likewise, he commented on the experience that BITAFAL has been developing with its 100% electric high-load truck, the first of these characteristics to circulate in Uruguay.

At the stand we present one of the 500 KW chargers that will be part of the 12 total chargers that the electric station will have, being one of the most powerful in the country, which will be very useful for transport companies, both cargo and passenger. The strategic location of the project positions it as fundamental support for all companies located in that area of Montevideo and in the industrial area surrounding the city of Pando and that wish to transition their fleet to electric mobility.
The occasion was excellent to carry out great networking work by the BITAFAL Commercial and Logistics team, sharing experiences and projecting future actions with companies from different sectors of activity.

WELCOME ALVARO!!

New Head of Logistics at Bitafal

Completing the process of consolidating our new governance structure, in recent weeks we have incorporated Alvaro Brugman as Head of Logistics. Excellent news, since he is a young but highly experienced professional, who will surely contribute all his knowledge to reinforce a key area of our company's management.

Alvaro comes from the agricultural industry, where in recent years he specialized in the logistics area, focusing on the management of transportation fleets. And as he tells us, since joining BITAFAL he found “a company rich in values, with a very strong spirit and a clear vision.”

With a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction, BITAFAL's Logistics area has the permanent challenge of meeting the delivery of its products in a timely manner, in coordination with construction companies, often at long distances from our plant. “The logistics task is a key piece to being an efficient organization and meeting our clients,” Alvaro tells us, adding that “I am involved in managing an area that has solid foundations, we have a team made up of people who have been part of the team for a long time and are clear about both their role and the challenges of logistics itself.”

From all areas of BITAFAL we warmly welcome Álvaro and wish him much success in his management, which will undoubtedly benefit our organization and also the companies that have trusted us for many years.

PAVING EXPO 2025

Uruguay was present at the traditional paving fair in Brazil with a presentation on the development of warm mixtures and the control of IRI in paving works.

This year the event was held in the Anhembi District of San Pablo with the participation of more than 31,000 people who visited the fair and a Paving Conference that registered more than 4,000 attendees during the three days it lasted.

We were invited by the company Ingevity to present on the advances in the use of warm asphalt mixtures in our country and Eng. Max Iglesias from Interagrovial and Nicolás Olivera from Serviam were invited to present on the control of the IRI in paving works, showing the case of the construction of the double lane of Route 3 (San José).

From BITAFAL we made a summary of the pilot sections executed to date as well as the lessons learned that allowed a rich exchange with attendees regarding best practices in the incorporation of technology.

In the case of Serviam, they presented the IRI control strategy in the Circuit 7 PPP Contract, where the main objective was to minimize the IRI at the end of the work and keep it below 2 m/km throughout the service period, optimizing conservation costs. Optimized laying and compaction methods were implemented, using two finishers and combined compaction equipment (tandem and pneumatic rollers). Improvements in the methodology allowed the IRI to be reduced by 15% to 25% in the black base layers.

In turn, the incorporation of the Transfer VÖGELE MT3000-2 in the low-thickness tread layer (4 cm) also allowed the final IRI to be improved by 40%, obtaining values of the order of 0.7 m/km, considered the lowest recorded in Uruguay, along with a significant reduction in granulometric and thermal segregations. This guaranteed the continuity of the laying, giving more regular, durable surfaces and meeting the comfort and quality standards required in long-term contracts.

The fair had attendees from 25 countries in South America (53.5%), North America (19.7%) and Asia (15.7%) who toured the immense pavilion where more than 300 brands presented their latest innovations.

XVIII ARGENTINE CONGRESS OF ROADS AND TRANSIT

03 October 2022
in: News,Uncategorized
Tags: asphalt, congress, mtop, floors, road safety, roads

Great Uruguayan delegation in the XVIII CAVYT

On September 26, 27 and 28, the traditional Argentine Road and Traffic Congress was held at the Convention Center of the Hilton Hotel in Puerto Madero, with a historic attendance of more than 2,000 participants.

The Uruguayan delegation was present with a large contingent of Engineers from the National Directorate of Roads as well as Municipalities and companies in the road sector of our country. Grupo Bitafal presented on the Development of the Cape Seal in Uruguay and also on the promotion of the next XXI CILA that we are proudly carrying out together with the AUC.

The inauguration of the Congress was attended by the Ministers of Public Works of Argentina, Gabriel Katopodis, and that of Uruguay, José Luis Falero, as well as other road and transportation authorities from the neighboring shore.

The event was held simultaneously in 5 rooms where the following topics were discussed: Network management and road asset management; connectivity, transport and logistics; Smart Technology: Knowledge, innovation and creativity; Rural roads; Road safety: policies to reduce accidents; flooring; Sustainable Multimodality in Urban Regions; Environment and road transport; and Highway Planning and Project.

In parallel, the Symposium organized by the Permanent Asphalt Commission was held with three master lectures by renowned technicians in the field such as Dr. Miguel Angel del Val, Dr. Angel Sampedro and Dr. Carlos Fonseca focused on Sustainability and in Road Safety.

The Uruguayan delegation was present with a large contingent from the DNV who attended along with the Minister and his advisers showing the change in direction that the MTOP shows in terms of the training of its collaborators and that they will also be present in large numbers at the next CILA and the Uruguayan Road Congress.

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