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for the company is to find new sectors that the
geomembrane can be used in for different ap-
plications. He notes that at the beginning in
the 80’s and ‘90s it was a complicated process
for plastic manufacturing companies to make
the product, but now with history, experience
and the mining boom of 2010-2011, there are
more people getting into the game.
“Now we have a larger ratio between de-
mand and supply, so that is not very comfort-
able,” he said.
Finding skilled labour, a traditional challenge
for many companies in this economy, is not one
for Solmax however, due to the fact that manu-
facture of geomembranes is highly automated.
