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collaborated with the biggest names in the
mining, petroleum, waste management, wa-
ter and civil engineering sectors, and its prod-
ucts are sold in over 60 countries. With more
than 30 years of experience, contacting Solmax
means having access to technical information
based on hundreds of already implemented
projects. Some of these projects have involved
innovative applications for aquaculture, en-
ergy, landscaping, mining, waste and water.
Solmax geomembranes have been extensively
used in fish and shrimp pond projects in South-
East Asia and Central America as they prevent
both waste accumulation in the soil and leach-
ing of harmful chemicals into the ponds such
as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. Solmax
geomembranes have been used in some of the
largest energy projects in the world including
coal ash or Coal Combustion Residual (CCR)
containment projects as they offer the safest
and most economical CCR handling and stor-
age method, lining of coal beds and coal seam
basins to avoid safety risks, lining of fracking
chemical tanks, well pads, ponds for freshwa-
ter storage and flow-back water, thus protect-
ing the environment during the extraction pro-
cess.
In the mining sector, Solmax membranes
are used in a variety of applications from heap
leach pads, evaporation ponds, brine ponds
and tailing dams around the world.
Some of the most remarkable projects that
Solmax is known for in the industry go back to
the company’s beginnings approximately three
decades ago involving some of the largest
waste projects in the world—whether for mu-
nicipal solid waste landfills, hazardous waste
landfills, wastewater treatment and bioremedi-
ation projects—Solmax membranes are an in-
tegral part of waste management containment
systems across the globe. In tandem with this,
Solmax membranes are used in various clean
water applications including water ponds, ir-
rigation and navigation channels, potable wa-
ter reservoirs, floating covers and wastewater
treatment facilities.
Solmax today looks back on these achieve-
ments and finds itself a leader, but in a differ-
ent competitive climate. At the time of its start
in 1981, Solmax was one of only a few in the in-
