Since 1908: THE ALUMINATES PIONEERS
For a century now, Kerneos has been committed to continuous innovation, with the aim of developing new products, enabling applications that create added value for client industries to be created and to grow.
Ever since it registered a patent for CIMENT FONDU® in 1908, Kerneos has continued to develop and exploit the numerous properties of calcium aluminates, in the form of high performance special binders and mineral reagents.
In the process, Kerneos has discovered and exploited the following properties of calcium aluminates, refractoriness, rapid hardening, abrasion and corrosion resistance as well as reactivity with other mineral and organic materials, in order to create innovative materials.
Driven by its customers’ needs and trends in their industry, today Kerneos is a key player in the refractory concrete, construction chemistry, iron and steel, wastewater and mining markets as well as in numerous construction and civil engineering sectors.
| 2011 | Launch of TERNAL® RG-S and Peramin® AC1, the latest calcium aluminate innovations for the building chemistry |
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| 2010 | Opening of the new Kerneos Research and Technology Centre (KRTC) at Vaulx-Milieu near Lyon, France Launch of Peramin® AL 200 and 300, of SECAR® 712, the latest developments for refractory applications |
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| 2009 | Launch of TERNAL® EV and TERNAL® SE Launch of Peramin® CONPAC, Peramin® DEFOAM and Peramin® SRA ranges, new and innovative powders for building chemistry formulators |
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| 2008 | Kerneos celebrates its 100th year working with calcium aluminates |
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| 2007 | Launch of SECAR Xeniom®, a new refractory binder for silica fume concretes Opening of a sales office in Kolkata (India) |
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| 2006 | Lafarge Aluminates becomes Kerneos Acquisition of PERAMIN®, a specialist in powder additives for ready-to-use mortar compounds Opening of a commercial subsidiary in Moscow (Russia) |
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| 2003 | Launch of SECAR® 68, specially developed for the refractory market in China |
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| 2001 | Start-up of the Teda plant in Tianjin (China) Launch of SECAR Plenium®, a new binder for refractory applications |
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| 2000 | Implementation of RSO on all sites (Reference Supplier Organization) |
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| 1999 | Opening of a sales office in Warsaw (Poland) |
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| 1998 | Opening of a sales office in Beijing (China) Launch of TERNAL® Light Colour |
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| 1996 | Launch of TERNAL® White, a specific binder for building chemistry applications Creation of the Lafarge Aluminates Asia Pacific subsidiary in Singapore |
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| 1995 | Lafarge Fondu International becomes Lafarge Aluminates 8 industrial sites around the world, all ISO 9002 certified |
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| 1994 | Launch of TERNAL® RG, a specific binder for building chemistry applications Creation of a Turkish subsidiary in Istanbul |
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| 1993 | Creation of Lafarge Fondu International’s Application and Development Laboratory (L.A.D.) Launch of CALCOAT® RG, a special binder for pipes |
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| 1991 | Start-up of the sintering plant in Guaxindiba (Brazil) |
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| 1990 | Creation of an Italian subsidiary in Milan and a subsidiary for Scandinavia in Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 1989 | Creation of an Australian subsidiary, Lafarge Fondu Australia |
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| 1987 | Opening of a sales office in Tokyo (Japan) |
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| 1986 | Start of SECAR® production at the plant in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Virginia (U.S.A) |
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| 1982 | Launch of the first synthetic aggregate for the iron and steel market Creation of a German subsidiary (Lafarge TonerdZement GmbH) in Duisburg |
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| 1977 | Start-up of the sintering plant in Richards Bay (South Africa) |
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| 1975 | Start-up of the plant in Dunkirk (France) |
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| 1973 | Creation of Lafarge Fondu International (L.F.I.), as the result of the merger of Lafarge’s aluminous cement operations with the Lafarge Aluminous Cement Company in Great Britain Start-up of the sintering plant in Chesapeake, Virginia (U.S.A) |
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| 1964 | Launch of the 3rd SECAR® product (containing 80% alumina) |
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| 1963 | Launch of the 1st ALAG® aggregate, containing calcium aluminates |
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| 1962 | Launch of the 2nd SECAR® product (containing 50% alumina) |
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| 1950 | Launch of the 1st SECAR® product (containing 70% alumina), the forerunner to SECAR® 71 |
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| 1933 | Initial production of CIMENT FONDU® at the plant in Fos-sur-mer (France) |
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| 1926 | Start-up of the plant in West Thurrock, Great Britain, and production of CIMENT FONDU® |
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| 1923 | Creation of the company Lafarge Ciment Alumineux, licensed to sell CIMENT FONDU® in Great Britain and across the Commonwealth |
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| 1916 | Initial production of CIMENT FONDU® at the plant in Teil (France) |
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| 1908 | Registration of the patent for CIMENT FONDU® by Jules Bied and the company Pavin de Lafarge |
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