Ultimax
Cement Corporation:
Ultimax
Cement Corp., a California corporation, was established in 1990, primarily
to exploit the rights for patent # 4,957,556, a rapid hardening cement.
This patent, owned by Ultimax Corp., is for Very Early Setting Ultra
High Early Strength Cement in the United States, Canada and the World.
Production:
Currently, Qwix®
is being produced at our licensee, Buzzi Unicem USA, in Independence, Kansas.
The first
production in the United States was conducted in 1995 at the Southdown-Kosmos
Plant in Pittsburgh, PA. The Pittsburgh production used a wet process
with a quantity of 25,000 tons being produced. Another production
was completed in 1996 in Tunisia, with a quantity of 65,000 tons Ultimax®
Cement being produced. In early 1998, 120,000 tons of Ultimax®
Cement was produced in Mexico.