29/06/2004
Cepex participates in the Euro 2004

Between the 12th of June and the 4th of July the Euro 2004 football championships are being held in Portugal, and Cepex is participating actively with its products.

All ten stadiums located in eight cities around the country rely on Cepex products for their irrigation systems. Once again, Cepex demonstrates great variety in the application of its products.

The facilities contain products from several families, including PVC and PP fittings and valves, valve boxes, and saddles.

Though all the sites were recently inaugurated, the installation and fine-tuning of the facilities have been in progress since 1998 when construction of the stadium in Bessa began. During all these years, the project has counted on Cepex products and support.

14/06/2004
Managers meeting 2004

The Cepex managers' meeting was held on June 11th and 12th at the Hotel AC Barcelona Forum. This gathering brought together the leaders of all the commercial branches from around the world: France, Italy, Portugal, Morocco, USA, Mexico, and the new division in Spain, Cepex Comercial.

The meeting addressed several topics related to the future of the company. In addition, each manager described the conditions of the market in which he is operating, and how he has been able to succeed under those conditions.

02/06/2004
New distribution partnership

Cepex USA Inc. and Hayward Industrial Products, Inc. are pleased to announce a global marketing alliance that will enhance distribution of both company’s lines of industrial plastic valves and flow control products. In the initial phase of the agreement Hayward will market the Cepex brand of industrial ball, check and butterfly valves on an exclusive basis, to industrial wholesalers and distributors in the United States and Canada. Cepex by Hayward, a separate organization within the flow control systems division of Hayward, will be responsible for Cepex industrial marketing activities within the Hayward organization.

Existing and future industrial distributors and wholesalers in the United States and Canada will be supplied with Cepex products from the Hayward facility located in Clemmons, North Carolina. Engineering, application and technical support will be available from the Hayward North Carolina facility as well.

Mr. Andre Cote, president and general manager of Cepex USA Inc. has stated “this alliance opens the way for the expansion of both brands and for our companies to develop an integrated thermoplastic valve and flow control product offering on a worldwide basis.” Joe Aquilino, vice-president and general manager of Hayward flow control systems has stated that “this agreement has the potential to substantially expand both Hayward’s and Cepex’s global market reach by making the companies products more readily available to customers around the world.”

30/06/2003
New Corporate Website

Cepex releases a new corporate website that offers visitors news and information about the company in a comfortable, fast, and effective format. The updated structure optimizes access to the information, speeding up the process of finding answers to the questions asked by users. As a result of its intuitive layout, the new site is both more dynamic and simpler to use.

The website is divided into four sections: Company, which includes detailed information about Cepex, its history, and its philosophy; Products, with complete descriptions of each of the various product families; Services, where you can find a download area to obtain technical and commercial documentation, information on fairs, press releases, and interesting links; and Contact, with up-to-date information on all the corporate branches and official distributors of Cepex products.

With its new website, Cepex takes another step in fulfilling its strategy to continuously improve online services, providing greater value to both its customers and the company.

30/05/2003
Cepex in Achema

Cepex GmbH attended the Achema 2003 trade show, which took place in Frankfurt from the 17th to the 24th off May. Achema is the most important event for the Chemical Industry worldwide.

Cepex GmbH is the corporate branch that has been operating in Germany since 2002.

For further information on this fair, visit its website at www.achema.de.

15/04/2003
Cepex in the 10th FINA World Championships

Cepex is one of the official suppliers involved in the construction of the world's largest free-standing swimming pool, which will be used for the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships taking place from the 13th to the 27th of July in Barcelona.

Thanks to innovative technical designs, the pool is one of the most spectacular in the world. It will be located in the Palau Sant Jordi, a multifunctional arena with capacity for 12,000 people designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki for the Barcelona’92 Olympic Games.

The swimming pool will consist of galvanized steel panels, and will measure 50 x 25 x 2 m (164 x 82 x 6.6 ft) with a surface area of 1,250 m² (13,500 ft²) and a volume of 2,500 m³ (660,000 gallons). It will be assembled on top of a sand foundation covering the floor of the Palau Sant Jordi without any additional supports.

The water treatment system will provide an innovative compact filtration and disinfection solution. Portable monoblocs measuring 6.6 x 2.5 x 2 m (21.7 x 8.2 x 6.6 ft) with state-of-the-art filters will guarantee crystal clear water. In addition, one of the most advanced and environmentally-friendly ozone and bromine disinfection systems will be employed.
The installation will be completed in only three weeks.

10/02/2003
Anual Sales Meeting

The Cepex annual sales meeting took place in Barcelona last December.

Since 1997, the Cepex sales network has been growing due to the creation of several branches all over the world (Portugal, Italy, USA, Mexico, France, Germany, and Morocco).

Once again, the gathering provided an excellent opportunity to share experiences and establish objectives in order to continuously improve both the service and products Cepex offers its customers.