CEMAT - Grupo Industrial

What CEMAT - Grupo Industrial does

CEMAT - Grupo Industrial (legal entity: CANALIZACIONES ESPECIALES Y MATERIALES, S.L.) is a privately held Spanish specialty industrial group founded in 1992 and headquartered at Polígono Ind. Roces 4 in Gijón, Asturias. The company operates a centralized warehouse-showroom serving as both distribution hub and customer-facing storefront, with 28 employees and a national Spain go-to-market. It is structured around three revenue engines: wholesale distribution of construction and civil engineering materials across roughly 36 product categories (piping, plastic accessories, insulation, waterproofing, formwork, energy efficiency systems, safety equipment, and urban furniture); in-house fabrication of fiberglass reinforced polyester (FRP) parts including septic tanks, separators, manholes and large-diameter pipe fittings up to 1,000mm; and specialized installation services for PE100 polyethylene pipelines using butt welding and electrofusion, supplemented by machinery rental of welding equipment and generators.

The company's core technology revolves around thermoplastic material expertise: PE100 pipe welding methods (butt fusion and electrofusion), FRP manufacturing using multiple resin formulations, and large-diameter fabrication in PVC, PP and PE. It also holds regulatory homologation as an approved manufacturer of water meter covers for the municipal utility Empresa de Aguas de Gijón (EMA), creating a niche regulatory moat in that product line. Its customer base spans construction contractors (e.g., Construcciones Caicoya, Pladur), civil engineering and tunneling/mining operators, and Spanish public entities. Brand portfolio includes the umbrella CEMAT / Grupo Industrial / Cemat brands plus the sub-brand Cemat Eficiencia (energy efficiency) and affiliated entity Impercanal (waterproofing/impermeabilization).

Commercially, CEMAT runs a sales-led, B2B motion with no public e-commerce pricing. Customers browse the product catalog on cemat.es and submit budget requests (Presupuestos), with the sales team issuing custom quotes and managing multi-year project contracts. Distribution is domestic (Single Country) via direct sales/quote requests and a physical walk-in store-warehouse. Marketing relies on the company website, organic social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), technical blog content, and supplier Demo Day events. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is fully quote-based. No external funding rounds, parent companies, or public listings are evident.

Name

CEMAT - Grupo Industrial

Legal name

CANALIZACIONES ESPECIALES Y MATERIALES, S.L.

Website

https://cemat.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEMAT - Grupo Industrial is a privately held Gijón-based Spanish specialty distributor and FRP manufacturer serving construction, civil engineering, tunneling/mining, and public-sector clients across Spain with thermoplastic materials, PE100 pipe welding services, and custom fabrication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gijón

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Construction Materials Distribution: Wholesale distribution of construction materials including piping, plastic accessories, insulation, waterproofing, formwork systems, concrete channels, and specialized building materials to construction companies, contractors, and public entities.
2. Plastic Pipe Installation Services: Splicing and installation of plastic pipe systems including PE100 polyethylene pipelines through butt welding and electrofusion methods, with own technical-commercial teams.
3. Custom FRP Fabrication and Repair: Custom manufacturing of fiberglass reinforced polyester pieces including septic tanks, separators, and tanks, as well as in-situ repairs and waterproofing services.
4. Machinery Rental: Rental of specialized polyethylene welding equipment including electrofusion and butt welding machines, autonomous power generators, and auxiliary tools for pipeline construction.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CEMAT is a Spanish industrial group founded in 1992 in Gijón that distributes construction materials across building, civil engineering, tunnel/mining, and public-sector verticals while operating an in-house fiberglass reinforced polyester (FRP) fabrication workshop and providing PE100 polyethylene pipe installation services using butt welding and electrofusion. It also rents specialized welding equipment to contractors. The company serves as a single-source supplier with a broad catalog spanning more than 36 product categories and an in-house manufacturing capability for custom pieces.

Product overview

CEMAT - Grupo Industrial is a specialized industrial group founded in 1992, originally as a distributor of construction materials focused on plastic pipes and fittings. The company has evolved into a comprehensive provider of construction materials and services across multiple sectors: Edificación (building construction with products like formwork systems, insulation, sanitation, doors, stairs, fire protection, and decorative stone), Obra Civil (civil engineering with piping systems, drainage, and structural materials), Túneles y Minería (tunnel and mining specialized products), Entes Públicos (public sector equipment), Seguridad (safety equipment including nets and life lines), and Eficiencia Energética (energy efficiency solutions including SATE systems and thermal insulation). The company also operates manufacturing services including a polyester workshop for fiberglass reinforced products, plastic pipe assembly services, and machinery rental. They work with European first-tier brands including DEKTON, STO, CELO, Soudal, Ursa, Aco, Grundfos, and Promat.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cemat Eficiencia: Energy efficiency division focused on SATE systems, thermal insulation, ventilated facades, air tightness, waterproofing, and roof SATE solutions.
• Impercanal

Products and services

• Sintered Pavement (Pavimento Sinterizado) High-pressure and near-fusion temperature processed sintered pavement that emulates natural stone or concrete, with hardness, stain resistance, low porosity, and thermal stability, intended for building and public-sidewalk applications.
• Septic Tanks (Fosas Sépticas) Decantation and digester tanks manufactured by extrusion blow molding in single pieces up to 5,000 liters and double-wall from 12,000 liters, made of high-density polyethylene for watertightness and impact resistance, targeted at sanitation and civil works customers.
• Plastic Pipe Assembly Service (Montaje de Tuberías Plásticas) Supply and installation of PE100 polyethylene pipelines using butt welding and electrofusion, with own technical-commercial teams, equipment, and human resources for large construction, civil engineering, and industrial projects.
• FRP / Polyester Workshop (Taller de Poliéster) In-house manufacturing of fiberglass reinforced polyester pieces including septic tanks, compact filter tanks, buried and surface tanks, grease and hydrocarbon separators, planters, channels, gargoyles, hoppers, manholes, and water meter covers; also performs coatings, repairs, waterproofing, and PVC/PP/PE pipe fabrication up to 1,000 mm diameter.
• Machinery Rental (Alquiler de Maquinaria) Rental of PE100 pipe welding equipment including butt welding and electrofusion machines, autonomous power generators, and auxiliary tools (e.g., Little Beat, Twin-S, Track 400 Manual scrapers) for pipeline construction projects.
• Energy Efficiency Solutions (Cemat Eficiencia) Building energy efficiency package including SATE external insulation systems (Sto), air tightness (Soudal), ventilated facades (Dekton and Sto), terrace waterproofing (Schlüter), and thermal insulation (Ursa, Thermogreen, Bur2000, Sto) for new construction and rehabilitation.
• Water Meter Covers for EMA Gijón Homologated/approved manufacturer of water meter covers for the municipal utility Empresa de Aguas de Gijón (EMA), representing a regulatory-cleared product line for municipal water infrastructure.
• Tunnel and Mining Supplies (Túneles y Minería) Specialized supplies for tunnel and mining operations including auxiliary pipe and cable supports, drilling machinery spares, anchors and fixings, doors, pneumatic tools, fire protection, hoses and fittings, sludge drainage pumps, sanitation, water valves, tunnel waterproofing membranes, elevation equipment, construction chemistry, environmental solutions (absorbent barriers and coils), tool boxes, and formwork systems.
• Public Sector Supplies (Entes Públicos) Equipment and materials for municipalities and public administrations including urban furniture, sanitation, sintered stone sidewalk paving, construction chemistry, sports courts, and bicycle lane components, intended for compliance with public procurement requirements.

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• DovelaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCollaborator on building envelope installation projects, specifically mentioned for the 47-unit residential project in Roces for Construcciones Caicoya.
• ImpercanalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany belonging to the Cemat Group, specializing in tunnel and infrastructure installation services. Mentioned placing JNA-70 longitudinal expansion joints.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BigMat: European franchise network of independent B2B building materials merchants, operating in Spain via BigMat Iberia. The closest direct peer to CEMAT — both are multi-category construction materials distributors serving small/medium contractors with similar mix of premium-brand products, in-house logistics, and quote-based B2B sales.

Emerging players

• Strongwell Corporation: US-based pultruded FRP manufacturer serving infrastructure, water, and industrial customers. CEMAT's in-house FRP workshop competes in the same broad use cases (septic tanks, separators, channels) but at a custom-fabrication, project-based scale versus Strongwell's standardized product portfolio.
• Soprema Iberia: Spanish arm of Soprema Group — manufacturer and distributor of waterproofing, insulation, and roofing systems. Comparable to CEMAT's overlap with Soudal/Schlüter waterproofing and SATE/insulation offering, but vertically integrated upstream as a manufacturer.

Broad incumbents

• Travis Perkins plc: UK's largest builders' merchant with a similar vertical mix of building, civils, and infrastructure materials. Public market comparability makes it a useful benchmark for the financial profile of a multi-category construction materials distributor.
• Saint-Gobain Distribution (PuntLlet / La Plataforma de la Construcción): Largest French-headquartered building products distributor in Spain via 'La Plataforma de la Construcción'. Competes in the same multi-category B2B materials merchant space as CEMAT but at vastly greater scale, with broader geographic coverage and stronger logistics footprint.
• Grafton Group (Selco, Woodie’s): UK and Irish builders merchants group operating Selco, Chadwicks, and Woodie's. Trades at the same multi-category B2B construction supply model as CEMAT across building, civils, and trade customers, although at much larger scale and with branch-heavy networks.
• Würth España: Spanish arm of the German industrial distribution giant. While Würth focuses on fasteners/tools/MRO rather than building envelopes, its B2B direct-sales-via-rep model serving Spanish trades is structurally analogous to CEMAT's quote-based sales motion.
• SIG plc: UK-listed specialist distributor of building products (insulation, roofing, exteriors) with growing presence in continental Europe. Comparable business model — premium-brand distribution into construction projects — and SIG's exteriors/insulation focus aligns with CEMAT's SATE/energy efficiency sub-brand.

Regional players

• Materiales de Construcción García (regional Spanish merchant): Mid-sized regional Spanish building materials distributor with comparable customer base (small/medium contractors, public works). Useful peer for understanding regional Spanish distribution economics, though smaller product breadth than CEMAT.

Others

• Ritchie Tools (industrial supplies Spain): Industrial tools and welding equipment rental specialist. Comparable only to CEMAT's machinery rental revenue stream (Little Beat, Twin-S, Track 400 PE welders) — adjacent rather than directly competitive, providing a benchmark for rental utilization economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cemat
• Instagraminstagram.com/cemat_grupo_industrial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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