- CEO
- Antonio Sabugal Armijo
- Full Time Employees
- 589
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Construction materials
- Address
- Las Condes Chile
- IPO Date
- May 25, 1982
- Business
- Compañía Industrial El Volcán S.A. is a Chile-based industrial manufacturing company that specializes in the production, distribution, and commercialization of building materials and industrialized construction systems for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional infrastructure sectors. Founded in 1916 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the company operates across the building materials and drywall construction industries. Compañía Industrial El Volcán S.A. organizes its product portfolio into comprehensive categories comprising gypsum wallboard systems, marketed under its flagship Volcanita brand, including standard, moisture-resistant, fire-resistant, and high-impact plasterboards; fiber cement panels and architectural sidings under the Volcanboard brand for internal partitioning and exterior facades; thermal, acoustic, and fire-resistant insulation solutions, including mineral rock wool under the Aislan brand and fiberglass insulation under the Sonoglass brand; dry mortars, joint treatment compounds, leveling pastes, setting plasters, and construction adhesives; roofing and weather-barrier systems, including asphalt shingles, waterproof underlayments, and vapor barriers; and complementary drywall components, including structural galvanized steel profiles, acoustic ceiling tiles, joint tapes, and passive fire protection systems. Beyond its domestic manufacturing footprint in Chile, which includes production facilities in Puente Alto, Lampa, and San José de Maipo, the company maintains regional operations and distribution networks across Latin America, including Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, and Uruguay. Compañía Industrial El Volcán S.A. maintains a long-standing strategic alliance and equity partnership with French multinational building materials group Saint-Gobain, coordinating regional plasterboard, insulation, and mortar operations and holding equity participations in entities such as Solcrom S.A. and Weber Chile. In recent strategic developments, the company expanded its South American footprint through the acquisition of Uruguayan dry mortar and construction chemicals manufacturer Urumix via its subsidiary Inversiones Volcán Internacional SpA, commissioned a new plasterboard manufacturing line in Brazil in joint collaboration with Saint-Gobain, and accelerated the rollout of sustainable, energy-efficient industrialized dry-construction solutions tailored for offsite prefabrication and modern construction standards.