Elydan helped build one of the largest airports in the Americas
Mexico City International Airport by the Numbers:
▪ 10 billion euro budget
▪ 4,431 hectares
▪ 6 parallel runways
▪ 210 contact points
▪ 125 million passengers per year
Part of the Elydan group specializes in geocomposite drainage materials. Elydan supplied vertical drains for the construction of the new Mexico City International Airport (NAICM), completed in 2022.
Manufactured in the Loiret region (45), the drains were used to consolidate the runways in the first phase of the project.
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“Our ability to quickly provide the right technical, mechanical, and hydraulic specifications for our products manufactured in Sully-sur-Loire were decisive factors in the decision by our client working on the construction of the New Mexico City International Airport, which is currently one of the country’s largest infrastructure projects and one of the most significant in the world in terms of volume for this type of solution,” says Pierre Beirnaert, (former) Director of Business Development at RYB Composites (now part of ELYDAN).
SOLPAC vertical drains make the airport site—located on the site of a former lake—suitable for construction by facilitating water drainage and stabilizing the ground to prevent future subsidence. Once the ground has been stabilized in this way, it will be ready for the construction of the first phase, which includes the airport’s first two runways.
Installed at depths ranging from 15 to 40 meters, ELYDAN s vertical drains are manufactured at the company’s plant in Sully-sur-Loire in the Loiret department (45).
Thanks to their rigidity and crush resistance, they allow for a high drainage flow rate during the soil compaction phase and reduce installation time.
The “Made in France” label (cocorico!) is a strong selling point when competing against rivals who manufacture in all corners of the world, sometimes under less stringent standards and regulations than those we impose on ourselves here in France. That’s also what won over our client for the major Ariane 6 launch pad project in Kourou.
