Who We Are
Dermax was originally incorporated in the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil, South America, in January 2001 with the corporate mission of making available to the marketplace a diverse, innovative, and unique line of products and technologies, that have been recognized as effective problem-solvers over the years.
These products and technologies were previously developed by its founder, Dr. Domingos Loricchio, a scientist passionate about applied chemistry who attended sciences and philosophy at Sorbonne University in France, and extensively researched for many years in several distinct and diverse fields, such as state-of-the-art polymers, innovative ceramics and refractories, and many others. Many of Dr. Loricchio’s discoveries were patented by Carborundum in Brazil and the USA, including an innovative refractory compound used in the Apolo space program by NASA.
Dermax in Brazil holds a portfolio of more than 30 different products and technologies, most of them quite exclusive problem-solvers, which have been discovered and developed by Dr. Domingos Loricchio in over 25 years of research. Some of these products represent unique technologies, that have been patented by
Carborundum, where Dr. Loricchio spent 17 years in the research department, his companies, and successors over the years.
Dermasfalt® is one of the products discovered and patented by Dr. Loricchio. The product is classified as a “Hot Melt” which is applied as a thin layer of pavement, wearing surface material that far outlasts any regular asphalt, and has been applied to all large steel bridge decks in Brazil for the past 30 years with remarkable results. No other product known to date will last so long under such severe constant heavy traffic conditions.
Dermax and its proprietary formulas and manufacturing technologies are the result of exhaustive research and have been patented and/or patented applied in Brazil and some other countries.
The corporation currently held by Dr. Loricchio’s successors intends to continuously strive to improve these new technologies and research new and derivative products that will prove advantageous to existing conventional highway materials, focusing on traffic safety and durability. These products and technologies are meant to be made available worldwide.
In addition to the Highway line of products, Dermax also supplies specialty exclusive coating products for the construction industry and continuously works on R&D, with the mission of bringing exclusive new products to the marketplace worldwide, maintaining its mentor’s philosophy in search of effective solutions and sound
businesses.