The Vancouver-based concrete waterproofing company has 85 employees As CEO of a family owned and operated business, Kari Yuers has a unique perspective on succession planning.

Conventional Design vs Sustainable DesignBy Alireza Biparva Concrete, concrete, concrete, it really does make the world go round. Or, at least, allows us to go around the world as it makes up our roads, bridges, highways, tunnels, airport landing strips, and much of our infrastructure. Concrete also allows us to build astronomical structures, climbing higher … Read More

Kari Yuers is the president and CEO of Kryton International. the world’s leading concrete waterproofing solutions provider. with distribution in over 40 countries. Her father, R.G. (Ron) Yuers, started the company as a small. family business in 1975. In the early days, Kari and her brother Kevin swept the factory Hours and applied labels on … Read More

Mexico City, Mexico (May-18th, 2015) – Kryton International Inc. employs durable concrete waterproofing technology to ensure a sustainable and resilient structure that will last the test of time. This sustainable mindset will be a key theme at the Concrete Show Mexico, taking place from May 20-22 in Mexico City, Mexico. Along with being one of the … Read More

Region is evolving from oil and gas into diversified business sectors When Kari Yuers’ business development manager suggested exporting to the Middle East, the CEO of Kryton International could hardly believe her ears. “I said, ‘Why would we go to the Middle East? We sell concrete waterproofing and that’s the desert.’ ” As it turned … Read More

Ontario Construction Report Sustainability has and will continue to grow within every industry, especially the construction industry, as we head into a future wrought with uncertainties. One of our greatest concerns as a global collective is the uncertainty of natural resources moving forward.

Krytonite Swelling Waterstop is part of a new waterproof joint design that combines both swelling waterbar with crystalline technology to achieve the ultimate protection for concrete construction joints against penetration of water, even under extreme hydrostatic pressures.

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SALES/MARKETING Kaja Salovsky has been appointed director of sales, global, at Kryton International Inc. and will be leading the company’s international sales team. Salovsky has more than 20 years of senior sales leadership experience; recent roles include executive director of sales at Essilor Canada, regional sales manager at Canwel Hardware and area sales director at … Read More

Thanks in part to the invention of the working elevator by Elisha Otis in l852 and humankind’s willingness to dream, the ability to construct buildings higher and higher became more possible. Without Otis’s innovation over a century and a half ago, the rise in popularity for tall structures may have been delayed. The innovation was … Read More