Hector Silva

KMG de Mexico S.A. de C.V.

KMG-Bernuth, Inc. is the leader in utility pole and railroad crosstie wood preservation materials in North America. KMG-Bernuth's pentachlorophenol (penta) and creosote wood-preserving chemicals has played a critical role in the development of the nations's transportation, communications, maritime and construction infrastructures. For more than a century, creosote treatments have been protecting railway ties, construction timbers and marine pilings from insect infestation and decay. For nearly as long, pentachlorophenol (penta) has been the coating treatment power generation and telephone companies use to protect their utility poles.