The group of companies MATHIOS REFRACTORIES S.A., with 120 years of tradition in the industrial and building materials, refractory and acid-proof manufacturing, is today one of the biggest producing, trading and construction corporations not only in Greece and the Balkans but also Europe, with privately-owned installations in Aspropyrgos and in Rentis. The company has been established as one of the bigger forces in a European level due to the permanent search for new products, in the specialised and continuous education of personnel, in the productive dynamics but also in the pioneering spirit of Administration for further growth and updating. With the scope of production and trading of refractories, construction and decorative materials as well as the production of manufactured stone, it has accomplished to establish itself in the Greek market as the 1st customers choice and in addition to export in at least 40 countries world wide. The technical sector has demonstrated appreciable results in the refractories and acid-proof manufacturing (study, supply of materials, manufacture, maintenance, supervision) in industries of energy, cement, aluminium, steel, lime, food, refineries, galvanization, incinerators, etc. It has executed with success many big projects abroad, as in Iran, Arabia, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Nigeria, and it has collaborated with success with some of the biggest European Japanese and American construction companies.