
Emecole Metro Blog


Celebrating World Water Day and the Active Preservation of Water With Metropolitan Industries
While we all understand that water is essential, it’s easy to take such a precious commodity for granted. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water. That is an average of 1 in 3 people. To raise awareness against this, the United Nations has [...]
Fulfilling an Entrepreneurial Dream:
Lou Cole’s Pioneering of Low Pressure Crack Injection and its Lasting Impact
Emecole founder Lou Cole speaking on low pressure crack injection at a company hosted seminar (Aug. 14, 2008). January 13, 2020 By Martin Hawrysko, Emecole Metro LLC In the spirit of Peculiar People Day, which falls on January 10th, we use this opportunity to reflect on the founder of our company, Lou Cole. Peculiar People [...]

Waterproofing Efforts in the Basement and Crawl Space May Help Combat Against the Entry of Radon
This has been quite the unusual winter throughout much of the United States. Average temperatures throughout the Midwest and East Coast have hovered significantly above average. In the Chicagoland area, for example, Christmas Day reached a high of 57 degrees. While you will be pressed to find anyone complaining about this unusual weather, we do [...]
Emecole Metro’s Spring 2020 Contractor Training Workshop Schedule
The schedule for Emecole Metro's Spring 2020 Contractor Training Workshops have been finalized. February 27- 28 (Thursday and Friday) March 5-6 (Thursday and Friday) Our two-day block sessions, held in Romeoville, IL, just 35 miles southwest of Chicago, are perfect for contractors looking to expand their concrete crack repair and basement waterproofing repair capabilities. Our [...]
Emecole Metro and Ion Technologies Exhibiting at the World of Concrete 2020
Emecole Metro will be at the 2020 World of Concrete at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Tuesday, Feb. 4 through Friday, Feb. 7. We're looking forward to representing our world class line of concrete repair and basement waterproofing products. It's a great opportunity to meet our team and to get a hands-on experience with our [...]
In-House Production a Key Difference Maker Towards the Output of Superior Product Solutions
With today, October 4th, being Manufacturing Day, we thought it was appropriate for us at Emecole Metro to reflect on the role that in-house manufacturing and production has had at our company over the last 33 years. Before the manufacturing process can take place, the first component that is absolutely critical is an idea. Dating [...]