Issue 07/2014

At the end of May, the citizens of the European Union (EU) elected a new Parliament. Voter turnout could have been higher. For all the criticism of...

The Russian market is one of the Faymonville Group’s, a leading manufacturer of semi-trailers for heavy haulage transport, priorities. In Noginsk near...

Effective September 1, 2014, Ralf A. Spettmann, currently Senior Vice President, Pigments & Resins Europe, Ludwigshafen, will become President of the Construction Chemicals operating division headquartered in Ludwigshafen. Spettmann succeeds Dr. Tilman Krauch, who will take up a new position at another company. Spettmann obtained an economics degree and began his career in 1992 at Boston Consulting Group, where he held Partner, Vice President and Director positions. He joined BASF in 2006, initially in the role of Group Vice President, Acrylics and Superabsorbents. In 2009, he became Senior Vice President, Fuel and Lubricant Solutions; from 2012, he has been Senior Vice President of the...

Jaime Delclaux is the new President of BIBM, the Federation for the European Precast Concrete Industry, which is based in Brussels. Delclaux, from...

Masa’s long-time partner in the UK and Ireland, Michael C. Heaton, says goodbye to the active professional life after 44 years in the building...

The Inorganic Pigments business unit (IPG) at Lanxess has published another case study as part of the publication series “Colored Concrete Works”....

Quite recently, the Dutch company Haitsma Beton B.V has successfully installed several 68 m long box beams with a weight of 240 tons. They are used...

In sight of the harbor of Emden, Germany, not far from the pier for transporting offshore wind power plants, around 20 employees have started work in...

At present, Europe’s largest water construction site is situated in the “melting pot” Ruhr district in Germany. The river Emscher with its numerous...

At the end of May, the second Modulo recycling center for Germany was opened in the German city of Bad Schwartau near the well-known Hanseatic city of...

The Deltabeam composite beam is the most significant single product of Peikko Group. Deltabeams have been used in over 10,000 buildings worldwide,...

The fact that lightweight concrete masonry blocks, like SL Plus made by Liapor, do not only fulfill quite particular requirements in respect of...

Prestressed concrete sleepers for track systems are increasingly replacing steel and wood sleepers. Companies are investing in modern production...

At the CTT 2014, there was no other topic that was dealt with such respectful silence than the military confrontation and the continuing conflict...

Cement production generates substantial CO2 emissions that adversely affect the environmental footprint of concrete. In a research project, cement was...

Skonto Prefab, the precast concrete division of the Skonto Enterprises group of companies, is one of the biggest, state-of-the-art manufacturers of...

Right from the beginning the mutual confidence in each other’s technical, professional and human competence were the basis of the successful...

The inorganic pigments supplied by Lanxess have had a share in attractiveness and sustainability of sports facilities, popular landmarks and urban...

A wide variety of different pigment forms such as powder, liquid or granules is available in the market for the coloring of ­concrete. The following...

The Budapest Bisztró – a restaurant established in 2012 in an existing building in the heart of the Hungarian capital – captures the attention of its...

In 2012 Würschum GmbH supplied a five color Oxide system to Urbanstone Pty Ltd in Perth. The Flex 70 Oxide system has allowed to further automate the...

In June 2014, Gerhard ­Würschum, the founder of ­Würschum GmbH, turned 80. After an apprenticeship as model maker which was followed by studying...

(10) DE 10 2010 015195 84 2014.05.15 (22) 16.04.2010 (43) 20.10.2011 (45) Veröffentlichungstag der Patenterteilung: 15.05.2014 (73) Hunklinger,...

(10) DE 10 2012 021 793 A1 2014.05.08 (22) 08.11.2012 (43) 08.05.2014 (71) Hieber, Alexander, 86441, Zusmarshausen, DE (57) Zusammenfassung: Um bei...

(10) DE 10 2012 220 814 A1 2014.05.15 (22) 14.11.2012 (43) 15.05.2014 (71) Schlüsselbauer, Johann, Altenhof am Hausruck, AT (57) Zusammenfassung: Es...

(10) DE 10 2012 021 795 A1 2014.05.08 (22) 08.11.2012 (43) 08.05.2014 (71) Benno Drössler GmbH & Co. Bauunternehmung KG, 57080, Siegen, DE (57) Zusammenfassung: Die Erfindung betrifft ein flüssigkeitsdichtes Becken (1) in Modulbauweise bestehend...

Until 2012, the construction industry in Turkey had been growing at a rapid rate. The local concrete and precast concrete industry as well as the...

An increasing number of manufacturers also now offer their embedded parts in digital form, as three-dimensional models. With the direct link of the...

Cathay Industries, one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of synthetic iron oxide pigments, has recently developed a new generation of water-soluble...

Silage silos, liquid-manure tanks, basements, pits, and biogas facilities are all exposed to numerous aggressive mechanical and chemical attacks that...

The owner of the Abril wine-growing estate, founded in 1740 and located near Freiburg, Germany, decided to build a new wine-press house to meet the...