A new fully automated Bamtec Evolution production line was put into operation at the production site of the Atterer Stahlcenter GmbH steel processing company; the system was supplied by Progress...

Since the introduction in 2005 of the “mixer with sequence automation and process data control,” initially known as the “mixer with university control,” more than 50 institutions around the world have...

Every three years the congress of the Federation of the European Precast Concrete Industry (BIBM – Bureau International du Béton Manufacturé) will take place in a different European country. The last...

Adhesions and wear that occur at transition points and on discharge funnels, mostly result in unscheduled downtimes. Cost-intensive repairs on the greater part of the production processes can be...

After more than 5 years as head of the design and development department, the managing partners Hermann and Wolfgang Weckenmann appointed Martin Schatz (48) as another member of the management team of...

Since the foundation of mbk Maschinenbau GmbH by Georg Pfender, in 1961, the company – with its technical expertise, ingenuity, high quality standards and close cooperation with customers – has...

By appointing Oliver Rauter as new managing director, the Hess Group is investing equally in continuity and its global growth plans. Oliver Rauter is thus succeeding Tobias Hess and returns to the...

In the concrete sector, the preparation of concrete – the environmental-friendly construction material with a future –takes place in a wide range of intensive mixers. Trough mixers in the form of...

Recently, HTB Hoch- und Tiefbaustoffe GmbH & Co. KG has extended their facility located in Könnern, Saxony-Anhalt/Germany. At the end of 2017, Ebawe Anlagentechnik prepared the premises for the...

Ben Bates and his father Bob were surrounded by growth. As the founders of Bates Pipes and Products, they were churning out wetcast concrete pipe, box culverts and other underground infrastructure...

Building with precast concrete elements is an established process. The design and execution of floors is often a virtually philosophical question. As frequently preferred solutions, they are often...

From October 2018 to March 2019, Swiss-based Favre Betonwaren AG installed a comprehensive new production facility for self-compacting concrete (SCC). At the Däniken headquarters, SCC has long been...

The decades of change have begun: in climate, nutrition, health, digitation, sustainability, migration etc. But profound changes also give rise to many questions. In this second part of the...

C&G Pigment, a leading marketing company for inorganic pigments, has registered a subsidiary in Leverkusen, Germany. The company establishes a European presence to market its product portfolio from...

In 2019, BWE Bau Fertigteiltechnik GmbH, a company of the Zech Group, relocated its Wiefelstede production facility to Lemwerder.BWE Bau is manufacturing quite different two-dimensional precast...

Industry calls for concepts with a focus on highest efficiency and maximum reliability. MBK, manufacturer of reinforcement mesh welding machines for the construction, concrete and precast industries,...