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Innovative carbon grid fabric for German Future Prize

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TU Dresden scientists were awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize) 2016 for their research project on carbon concrete

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President Joachim Gauck and Roy Thyroff, Managing Director of V. Fraas Solutions in Textile GmbH, after the award ceremony

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Railway bridge crossing the Selbitz valley: the concrete of the vaulted arches was refurbished using the new innovative carbon concrete

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The German Future Prize (Deutscher Zukunftspreis) awarded by the German President is one of the most important scientific awards in Germany. This year, the President’s Award for Technology and Innovation was conferred on the carbon concrete technology (see p. 35). Supplying the carbon grid fabric used as reinforcement, V. Fraas Solutions in Textile GmbH has been a key player in the production of this ultra-light and innovative type of concrete. The remarkable features of carbon concrete are its slender esthetics and significant savings in both material and costs. Carbon concrete also reduces...

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