Kazakhstan’s largest precast concrete plant inaugurated
Recently, the Kazakh concrete specialist GLB has put his new production facility in Astana into operation – with an overall area covering 15 hectares it is the largest precast concrete plant in Kazakhstan for the time being. The German equipment and machinery manufacturer Weckenmann was commissioned with the implementation of this demanding project as principal supplier and coordinator.
GLB is a subsidiary company of Shar Kurylys, a big building contractor headquartered in Astana. Up to now, Shar Kurylys has bought their precast concrete elements from external sources, but the company decided to produce the precast concrete products themselves owing to the growing demand. The new GLB precast concrete plant, which is an important investment for the city of Astana and for Kazakhstan as a whole, is now manufacturing about 250.000 m² of living space annually. The circulation system used for mixed production (sandwich elements, walls, floors and customized elements) has a...
