Issue 07/2010

The beginning of the Central-European summer coincided with the beginning of the “other” season:  the World Soccer Cup in South Africa that was...

 „The concrete, however, shall be quite homogeneous on the surface“ – that is the requirement of many constructors or planners when talking about...

 Occupational safety as an incentive within the remuneration system, concrete production – without any solvents being hazardous to health and tools...

 Cost pressure forces manufacturers of concrete products to search for potential cost savings. Next to the cement cost, pigment is the second...

 To stay competitive, a company must keep its systems and equipment in good repair and make timely replacements as necessary. Many companies,...

During the night of May 8th - 9th, the first bridge girders were installed for the link that will connect the existing airport facility with the new...

 Shuttlelift has announced the launch of a new series of cranes designed to provide state-of-the-art material handling solutions and a broad range...

 Reinforcing bars or reinforcing steel meshes (reinforcements) are usually inserted in the concrete used for conventional structural components in...

 At bauma 2010, the Teka company presented its newly developed mixing equipment – a „mixing turbine“ for high-performance planetary mixers. An...

› Rockwood Pigments, manufacturer of innovative inorganic pigments and business unit of Rockwood Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ROC), announces the...

 In 2010, Benders, the roofing tile manufacturer, is celebrating its 50^th anniversary. Starting out in 1960 with a small used tile machine installed...

 Just like almost everywhere in the world, the current economic situation is very tense, especially in Spain. Nonetheless, Paviments Lloseta decided...

 The FIFA World Cup tournament got underway on June 11^th. The event is taking place this year for the first time on African soil. The stadium where...

 Mid April, the agreement was concluded between Belimed Sauter AG and Mr. Rupert Plersch as chairman of the board of directors of the newly founded...

 Bauma 2010 again was a barometer for the medium-term economic trends in the construction industry. The B.T. innovation company presented in fact...

 Boehlerit tungsten carbide tooling enables a production of approximately 550 million concrete roof tiles per year. For a family home about 2.500...

 From an idea, emerging 15 years ago, Rank Roofing has developed to a well-known manufacturer of components and plants for the production of...

 On June 11 the first whistle of this year’s biggest soccer event blew. The match took place at Soccer City, one of ten iconic stadiums purpose...

› The most recent problems in the European economy and thus in the construction industry on the one hand – gigantic foreign construction projects as,...

 Blue sky, sunshine and many visitors – this was once again the setting of the 29th bauma, which was held at the end of April in Munich. As before,...