Issue 09/2014

In the course of a year, our editorial staff is gathering about 500 patents from all over the world granted on inventions for the precast concrete...

The company history of the Vreden-based enterprise Tenwinkel started in 1959 when Heinrich Tenwinkel, as a young man, cast his first concrete weight...

The French center for studies and research in the concrete industry (CERIB) continues to put its faith in investments in modern technology: At the...

The Website of the internationally active manufacturer of hotmelt adhesives, Bühnen GmbH, now presents itself not only in a fresh design, but also...

As of 1 August 2014, Andreas Klassen (31) has taken over as Sales Manager Site Products in the Construction Chemicals division of MC-Bauchemie Müller...

Wasa is extending its range of services for regrinding production boards and offers, as of now, regrinding at the customer’s site from grinding...

Early July 2014, Friedrich Gebhart was elected president by the members of Fachverband Beton- und Fertigteilwerke Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg...

Your technical journal BFT International has been keeping you up to date with its own twitter messages for five years. The news, or tweets, as they...

On the occasion of the 65th IAA Commercial Vehicles 2014 in Hannover, the Belgian manufacturer of low-bed trailers and semi-trailers Faymonville...

The International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement (ICCBP) will in the coming year 2015 for the first time take place in Germany. The event...

For the first time since the merger under the umbrella of the Top-Werk Group, the companies Hess Group, SR-Schindler, Prinzing-Pfeifer and Hess AAC...

The Wasa Group, in the framework of an asset deal, has taken over the competitor Tecboard. With this, Wasa has further strengthened its position in...

One hundred years after manufacturing the Ur-Leica (first original Leica) in the German city of Wetzlar, the company now returns to its original...

Nikolaus Peter Wild (61) will resign as chairman of the management board of Schöck AG as well as chairman of the management of Schöck Bauteile GmbH,...

Every tunnel project is unique in respect of the particular general conditions. Which driving and lining method is to be used is determined on the...

A high-caliber program, prominent speakers and collegial networking have from the very beginning characterized BetonTage in Neu-Ulm, Germany, Europe’s...

Over a decade, Kazakhstan’s metropolises have been seeing a persistent demand for real estate, with a continuing positive development. The...

The external concrete layers of sandwich panels are often connected through metallic elements. These connectors tend to cause thermal bridging...

One curing chamber is not like another. This was also realized by the management of Ideal­beton located in the German city of Montabaur in summer...

Similar to the neighboring country Latvia, the precast concrete industry sees an economic upswing in Estonia too. The manufacturers E-Betoonelement...

Following the announcement of the agreement between Spiroll and CCL, the first major project between the two companies was the setup of a new...

To defend its leading position as a high-quality company in the fiercely competitive precast market, Ziegelwerk Arnach GmbH & Co. KG  decided to...

Earlier this year, another first was achieved for Spiroll with the supply of hollow-core production machinery to Kazakhstan. SKC Beton is the largest...

In 1990, Hessian company F. C. Nüdling Betonelemente GmbH + Co. KG (FCN) took over the Fambach production site in the German State of Thuringia as its...

Railbeton has a clear focus on manufacturing precast products for use in transport infrastructure. This family-run business is standing its ground on...

There are many compelling arguments in favor of operating a central batching and mixing plant that ensures concrete supply. To name but a few: a more...

Last year, the existing upper and lower stations of the Dantercepies cable car, Selva di Val Gardena in South Tyrol, were demolished and...

The architecture firm Fickenscher Architektur+ used a 3D textile reinforcement from V. Fraas Solutions in Textile for the first time in a concrete...

A combination of well-proven measuring systems, long-term experience and close cooperation with the clients developed a new sensor generation made by...

Cable loops, individual and rail-mounted, have been recognized by the precast industry as an established means for uncomplicated connection of walls...

Infrared thermography is suitable not only for locating thermal bridges in factory and office buildings but also for monitoring and maintaining plant...

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(11) EP 2 749 704 A2 (43) 02.07.2014 (22) 09.09.2004 (84) Benannte Vertragsstaaten: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL...

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(10) US 2014/0205378 Al (43) Jul. 24, 2014 (71) Harvey Hilbert Haynes, Oakland, CA (US) (22) Jan. 17, 2014 (57) An apparatus and method to install...

(10) DE 10 2013 100 053 A1 (22) 04.01.2013 (43) 10.07.2014 (71) Groz-Beckert KG, 72458, Albstadt, DE (57) Zusammenfassung: Ein Betonfertigelement (10)...

(10) US 8,790,109 Bl (45) Jul. 29, 2014 (22) Apr. 5, 2011 (57) A pre-cast concrete wall system for crawlspace applications is herein disclosed. The...

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