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NEWS | NACHRICHTEN

Motivated Start into the Year 2021

Dear Readers, difficult times and setbacks, maybe even short-time work, from which our industry was also not spared in 2020. That can have a very demotivating effect. The start into the new year is...

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ELKON

Elkoblock 36M machine for Sierra Leone

Country’s one of the biggest road construction company first met with Elkon in 2015 by their purchase of Elkomix-35 Quick Master compact type concrete plant and Elkopomp-S45 trailer type concrete...

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RAPID INTERNATIONAL

New Rapid pan concrete mixer doubles outputs

Rapid International, recently supplied Eco Readymix, one of the UK’s largest ready-mix concrete, mortar and floor screed suppliers, with a new R3000 3.0m3 Rapid pan concrete mixer. The new concrete...

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PRECAST ELEMENT PRODUCTION | FERTIGTEILHERSTELLUNG

European success in Alsózsolca, Hungary

Based on the quantity of placed concrete SW Umwelttechnik Magyarország Kft. is the biggest manufacturer of concrete units in Hungary, whose legal predecessors have been manufacturing concrete,...

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ANCHORING AND REINFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY | BEFESTIGUNGS- UND BEWEHRUNGSTECHNIK

POHLCON

Anchor channels with bolts for dynamic loads

The movements caused by dynamic loads of attachment parts are increased if a hole clearance exists around the fastening element. The movements have an unfavorable effect both in the long term and in...

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LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE | LEICHTBETON

Infra-lightweight concrete (ILC)

Virtually an all-rounder among the concretes

Research on infra-lightweight concrete as a monolithic and thermal-insulating construction material is conducted at the Chair of Conceptual and Structural Design at Technische Hochschule Berlin headed...

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PATENTS | PATENTE

Molded concrete block for landscape design

(10) DE 10 2019 002 435 A1 (22) 03.04.2019(43) 08.10.2020(57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen Beton­formstein für die Landschaftsgestaltung als im Grundriss rechteckiger Umwandungsstein, mit zwei...

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Reinforced wall face panel

(11) GB 2583136 A(22) 18.04.2019(43) 21.10.2020(57) A panel for forming a face of an earth bank, e.g. at a roadside/bridge, the panel comprising a flexible attachment member embedded in a composite...

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