An increasing number of manufacturers also now offer their embedded parts in digital form, as three-dimensional models. With the direct link of the Strakon 2014 structural design software to the new...
Cathay Industries, one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of synthetic iron oxide pigments, has recently developed a new generation of water-soluble bags for coloring ready-mixed concrete and...
High-speed rail lines traveling at more than 200 km/h and higher axle loads subject the roadbeds of railroad lines to enormous forces. Prestressed concrete sleepers for track systems therefore...
The Deltabeam composite beam is the most significant single product of Peikko Group. Deltabeams have been used in over 10,000 buildings worldwide, including in Europe, North America and Asia.
During...
Masa’s long-time partner in the UK and Ireland, Michael C. Heaton, says goodbye to the active professional life after 44 years in the building materials industry.
Heaton’s impressive career began...
Jaime Delclaux is the new President of BIBM, the Federation for the European Precast Concrete Industry, which is based in Brussels. Delclaux, from Spain, succeeds Patrick Declerck, who had held the...
In June 2014, Gerhard Würschum, the founder of Würschum GmbH, turned 80. After an apprenticeship as model maker which was followed by studying engineering at the University of Applied Sciences...
Effective September 1, 2014, Ralf A. Spettmann, currently Senior Vice President, Pigments & Resins Europe, Ludwigshafen, will become President of the Construction Chemicals operating division...
The inorganic pigments supplied by Lanxess have had a share in attractiveness and sustainability of sports facilities, popular landmarks and urban infrastructure all over the world for decades. Thus,...
At the end of May, the second Modulo recycling center for Germany was opened in the German city of Bad Schwartau near the well-known Hanseatic city of Lübeck. The 70 concrete modules were assembled...
