The cement and concrete production sector is going through a process of technological innovation aiming to improve product performance whilst addressing the issues related to rising energy costs, and...
Besser GmbH’s Board of Creditors has agreed to the sale of the German subsidiary of the globally active Besser Company, Alpena, Michigan, USA, to OMAG Service GmbH. The company was already been...
Max Frank GmbH & Co. KG, based in Leiblfing, Germany, has developed special geometries for spacers to facilitate the centering of reinforcing cages in concrete pipe production. This in combination...
For almost 50 years now, Weckenmann has been developing and manufacturing plants, machines and shuttering systems for products made of concrete. In the opinion of Benjamin Zeh, formwork expert at...
The 7th Rilem Conference on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) merits the attribute “international:” Scientists from all continents attended the event in the “Les Cordeliers” conference center in...
According to the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) the precast concrete industry in the United States of America is turning the corner in the recovery from the great recession. The...
With immediate effect, Environmental Product Declaration sheets (EPDs) are available for almost all MasterTop flooring products from BASF. These declarations contain information about the product and...
Peru’s urban population continues to grow and as of June 2011 accounted for 74% of the total population, while rural population is 26%, according to the new population projections made by the...
The members of the BFT editorial team were truly fascinated after a twelve-hour transatlantic flight from Germany and a connecting two-hour flight from São Paulo, the economic hub of Brazil, to the...
