In the manufacturing process, structural components made of ultra high performance concrete UHPC need to be treated with heat, e.g., 2 days at 90 °C. However, precast concrete manufacturers are often...
Exhibitors at interpack 2011 were in excellent spirits and reported having a host of excellent meetings with high-calibre visitors. Many had approached companies with specific orders, they said, and...
As the survey shows, there has been a change in the attitude in Italia over the last four years. In the meantime, 65% of the people surveyed consider a sustainable modernization as the most essential...
Medicine and food are interesting areas of applications that could well use this new objectiveness – but technology and the environment stand to profit as well.
Even the construction industry can...
This was made possible by the normative specifications in DIN EN 12878: “Pigments for the coloring of building materials based on cement and/or lime - Specifications and methods of test.” These...
China is most aggressive
According to the survey, the Chinese large-scale plant manufacturers are the most conspicuous competitors in the world market at present. Their pricing policy is not only most...
The thesis investigates the influences of aggregates soluble in alkalis in terms of blistering of coatings on concrete (alkali-silica reaction - ASR). For this purpose, on the one hand, concretes were...
A German regional newspaper published an article in mid-June about the planned restoration of a market square in a small town in western Germany. The chairperson of the local heritage association, a...
When processing concrete mixes, the actual mixing process that forms part of the entire process chain is of paramount importance. With the aim of achieving a mix design that ensures the specified...
If invoicing of certain non-finalized projects (EUR 4.7 million) would be taken into consideration, Peikko was already operatively profitable when measured in operating profit. The operative growth of...
