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The 2013 Inductees

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The Decorative Concrete Hall of Fame is pleased to honor its inductees for 2013: Ralph Gasser, Bill Stegmeier, Barbara Sargent and Byron Klemaske II. The Hall of Fame announced the group at the 2013 Concrete Decor Show.

2013 Inductee Barbara Sargent

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Sargent had a prestigious career at Lambert Landscape Co. beginning in 1972 until the early 1990s. She rose to the position of vice president, where she was responsible for marketing, customer service and the retail division. It was during her tenure there that she was introduced to Epmar Corp.’s Kemiko stains and coatings and the idea of decorative concrete.

2013 Inductee Bill Stegmeier

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Concrete pool decks may seem like a fairly standard job for the layperson, but during the course of his career, Bill Stegmeier transformed the pool deck industry through his innovations. In the early 1950s, Bill owned a south Florida concrete construction firm that poured pool decks, as well as a chemical manufacturing company that supplied concrete additives.

2013 Hall of Fame Inductee Byron Klemaske II

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When Byron was just 17 years old, in the early 1970s, he took a leap of faith and went to work for John T. Dryden Inc., a San Diego concrete imprinting company. He quickly became intrigued with the possibilities of the Bomanite process used by the company, and went on to develop innovative decorative concrete products, tools, methods and finishes. He expanded uses and markets for decorative concrete and trained many other notable people in the industry.

RapidSet releases self-leveling underlayment

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Rapid Set has launched LevelFlor, an advanced hydraulic cement-based self-leveling underlayment that can be used both indoors and outdoors. LevelFlor rapidly levels, maintains workability for 30 minutes and produces a smooth, strong surface with high bond strength. It is designed for fast track application, so it can accept foot traffic […]

New glow-in-the-dark coating from AGT

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Ambient Glow Technology’s new Safetycoat is a high-performance, hybrid polyurea photo luminescent coating designed to provide ambient light for pathways, stairs, handrails and obstacles so that individuals can discern these elements in dark conditions. It can be easily applied to virtually any clean, non-oil based surface with a roller, brush […]

HTC offers pre-separator

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The HTC Greyline Pre-separator connects to any dust extractor to add an additional stage of filtration. Its bypass valve enables any dust extractor to continuously operate with limited downtime. With the use of the bypass valve you can achieve up to 9 bags of dust on the Greyline Pre-separator to […]

Solid-Color Concrete Stains: The Ideal Way to Recolor Aging Flatwork

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A solid-color concrete stain might be described as a cross between a coating and a stain, with the opaque solid color reminding one of a coating and the penetrating properties being more like a stain.

Quick release rotary mount and pad driver added to Revolution Rotary System

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The newest addition to the Wagman Revolution Rotary System includes a quick release rotary mount that allows for free spinning and “float” to keep rotaries flat on the floor. The V-Notch mount fits onto spring-loaded EDCO Style adapters, and the new pad driver rotary allows for use of floor pads […]

Intertape Polymer Group introduces options for decorative concrete market

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Intertape Polymer Group Inc., a manufacturer of industrial tapes and films, is targeting the decorative concrete industry with a new line of products specifically designed to meet the needs of contractors, installers and DIYers. “Each of our decorative concrete tapes is of the highest quality and feature strength, durability, and […]