Sanders Saws Inc., one of the most respected names in cutting tools and diamond blades, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1953 by Eugene Sanders, the Honey Brook, Penn., manufacturer serves the professional concrete contractor and the masonry, refractory and quarry industries. Sanders Saws’ product line includes a full line of concrete and masonry saws, diamond core bits, diamond blades, and grinding heads.

Irv Levine, chairman of Multiquip Inc., has retired nearly 30 years after founding the construction equipment company. “It’s been an unbelievable experience for me and one heck of a ride,” Levine says. “I believe our success is truly due to the philosophy of taking care of our customers and our employees.”

Versatile Building Products’s Liquid Rock Self Leveler, designed for use as a self-leveling underlayment or wear-layer to create uniform, flat surfaces for subsequent floor coverings and decorative concrete treatments.

Versatile Building Products (formerly Versatile Deck Coatings) has introduced the Banco-Cast High Performance Counter Top System. Banco-Cast, designed for use in decorative concrete countertops and castings, is a specially formulated blend of fastsetting, shrinkage-compensated portland cement, additives, aggregate and polymer.

Grace Construction Products has introduced Strux 90/40 Fiber Reinforcement for Flooring, the latest addition to its growing line of high-performance synthetic structural fibers.

An advanced System for Self Consolidating Concrete (SCCS) has been introduced by Grace Construction Products. Central to the system is Grace’s new ADVA® Series of high-efficiency polycarboxylate superplasticizers. ADVA Cast 530 is a single component, highrange water-reducing admixture that produces superfluid SCC without segregation and achieves high early compressive strength. […]

Shave Away, Europe, has introduced the Saw Muzzle GP for concrete cutoff saws.

Multiquip has introduced the industry’s first all-wheeldrive power buggy in a 16-cubic-foot capacity.

The Blastrac 1-8DEZ is a highly portable, lightweight shot blasting system that runs dependably on 120 volt power while it strips, cleans and profiles in one easy step.

Sanders Saws & Blades has introduced a new line of Mercury concrete pavement saws.