Kukun debuted its next step in becoming the premier marketplace for homeowners and home renovation professionals. On June 8, the company debuted its Personalized Estimate, Quote Request, and Projected Home Value tools.

Lackmond’s newest addition to the STS family is the first ever true multi-application diamond blade utilizing patterned diamond technology. The company’s third-generation patterned diamond technology is the most advanced patterned diamond process and evenly aligns the diamonds into rows within the blade’s segment. This precise alignment ensures the maximum amount of diamonds contacting the cutting surface at any given moment. The net result is a diamond blade with consistent segment wear rate and approximately 30 percent more footage versus comparabe blades.

Lackmond Products has introduced the new PRM-RH Series blades. Lackmond’s PRM-RH Series hard materials blade is a mid-range product which combines high performance at a competitive price. It is designed to be used on both hand-held and walk-behind saws. The PRM-RH blade is designed to cut hard materials such as hard brick, hard concrete, river rock, granite and more.

Lackmond Products has introduce the new LSE-PRO Series blades. Lackmond’s new LSE-PRO Series blade is designed to cut metal, stainless steel, ductile iron, rebar, studs, bolts, pipe, sectional tubing and more. The steel core and high-quality diamonds ensure fast cutting speed and very long life compared to standard abrasives.

Fishstone has introduced U-Seal concrete sealer, a unique high performance, two-component hybrid urethane/acrylic sealer formulated specifically for the decorative concrete industry. U-Seal is chemically resistant, highly stain- and scratch-resistant and can be used on interior and exterior, horizontal and vertical surfaces alike.

Holcim Ltd and Lafarge S.A. completed their global merger on July 10 and have launched LafargeHolcim, a world leader in the building materials industry.

Global cement consumption is expected to show sustained growth in 2015, with further gains forecast for 2016, according to analysis presented in the recently-released Global Cement Report Eleventh Edition.

Rapid International, which unveiled its new Trakmix mobile concrete mixing plant, described it as the first of its kind in the market. The tracked machine was designed in response to growing demand for a mobile continuous mixing plant that provides easy transportation without the need for special transport permits.

Two documents from the American Society of Concrete Contractors, the Safety Manual and the Safety Management Plan, have been newly revised and updated to reflect changes in OSHA regulations and the concrete construction industry.