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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for the unique structure of CO2-cured Solidia Concrete™, further advancing the availability of higher-performing and more sustainable materials to the global construction and materials industries. Solidia Technologies® holds the exclusive licensing rights to the patent, which is held by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where the original generation of the material was invented.
Athens is home to more than three million Greeks and is one of the oldest cities in the world. The city depends on the Mornos Canal for drinking water. A combination of Peneplug, Penetron and Penecrete Mortar by Penetron were recently used on the exterior and interior surfaces to successfully repair leaks in the canal.
W. R. Grace (NYSE: GRA) announces that Dr. Klaus-Alexander Rieder and Dr. Kumar Ranganathan of Grace Construction Products (GCP) are the recipients of the 2014 Grace Award for Technical Excellence (GATE) for their development of STRUX – a series of novel synthetic macro fibers for reinforcing concrete.
Conventional membrane solutions are often insufficient when confronted with building a large tower in a saturated job site. Treating the foundation of the newly constructed 8th Avenue Residences tower with Penetron Admix turned out to be the ideal solution – with the added bonus of permanent integral waterproofing.
This new year, The Wooster Brush Co. will celebrate 165 years of being a leading manufacturer in the paint applicator industry.
Laticrete, a global manufacturer and leader of premium installation and finishing systems for the building industry, announced that its 60th anniversary celebration will take place at World of Concrete in the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 2-5.
The National Steering Committee (NSC) for the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program – a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management – raised more than $800,000 in gross revenue at its tenth annual auction, held in conjunction with the World of Concrete 2015 on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the winners of its eighth annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition. The winners were recognized at a ceremony at the World of Concrete, Las Vegas, on Feb. 2, 2016.
Laticrete, a global manufacturer and leader of premium installation and finishing systems for the building industry, continued celebrating “60 Years of Building Chemistry” while demonstrating new and existing products at Coverings 2016 The Global Tile and Stone Experience, in Chicago, April 18 to 21.
The Pigments & Additives division of global chemical company Huntsman announced the launch of the Granumat 4.0 Color Synthesizer – an advanced pigment metering solution designed to make the manufacture of colored concrete smarter, quicker and more efficient.
