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Husqvarna continues its long tradition of providing users with powerful and reliable power cutters with the new and improved K 970 model. The new K 970 machine has a further enhanced power-to-weight ratio and offers optimized performance combined with a low weight and superior ergonomics. One of the many improvements […]
Countertop artisan Cody Carpenter is launching his new Phoenix, Arizona, training facility, Plan B Studios, with wet-cast and flex-form workshops in November, with more to come. Training instructor Cody Carpenter has more than 10 years of experience in the industry with a multitude of fabrication and installations under his leadership. […]
Halco Lighting Technologies introduces the new ProLED Multidirectional A19 lamps as an ideal replacement for standard incandescent lamps. The lamps are designed with superior thermal construction that provides energy efficient, high-quality illumination. Available in 6-watt and 9.5-watt versions, the new lamps feature a wide 240-degree beam angle. This beam angle […]
Kourasanit, a decorative materials manufacturer creating unique, ecofriendly coating materials, announces that its products are now available for purchase in the U.S. For more than 35 years, Kourasanit has been an industry standard in Europe. Founded in Greece, the company creates its products from the time-honored tradition of mixing lime […]
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 – announces the launch of its new website aimed at recruiting new students and showcasing the CIM program and the successes of the four university […]
Penetron recently celebrated a milestone. The company reports that 4,000,000 cubic meters of concrete for construction projects around the world have now employed the ‘green tracer’ indicator that signals Penetron Admix is in the mix. This Admix Tracer is a guarantee of durable quality and peerless crystalline waterproofing. Unique in […]
In April 2013, Trucrete announced the release of Slick Mix selfleveling overlay, and the company is now stepping up marketing to get the word out. Slick Mix is a polishable white self-leveling overlay with the longest heal time in the industry. At 70 degrees the heal time is 25 minutes, […]
The concrete in a skate park must be completely smooth to accommodate a skateboard’s small, hard 40 to 55 mm urethane wheels, yet also be nonslippery.
You’ve seen people soaping the sides of control joints before. This technique has long been an industry trick to make shaving joints easier. The tool by Hi-Tech Systems/Progressive Fastening Systems, The Soaper, makes this even easier. Polyurea joint fillers are designed to adhere to the side walls of the joints. […]
Before texture stamping, stamping professionals were limited to interlocking stamp patterns and all of the frustration and anxiety that accompany them. Flash forward to 2014, and numerous opportunities exist to showcase your decorative talent, thanks to the many variations of texture stamp tools.
