Ghines and Alpha Professional Tools have announced an agreement for distribution and service of the Ghines product line within the United States. Ghines manufactures a wide range of products, including high-quality diamond and profiling tools, routers, dust collection systems for stone fabrication shops, and cost-effective, stationary contouring machinery. Thanks to […]

Manufactured by Cohills Building Specialties Inc., Pro Series Enviro Stain is a line of water-based, nonacid polymerbonded stains that penetrate into a concrete surface to produce long-lasting UV-resistant stains that enhance any concrete surface. Pro Series Enviro Stains contain no arsenic, lead or mercury and only a small number of […]

U.S. Saws has added the Dust Buggy to its dust-free product line. The Dust Buggy allows for easy stand-up cutting on joint clean-out applications or decorative score-cutting projects. It offers contractors the ability to control dust on the job site when it is connected to a Shop-Vac or other dust […]

Stone Construction Equipment offers the Stone Saw Devil, a full line of concrete saws. The line consists of popular sizes and configurations for concrete and asphalt flat sawing, with depths available of up to 7 5/8 inches. Stone Saw Devils come in two manual models and one self-propelled model, with […]

Urethane Polymers International his hired Lee Tizard as business development manager and Brandon Carpenter as architectural sales manager. The president of UPI, Jim Bolotin, feels both men bring a large amount of field and technical experience to the company. This summer, United Polymers acquired Excellent Coatings Inc. and Tufflex Polymers […]

Husqvarna Construction Products recently unveiled K 3000 Wet, a new addition to its line of power cutters. The K 3000 Wet is an electric power cutter that allows the user to cut indoors easily and cost-effectively, without dust. The K 3000 Wet is equipped with a wet cutting kit that […]

Students from the Concrete Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University have announced five research projects that are designed to benefit the industry as well as provide valuable experience for students. The projects include comparing new fiber with existing market fibers, investigation of a new liquid admixture, and a […]

The Concrete Countertop Institute released its hands-on fall 2008 class lineup. The classes — Intensive Precast Countertops 101, GFRC for Concrete Countertops 201, Advanced 3-D Mold Making 301 and Advanced 3-D Design 302 — are taught by Jeff Girard, owner of The Concrete Countertop Institute. The classes offer comprehensive, engineering-based […]

The SB-14 concrete and asphalt walk-behind up-cut saw from EDCO Inc. is designed for cleaning out joints. The up-cut blade rotation of the saw provides a level surface at the base of the cut and throws dust and debris forward out of the cut. The unit captures dust and debris […]