Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, is selling its Construction Chemicals unit to BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, billed as the world’s largest chemical company. The acquisition includes Degussa Admixtures Inc., a business unit of the Construction Chemicals division. Degussa Admixtures makes chemicals for the concrete industry. The transaction is subject to customary approvals, such […]

Quest Solutions Inc. has announced some recent good news. Firstly, Quest Solutions has partnered with Kodi Klip Corp. to promote that company’s concrete reinforcing technology. Quest has added Kodi Klips to their commercial, residential and training estimating databases. These items are now listed as individual cost items that can be […]

Cheng Design Products has announced the formation of a manufacturing and distribution partnership with Interstar Corp. Interstar, a manufacturer of pigments, admixtures, fibers and other products for the concrete industry, will manufacture and distribute Fu-Tung Cheng’s proprietary line of concrete countertop mix products. Currently, these products are exclusively sold online […]

Everyone knows you should use white cement to bring out brilliant colors in your concrete projects (see Concrete Décor’s Feb./March issue). What isn’t so widely known is how to prevent white specks from appearing in some of those deeper colors. For example, you’re creating a dark blue countertop and you […]

Stow Construction Equipment has introduced two hand-held Gas-Cut- Off saws that effectively slice concrete, tile, ceramics, pipe and much more. Both the SHS62 and the SHS81 feature a reversible blade flange to handle both 20-millimeter and 1-inch blade arbors, and both can operate either 12- or 14-inch blades. Weighing 21 […]

Marshalltown has released three castaluminum groovers. Designed for pole attachment, the groovers permit extensive reach and have round ends to help eliminate finishing marks. All three feature an oversized wrap-around bit that serves as a sight for making straight grooves. Made of hard aluminum and produced in the U.S., the groovers […]

The new Sawtec Supreme cup wheel is a superpremium diamond grinding wheel for use with concrete grinding tools. This cup wheel offers superior performance for removing coatings, leveling out uneven areas and grinding softer materials without loading up. It features a unique combination of tapered long and short segments with […]

Atlas Copco Construction Tools has introduced the Cobra Combi gaspowered drill/breaker. Weighing only 55 pounds, the Cobra Combi is easy to transport. As a breaker, the unit delivers up to 2,600 blows per minute. With the drilling function engaged, the Combi offers a maximum drill depth of 6.5 feet at […]

Devcon Ultra Quartz is a heavy-duty, premium floor patching system with excellent resistance to chemicals as well as to abrasion. Trowelable to a smooth, nonporous finish, it attains compression strength of 9000 psi — more than three times the typical strength of concrete. Ultra Quartz offers outstanding protection against acids, […]

Rafco Products has expanded the Brickform texturing product line with the addition of a new high-density, seamless texture-mat system. Slightly more rigid than the regular line of texturing skins, the new mats are still flexible with the exceptional detail that all of the texturing line is known for. The high-density […]