Power Adhesives’ new tec 3400, an eco-friendly, 1.75-in. glue gun, features digital controls to offer users enhanced functional and temperature settings over prior models. With patented Ecotec technology, development of new plug-in modules allows the gun to be set to different temperatures from 260° to 420° F, whereby they can maximize adhesives’ bonding strength and minimize substrate damage.
A fully-automated precast concrete wall production line, the EDGE offers high factory capacity, quality output and reduced operating costs through advanced technologies, optimized fabrication plan, carefully designed processes, and individually tailored solutions.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.-based Shuttlelift has addressed a need for mobile gantry cranes equal to loads approaching 100 tons, plus spreader weight. It developed a DB 110—double-beam model with a lifting capacity of 110 tons—noting that the inaugural model meets the unique needs of Unistress Corp. in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Peterbilt Motors Co. hosted staff from mixer truck builder Con-Tech Manufacturing to drive the first full production Model 567 set-forward front axle (SFFA) truck off the Denton, Texas, assembly line.
Orlando-based Finfrock Construction, Inc. is operating as developer, contractor, and architect of the new $30 million waterfront Hyatt House in Naples, Fla. The hotel will feature 183 suite-style rooms with a resort-style pool, indoor/outdoor cocktail lounge, marina, and adjoining parking garage. It is scheduled for opening in early 2016.
By Ken Stadden
Sources: FMI Capital Advisors Inc., Raleigh, N.C.; CP staff
The Q3 FMI Construction Outlook sees year-over-year construction activities climbing 6 percent in 2015, up one point from a second quarter forecast, followed by a 7 percent increase in 2016—reaching the highest (inflation-adjusted) total since 2008.
Read MoreSources: Fred Weber Inc., Maryland Heights, Mo.; CP staff
Heavy/civil contractor, aggregate and asphalt producer Fred Weber has acquired three Missouri pipe and precast plants—two operating as BeCo Concrete, the third Independent Concrete—from St. Louis peer J.H. Berra Construction.
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By Matt Westgaard and John Saccoman, Molin Concrete Products
Sources: Grand View Research Inc., San Francisco; CP staff
“Fencing Market Analysis By Material (Metal, Wood, Plastic & Composite, Concrete), By Application (Residential, Agriculture, Industrial) And Segment Forecasts To 2022” paints a stable outlook for one of precast concrete’s major growth segments of the past two decades.
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