JV commences concrete-grade, nanofibrillated cellulose production

Sources: Performance BioFilaments Inc., Vancouver, B.C.; CP staff Performance BioFilaments reports start-up of the world’s largest nanofibrillated cellulose commercial production plant. Co-located at Resolute Forest Products’ Kénogami paper mill in Quebec, the operation is equipped for daily output of 21 metric tons of product suited for use in concrete or mortar reinforcement and workability improvement, plus mineral consolidation, industrial fluid…

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ICC-ES veteran to spearhead ACI NEU, NEX certification work

Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; CP staff  The American Concrete Institute has enlisted Mahmut Ekenel to support development of certification and conformity assessment programs, primarily those of two ACI Centers of Excellence: NEU for Carbon Neutral Concrete and NEX for Nonmetallic Building Materials. He brings extensive experience in acceptance criteria for building material evaluation in accordance with the…

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Concrete Contractors charter Sustainability Committee

Sources: American Society of Concrete Contractors, St. Louis; CP staff Former American Society of Concrete Contractors Executive Director Bev Garnant, HACI, and Technical Director Bruce Suprenant, FACI, P.E., have been retained to develop and manage the group’s recently formed Sustainability Committee.   “This initiative has two purposes,” says Garnant. “The first is to collaborate with the Portland Cement Association, National Ready…

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