Sources: White Cap L.P., Atlanta White Cap, the top source of specialty construction supplies and safety products for concrete and general contractors, has acquired Detroit-based Form Tech Concrete Forms, Inc., a key provider of forming and shoring rental equipment and related consumable products with seven locations serving Southeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic markets. Upon its inception in 1976, Form Tech was…
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Lafarge Canada secures full output of recycled glass pozzolan plant
Sources: Progressive Planet, Kamloops, British Columbia; CP staff Under a new purchase agreement, Lafarge Canada Inc. will assume the entire run of PozGlass 100G ground glass pozzolan—upward of 3,500 metric tons—from a pilot Progressive Planet facility in British Columbia, scheduled for 2024 start up. PozGlass 100G technology centers on a reactor equipped to transform the sodium in finely ground, post-consumer…
Read MoreCarbon challenge draws SCM, graphene admixture startups
Sources: Global Cement and Concrete Association, London; CP staff The Global Cement and Concrete Association has shortlisted nine North American participants for the 2023 Innovandi Open Challenge. The program unites startups and member producers to pinpoint innovative ways to cut carbon emissions and accelerate GCCA Net Zero 2050 Roadmap progress. Finalists gain access to association member expertise, plants, labs and…
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