Heavy-duty truck OEM Navistar Inc. will now operate as International Motors LLC, maintaining Lisle, Ill. headquarters while expanding a North American market stake for parent company Traton SE, Munich. International Motors will focus on more than engineering and delivering truck and bus products, management notes. While vehicles remain the core of every customer interaction, a full International Motors solutions portfolio…
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Walmart Supercenter merchandises 3D concrete printing
Colorado-based Alquist 3D recently dispatched a concrete/mortar ink printer and crew to place a 20-ft. high enclosure for an 8,000-sq.-ft. addition to the Walmart Supercenter in Athens, Tenn. An articulating robot with 48-in. long, 1-in. diameter nozzle shuttled around each wall section perimeter, efficiently printing twin inner and outer layers with precision. The new facility will support the Walmart Online…
Read MoreN.C. State, Lehigh, Alabama teams measure up to PCI Big Beam
A North Carolina State University student team, guided by faculty advisor Gregory Lucier and member producer Tindall Corp., took the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute 2024 Engineering Design Competition. Now in its 24th and better known as Big Beam, the event challenges college or university students to fabricate and test 20-ft. structural members. Teams are judged on their beam’s load-resisting performance in…
Read MoreRebar-tying workhorse moves from contract to ownership model
Advanced Construction Robotics plans Q1 2025 delivery of initial orders for TyBOT 3.0, the next generation of an automated rebar tying machine previously offered on a project-by-project, “Robot as a Service” terms. Over the past six years, ACR and contractor partners have demonstrated prior TyBOT versions’ capabilities on 60-plus jobs, primarily bridge decks, in 14 states, totaling 4 million-plus ties.…
Read MoreVisionary developer transforms Transamerica Pyramid Center
With a namesake architectural precast concrete masterpiece recognized the world over, the Transamerica Pyramid Center reopened in San Francisco last month following a $1 billion dollar investment by Deutsche Finance and New York developer SHVO in partnership with London-based architect Foster + Partners. The Transamerica Pyramid, along with the adjacent Two and Three Transamerica buildings, have been reimagined with a…
Read MoreBesser raises robotics offerings with Slab Innovation asset deal
Besser Co. has added concrete masonry building or hardscape unit and pallet handling automation capabilities, acquiring the assets of St. Hubert, Quebec-based Slab Innovation. An early-September transaction formalized the next step in a strategic alliance netting successful completion of many joint plant projects throughout North America since 2017. “It’s fitting that in the same year we’re celebrating our 120th anniversary…
Read MoreCarbonBuilt poised for new plant deployments with Meta backing
CarbonBuilt and Facebook host Meta Platforms have announced a plan to broaden adoption of the former company’s Reversa binder and process technology, where carbon dioxide is sequestered in concrete and mix designs require lower than normal volumes of CO2-intensive portland cement. “Meta is prioritizing a multifaceted approach to decarbonization in hard-to-abate sectors like concrete. Our collaboration with CarbonBuilt will help…
Read MoreEco Material drives down CO2 emissions, landfill volumes
Eco Material Technologies Inc., the top fly ash and supplementary cementitious material processor and marketer in North America, targets annual SCM volume of 20 million tons by 2030, a doubling of 2023 output. That projection leads production data and perspectives in the just-released 2023 Sustainability Report, showing how Eco Material last year: “Our 2023 results demonstrate continued leadership in decarbonizing…
Read More$85M funding round propels Fortera beyond CalPortland plant model
The Silicon Valley developer of the ReCarb process, where carbon dioxide from cement or other industrial plant emissions is mineralized and converted to concrete-grade ReAct binder agents, has secured $85 million in Series C funding to pursue additional plant installations after this year’s charter facility deployment at the CalPortland Co. Redding, Calif. mill. Fortera reports participation from previous investors Khosla…
Read MoreCRH names CFO Mintern as successor to retiring CEO Manifold
The Dublin parent company of CRH Americas Materials Solutions, Ash Grove Cement, Oldcastle APG and Oldcastle Infrastructure has appointed Chief Financial Officer Jim Mintern as successor to Albert Manifold, who will cap an even 11 years as chief executive officer at the end of 2024. Mintern is a 22-year CRH Plc veteran who has held various senior leadership roles and…
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