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Month: October 2024

ACT Optimized Paver Technology seals value

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ACM Chemistries, a key player in integral admixtures and inline surface treatments for manufactured concrete products, has introduced Optimized Paver Technology (OPT), a program assisting hardscape contractors in upselling homeowners on higher value products for their outdoor projects. By guiding them in marketing factory-treated pavers, ACM enables contractors to prioritize more profitable, high-value installations that will improve their reputations for…

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Afinitas machines next-level wet cast automation platform

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Building on Prima, a signature technology for high volume, wet cast underground or utility precast, Afinitas has launched Prima 360, a broader platform of automated systems to reduce labor requirements and increase throughput of concrete products or structures cast with high slump mixes. Prima 360 leverages a wide range of technologies developed in-house by the Afinitas Equipment and Automation (HawkeyePedershaab…

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Right Place, Right Product

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International Precast Solutions abides 125-year service life model behind Gordie Howe International Bridge Specifications One of this decade’s top bridges the world over is on track for a 2025 opening. With a contract value north of $5 billion, the 1.5-mile Gordie Howe International Bridge links Windsor, Ontario and Detroit and serves the busiest land border crossing in North America. A…

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Texas Horsepower

Don Marsh

Heldenfels Enterprises Inc. (HEI) is among Texas precast, prestressed producers that rode a strong Great Recession recovery, then positioned its human and plant capital for even healthier public and private construction market activity after 2020. Based at an 85-acre San Marcos site along Interstate 35, HEI is uniquely equipped to serve segments accounting for the bulk of the state’s structural…

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Manufacturers – October 2024

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Colorado is the first stop in a rapid expansion plan through which Florida-based Mapei Corp. aims to extend concrete admixture production and distribution across the U.S. The company’s new 32,000-sq.-ft. facility in Denver features advanced mixing, batching, laboratory and quality control technology, plus warehousing. It joins existing Mapei North America admixture plants in Dalton, Ga., Madison, Ill., Swedesboro, N.J., and…

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Organizations – October 2024

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Matt Ballain has been named executive director of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Central Region, spanning Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The appointment follows his performance in many roles at PCI, leading to election as 2023 chair, along with nearly 20 years as vice president and general manager of Coreslab Structures, Indianapolis. On PCI’s Executive Committee, Ballain…

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Producers – October 2024

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Holcim Ltd. Country CEO, Mexico Jaime Hill has been appointed region head North America, gaining responsibility for the Holcim US and Lafarge Canada businesses and succeeding Toufic Tabbara. Hill joined Holcim in 1996 and has 30-plus years of experience spanning finance, sales and marketing leadership roles in the U.S. and Latin America. Management credits his track record of profitable growth,…

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Wireless device confronts concrete building barriers to Gigabits

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Santa Clara, Calif.-based Airvine, a first mover in multi-Gigabit-speed wireless backhaul systems for indoor connectivity, has engineered its WaveCore product line to eliminate the expensive and time-consuming drilling associated with Ethernet cabling and reinforced concrete structural or partition elements in commercial buildings. The WaveCore wireless backhaul system consists of a simple point to point bridge with two nodes, each just…

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Insteel Industries closes on Engineered Wire Products

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Sources: Insteel Industries Inc., Mt. Airy, N.C. Insteel Industries subsidiary Insteel Wire Products Co. has acquired Engineered Wire Products of Upper Sandusky, Ohio in a $70 million asset transaction. EWP operates wire drawing, welding and mesh fabrication facilities in Warren, Ohio and Las Cruces, N.M., supplying reinforcement products for cast-in-place or precast concrete used in residential and nonresidential construction. The…

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CRH Ventures musters SCM, CO2 mineralization, novel material specialists

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Sources: CRH Ventures, Madrid; CP staff CRH Ventures is accepting applications from Seed- and Series A- or B-stage construction or climate technology companies through December 16 for its latest accelerator, Sustainable Building Materials. The accelerator program enables the investment arm of Dublin-based CRH Plc to identify innovative materials and practices to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste and improve energy use…

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