Sources: Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, Chantilly, Va.; CP staff Gross 2021 sales for concrete paver contractors in the United States and Canada increased 27 percent year over year, according to a new Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute survey. The 2022 ICPI Contractor Industry Report reflects trends based on responses from 177 segmental concrete pavement professionals surveyed by Columbus, Ohio-based market researcher…
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Read MorePaver sales growth stays course toward pre-recession watermark
Sources: Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, Chantilly, Va.; CP staff
Segmental concrete pavement product sales in the United States and Canada increased for a seventh consecutive year, hitting an estimated 750 million square feet, or 2.5 percent higher than 2016, according to the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute 2018 Industry Sales Profile.
Read MoreConcrete paver, slab sales climb steadily, return to 2006 peak in sight
Sources: Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, Chantilly, Va.; CP staff
Sales of concrete pavers and slabs increased to a projected 721.4 million square feet in the U.S. and Canada during 2016, a 4.3 percent increase from the prior year’s 690 million sq. ft. According to the 2017 ICPI Industry Sales Profile, based on a survey of producers representing more than 50 percent of U.S. and Canadian paver and slab capacity, last year’s estimated total was a) the highest since 2006, when estimated shipments hit 800 million sq. ft.; and, b) 35.5 percent above 2010, when the industry hit a recession-low sales point of 472 million sq. ft.
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Masa reconfigures silos to improve multicolor system accuracy
Multicolor systems enable the production of concrete pavers and block with varied colors on the face side. While practice has proven that three different colors will allow for a block with natural appearance, achieving and consistently replicating the precise target composition can be challenging.
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