Sources: Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals, Royce City, Texas; CP staff Cesar Constantino has been named director of Strategic Development – North America at Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals, tasked with overseeing Chryso and GCP admixture brand growth. He arrives after a lengthy Titan America tenure spanning tours in concrete and cement operations and the sister Separation Technologies fly ash business. Most recently, he…
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TxDOT on board with GCP Verifi system for ASTM C94-grade loads
Sources: GCP Applied Technologies, Cambridge, Mass.; CP staff
A new Texas Department of Transportation Special Provision Specification notes that mixer trucks deploying sensor-enabled slump adjustment equipment like GCP Applied Technologies’ Verifi automated water and chemical admixture dosing system meet ASTM C94, Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete requirements.
Read MoreGCP answers investor with stockholder rights plan
The board of GCP Applied Technologies Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has adopted a stockholder rights plan and declared a dividend distribution of one preferred share purchase right on each outstanding share of company common stock. The move responds to large blocks of shares changing hands during the first quarter, netting one New York hedge fund sponsor, 40 North Management LLC, a 24.6 percent ownership stake.
Read MoreGCP answers investor maneuvers with stockholder rights plan
Sources: GCP Applied Technologies Inc., Cambridge, Mass.; CP staff
GCP directors have adopted a stockholder rights plan and declared a dividend distribution of one preferred share purchase right on each outstanding share of company common stock. The move responds to large blocks of shares changing hands in recent weeks, netting one New York hedge fund sponsor, 40 North Management LLC, a 24.6 percent ownership stake.
Read MoreGCP measures data integration potential in Sysdyne investment
GCP Applied Technologies, Cambridge, Mass., has announced a stake in Sysdyne Technologies, Stamford, Conn.-based provider of plant control and information technology solutions for ready mixed concrete producers.
Read MoreNano-scale agent frees GCP’s shotcrete system of silica fume
Silica particles graded at nano-scale, where the unit of measure is 1 billionth meter, might be the smallest objects on admixture scientists’ radar, but are on the cusp of becoming one of the most important concrete developments since the mid-1990s advent of polycarboxylate superplasticizers.
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GCP formulates agents neutralizing clay factor in sub-par aggregates
The former Grace Construction Products business arrived at 2017 ConExpo-Con/Agg with new sand & gravel additives and concrete admixtures aimed at mitigating poor quality aggregates’ effect on fresh mix and finished slab or structure performance. The Clarena product portfolio was front and center at GCP Applied Technologies’ Las Vegas Convention Center booth during the early-March show.
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