Two Finland-based companies are poised to scale carbon dioxide curing technology to precast concrete production the world over. The collaboration between product machinery and batch plant specialist Elematic Oy and CO2 utilization technology developer Carbonaide harnesses greenhouse gas chemistry to improve mix performance and accelerate precast element fabrication. Since early 2024, Elematic and Carbonaide officials have observed the potential to…
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BASF CC veteran Klosowski-Blatz leads AltusGroup
Sources: AltusGroup; CP staff Katherine Klosowski-Blatz has succeeded John Carson as executive director of the AltusGroup, a collaborative of 13 North American precast concrete producers whose 27 operations are licensed to fabricate CarbonCast brand and other premium architectural or structural elements. She arrives with a track record of driving innovation, portfolio life cycle management, operational excellence pursuits, and implementing change…
Read MoreSurvey confirms precast concrete’s perpetual strengths, economic impact
U.S. precast concrete producers accounted for more than $25.8 billion in revenue and $5.1 billion in worker wages in 2022, employing approximately 102,000 individuals at 2,700-plus plants, a new National Precast Concrete Association report finds. Behind topline and payroll trajectories, authors track producers’ 6.9 percent growth rate from 2018 to 2022, a trendline ahead of similar construction value chain providers. …
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