Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp., California-based producer of Rapid Set and Komponent specialty concrete binders, recently completed the first of a series of planned Solidia Cement production campaigns. A low limestone binder that gains strength through exposure to carbon dioxide and the attendant carbonation process, Solidia Cement is made with the same raw…
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Pilot production line broadens Solidia SCM lab testing, field trials
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies is ramping up production of a proprietary supplementary cementitious material with the activation of a new pilot line at its expanded Texas headquarters. The equipment will increase the producer’s SCM capacity 25-fold, thereby allowing customers and prospects to test the engineered, performance binding agent in lab and field conditions. Solidia…
Read MoreProducers – August 2023
San Antonio-based Solidia Technologies has enlisted Pathfinder Systems to deliver a customized Tiger Machine model for a dry-cast concrete production facility under construction at Alamo Junction in Elmendorf, Texas. Scheduled for a Q3 2024 start up, the operation will bring to commercial scale Solidia material and process developments in carbon dioxide utilization and emissions elimination. Beyond supplying and installing product…
Read MorePathfinder, Solidia to leverage new paver plant as training cornerstone
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies has enlisted Michigan-based Pathfinder Systems to deliver a customized Tiger Machine model for a dry-cast concrete production facility under construction at Alamo Junction in Elmendorf, Texas. Scheduled for a Q3 2024 start up, the operation will bring to commercial scale Solidia material and process developments in carbon dioxide utilization and…
Read MoreSolidia applies decade of CO2 utilization R&D to charter dry cast line
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio, Texas; CP staff Solidia Technologies plans a Q3 2024 start for its first concrete production line, configured in an existing 53,000-sq.-ft. building at Alamo Junction in Elmendorf, Texas—near the company’s new San Antonio headquarters. The operation will produce pavers and other concrete units using Solidia Cement, a pioneering technology credited with dramatically reducing (≥ 50…
Read MoreProducers – May 2023
Solidia Technologies is expanding production of its proprietary supplementary cementitious material in San Antonio, Texas, where it recently relocated headquarters from New Jersey. The engineered product improves the durability, workability, and overall properties of concrete, while mineralizing captured carbon dioxide to reduce by 30-40 percent the greenhouse gas emissions associated with finished slabs or structures. With significantly more SCM capacity…
Read MoreSolidia Technologies raises SCM capacity at new Texas headquarters
Sources: Solidia Technologies, San Antonio Solidia Technologies is expanding production of its proprietary supplementary cementitious material in San Antonio, Texas, where it recently relocated headquarters from New Jersey. The engineered product improves the durability, workability, and overall properties of concrete, while mineralizing captured carbon dioxide to reduce by 30-40 percent the greenhouse gas emissions associated with finished slabs or structures. …
Read MoreICPI veteran Smith leads technical program at Solidia Technologies
Solidia Technologies has appointed David Smith as senior technical director. A charter Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute team member who most recently served as vice president of Research and Development, he brings decades of experience working with public or private organizations and federal, state, or municipal government agencies—all along demonstrating interlocking concrete pavement as a durable and functionally superior system to…
Read MoreProducers – October 2022
Pennsylvania aggregate and concrete block operator York Building Products has added crushed stone, ready mixed concrete and asphalt production capacity with a deal for Union Quarries of Carlisle, Pa. “This acquisition will allow both operations to provide a greater level of product offering for our respective customers, increase our level of customer service, and help us jointly reach a broader…
Read MorePRODUCERS – April 2022
Pursuant to a leadership succession plan, Denver-based aggregates, cement and ready mixed operator Summit Materials Inc. has named Tom Beck as executive vice president. He transitions to the post after 25 years with the producer’s Continental Cement Co. business in Missouri, the last nine years as president. His successor is 20-year industry veteran David Loomes, who has most recently served…
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