Orbituary
Building materials chemistry pioneer dies
On 13.07.2014 Dr. Alois Aignesberger, formerly of SKW Trostberg AG, died at the age of 88. His invention of a superplasticiser based on melamine resin made him a pioneer in the field of modern concrete admixtures and in the chemistry of building materials. Dr. Aignesberger was born in 1926 in Attnang-Puchheim/Austria and studied chemistry at the University of Innsbruck, before he joined the company originally called “Süddeutsche Kalkstickstoffwerke” in Trostberg/Bavaria as head of the chemical laboratory in 1962. Melamine resins were one of the focal points of his work there. While...
