On 09.07.2012 W. R. Grace & Co. announced that it has acquired Rheoset Industria e Comercio de Aditivos Ltda. (“Rheoset”). Rheoset is a leading manufacturer of concrete admixtures in Brazil....
As of May 2012 Starlinger & Co. GmbH, Austrian manufacturer of machinery for woven plastic packaging production and plastics recycling, has opened a representative office in Tashkent/Uzbekistan. The...
The 3rd American Drymix Mortar Conference (admmc three) was organized by drymix.info, the international community for drymix mortars. The conference took place at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel in...
165 participants from 18 countries attended the KHD Humboldt Wedag meeting at the Möwenpick Hotel in Istanbul to acquire information about modern plant technology and the latest concepts on the...
The sense of heading for new horizons is really in the air. “We had so much struggle. Let us now watch out that our children do not need to suffer any more”, the statement of John Okumo from the...
The general meeting of the Association of the German Lime Industry (BVK) took place in the customary relaxed atmosphere on June 15th, 2012. This year, the Cologne based association, had selected as...
The 20.10.2010 was a historical date for Zementwerk LEUBE GmbH: At exactly 8:10 p.m. was the start up for the new clinker production line. This € 31 million investment was the biggest made by LEUBE...
At the IEEE-IAS/PCA 2012 in San Antonio, ZKG INTERNATIONAL met Mark Mueller, Chair of the next year’s conference in Orlando, Florida/USA, to be held from 14.-18.04.2013. ZKG asked him for some...
Construction chemistry products containing a high proportion of dispersion powder, particularly those based on vinyl acetate homopolymers, have a lower stability in cementitious systems with high pH...
All producers of building materials throughout the world are aware of their responsibility towards man and environment. It’s hard to imagine company concepts without the aspect of sustainability,...
