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• Sika expands its concrete admixtures business in Northern China

  Sika AG announced that its Chinese subsidiary, Sika (China) Ltd., has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Hebei Jiuqiang Construction Material Co., Ltd., a supplier of powder concrete admixtures located in Northern China.Hebei Jiuqiang Construction Material Co., Ltd. has 300 employees and 2010 sal more

• Clariant adds polyetheramines to Industrial & Consumer Specialities chemicals range

  Increasing demand has lead Clariant to add polyetheramines to its range of industrial and consumer speciality products. A new reactor in the company’s nitril-amine plant in Gendorf, Germany, has just started production to facilitate the portfolio extension. Polyetheramines are used in a variety of more

• H&R WASAG AG posts record result for first nine months

  H&R WASAG AG’s operating result (EBITDA) reached an all-time high of €79.3 million in the first nine months of 2010 as revenue soared by 47.9% to €805.8 million. As well as exceeding the previous year’s nine-month figure of €51.0 million by 55.5%, this also overtook the full-year result for 2009, wh more

White papers Concrete

• Sensible and self-monitoring
  

  For the generation of soft water are mostly used ion exchanging devices with generation of sodium chloride since the beginning of the Sixties. The generated soft water quality and soft water quantity are depending thereby on the static and dynamic characteristics of the softening plant in operation. more

• Calculating VOCs: Not all Low-VOCs Are Considered Equal

  Like most coatings, paints, and maintenance products, water repellents are expected to comply with increasingly stringent regulations of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC), which are any volatile carbon compounds that engage in atmospheric photochemical reactions. The simplest example of a VOC would be a solvent or drying aid. Common examples include alcohols (such as IPA), mineral spirits, kerosene, toluene or xylene. The only compounds that have been exempt from regulations are those that have shown negligible photochemical reactivity, such as volatile methyl siloxanes, acetone, and tertiary butyl acetate. Conflicts between application specifications that require higher VOC products and tightening regulation standards pose a challenge to the market more

• Wyeth 'learns and confirms' in India
  

  Aparna Singh (AS), Program Manager with Frost & Sullivan's Chemical Materials and Foods team caught up with Dr. Michael Kolb (Dr. MK) at Frost & Sullivan's Opportunities in Lifescience Molecules: Global Partnership Summit 2006. This annual summit was held at Goa (India) from 21st -23rd May, 2006. more

Publications Concrete

• Materials, Vol. 6, Pages 1920-1939: Application-Oriented Chemical Optimization of a Metakaolin Based Geopolymer

  In this study the development of a metakaolin based geopolymeric mortar to be used as bonding matrix for external strengthening of reinforced concrete beams is reported. Four geopolymer formulations have been obtained by varying the composition of the activating solution in terms of SiO2/Na2O ratio. more

• Sensors, Vol. 13, Pages 5881-5896: A Mobile Acoustic Subsurface Sensing (MASS) System for Rapid Roadway Assessment

  Surface waves are commonly used for vibration-based nondestructive testing for infrastructure. Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW) has been used to detect subsurface properties for geologic inspections. Recently, efforts were made to scale down these subsurface detection approaches to see how more

• Sustainability, Vol. 5, Pages 2018-2035: Paradoxes and Possibilities for a ‘Green’ Housing Sector: A Swedish Case

  As global and local visions for sustainable living environments are increasingly supported by policies and concrete practices in construction, the building and housing sector is seeking to mitigate its environmental impact as well as assume a greater social responsibility. The overarching policy obj more

Market studies Concrete

• Methanol Chemicals Company (2001) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Methanol Chemicals Company (2001) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Summary Methanol Chemicals Company (Chemanol) is a petrochemical manufacturer which produces and markets specialized petrochemical products including formaldehyde solution, urea formaldehyde concentrate, hexamethylene more

• B.I.G Industries Berhad (BIG) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  B.I.G. Industries Berhad is a Malaysia-based investment holding company. The company operates through four core divisions, namely, Oil & Gas, Industrial Gas, Ready-Mixed Concrete/Quarry and Property Development. Under the Oil & Gas division, the company supplies products like Honeywell instruments more

• Kunsul Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (000860) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Kunsul Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kunsul Chemical) is a paint company, engaged in the production of paints and coatings. It offers decorative house paints, coil coatings, general industrial coatings, can coatings, heavy duty protective coatings, paints for marine, and high-tech industrial coatin more

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