Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

Following the agreement in 2012 with CAT Rental for South America and as of 2016 for the rest of the world, Italy’s Metalgalante Carmix company has joined the largest and most important rental association in the United States. Founded in 1955, the American Rental Association includes more than 1,000 manufacturing companies and over 10,000 rental companies, and for over 60 years it has brought together manufacturers, dealers and customers from the construction industry. Metalgalante Carmix is the first

Rapid International has supplied Kasco Mining and Construction with a new Rapidmix mobile continuous concrete mixing plant for production of mine backfill within a mine in the North Mara region of Tanzania. Established in 2005, Kasco Mining and Construction is a subsidiary of the larger Kasco Group (Kasco). Originally a micro equipment hire contractor, Kasco has grown to be one of the leading mining, concrete, infrastructure and earthworks contractors in the Tanzanian construction and mining sector. Kasco

ELE International has launched a new automatic control unit for concrete and cement testing.
The ADR Touch Control Pro system is said to bring the latest technology into the materials testing laboratory, while combining a wide range of new features that has been developed specifically in response to feedback from ELE’s global network of customers. “This is the most significant product launch that ELE has made in over a decade,” says Tony Power, ELE’s managing director. “The advantages of the ADR Touch

Thomas Cement, a subsidiary of Thomas Concrete Group, has opened its new SEK 30 million (€3.02 million) 7,000tonne capacity terminal for imported binding materials in the Port of Uddevalla, north of Gothenburg. The new terminal was inaugurated on 22 November 2017 with guests from the Port of Uddevalla, the Municipality of Uddevalla as well as customers of Thomas Cement. The terminal enables the company to increase efficiency, improve customer service and reduce the need of transports, thus becoming more

ELE International has launched a new automatic control unit for concrete and cement testing.
The ADR Touch Control Pro system brings the latest technology into the materials testing laboratory, whilst also combining a wide range of new features that have been developed specifically in response to feedback from ELE’s global network of customers. “This is the most significant product launch that ELE has made in over a decade,” says ELE Managing Director Tony Power. “The advantages of the ADR Touch Control Pr

Six twin-shaft batch mixers delivered by BHS-Sonthofen are producing concrete needed to build the main embankment of the Dagu hydro dam being constructed near the Tibetan city of Zangmu. The construction site is located 3,700m above sea level, making this the most elevated site ever for employing mixers from BHS, and the company specially modified the DKX 6.0-type mixers to meet the challenges they are facing at this extreme altitude. Soon after the first two mixers started producing the first batches of co

Rapid International Ltd has recently supplied noted London concrete contractor MixIt Ltd (Mixit), with its fifth Rapid pan concrete mixer. MixIt is one of the largest and well-known concrete contractors in southern England, servicing domestic and commercial clients for over 30 years. The firm’s latest concrete mixer, the Rapid R3000 pan concrete mixer, was installed at Mixit’s ready-mix production plant at company headquarters in Bow, London.

MixIt is one of the fastest growing businesses in East Lond