Concrete Plants, Equipment & Applications

The telescoping EZExtenz Concrete Chute has made its North American debut at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, USA.

The hydraulic 9.14m chute swings 180° and suits standard rear discharge models. At the show it was mounted on a Mack Granite-bearing McNeilus 9.6m mixer.

Developed in Sweden by equipment manufacturer Månsarp Svets & Maskin, the telescoping EZExtenz Concrete Chute can move vertically and horizontally at the same time via RF remote control that operators also use to set or vary flow of concr

Zoomlion is celebrating its first ever concrete pump export to Saudi Arabia.

Zoomlion Concrete Machinery Branch Company’s (ZCMBC) The marketing firm in Saudi Arabia for ZCMBC has signed an order with a Saudi Arabian dealer for an 174RSU concrete pump.

Historically there has been little demand for concrete pumps in the Saudi Arabian concrete machinery market, with sales of most concrete machinery companies concentrated in the areas of concrete pump trucks, truck-mounted mixers, and concrete batching pl

Simem says two of its concrete batching plants have allowed a contractor leading a major new East African project to set a new world record for daily concrete production.

Salini Impreglio has been using two Simem Wetbeton 140 plants to produce 23,200m³ of cement/day for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project. Situated on the Blue River Nile River around 40km east of the Sudan border, the project involves the construction of a main dam in Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC), with two power stations insta

Up until the end of October 2014 one of the most impressive Swiss motorway bridges, the Viaduct de Chillon, near Villeneuve, was renovated by construction company Walo Bertschinger using the new mobile SPECIMIX concrete mixing plant made by SBM Mineral Processing.
The new plant provided 1500m³ of UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete), thus playing a critical role in the renovation of Switzerland’s third longest bridge, spanning a length of 2,100m and a height of up to 50m.
Zurich-based Walo Bertschinger,

Luanda in Angola and Nairobi in Kenya will be visited by a delegation from eight German cement plant engineering sector companies.

Under the umbrella of the VDMA Construction Equipment and Building Material Machinery Association, the delegation have invited local building material manufacturers to their two symposia to get to know technical solutions “made in Germany” and discuss local features and individual requirements.

“With our symposia, we hope to create opportunities for our customers,” sai

The Czech branch of German group Goldbeck, which specialises in steel-reinforced concrete prefabricated elements and building concrete systems for the construction industry, is planning to expand its production in the Czech Republic.

The company plans to either build a new plant or acquire an existing one in the west of Bohemia, with a definite decision coming in the next 18 months.

In the meantime, Goldbeck plans to expand its existing plant in Tovacov, increasing its capacity from 30,000m³ of concr

Global cement company Cemex has launched a new “revolutionary” concrete technology in the Dominican Republic.

Known as Evolucion Eco, it i said to bolster efficiency by reducing costs and construction time, as well as lifting quality standards.

It is part of Cemex's range of self-compacting concrete, and is highly workable, less prone to cracking, requires fewer workers to lay it and reduces carbon footprints by 40%. It is likely to have a positive impact on the infrastructural and housing sectors, as

Cemex has reportedly acquired the Bosnian concrete plant BINIS in Banja Luka. According to the acquisition agreement, Cemex will begin management of BINIS from the beginning of October 2014. Meanwhile, BINIS will continue with production and launch of its own concrete products. No acquisition value has been disclosed.