Canoeing down the river in your new concrete canoe! What? You read it right. Every year, the American Society of Civil Engineering sponsors a nationwide Concrete Canoe Competition. Rowen University, Glassboro, N.J., has competed for the last six years and made it to the nationals four consecutive times. This year, […]

Cemstone has announced that John D. Lee, P.E., Engineered Sales Representative, is now a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional. The LEED Green Building Rating System is the national rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable, highperformance buildings. The LEED rating system was developed […]

Propex Fabrics Inc. has acquired SI Concrete Systems and SI Geosolutions. Ed Stanczak remains CEO and President of Propex, but the company’s headquarters will be relocated to northern Atlanta. Propex Fabrics Inc. (the former Amoco Fabrics & Fibers Co.) is a leading manufacturer of polypropylene fabrics and fibers for concrete, […]

Lafarge North America Inc. has redesigned its Web site to be faster and more customer-focused. Users can now find expanded product information and literature on all of Lafarge North America’s product lines, plus a wide range of product case studies and expanded multilingual content. The site also includes a new […]

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, is selling its Construction Chemicals unit to BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, billed as the world’s largest chemical company. The acquisition includes Degussa Admixtures Inc., a business unit of the Construction Chemicals division. Degussa Admixtures makes chemicals for the concrete industry. The transaction is subject to customary approvals, such […]

Quest Solutions Inc. has announced some recent good news. Firstly, Quest Solutions has partnered with Kodi Klip Corp. to promote that company’s concrete reinforcing technology. Quest has added Kodi Klips to their commercial, residential and training estimating databases. These items are now listed as individual cost items that can be […]

Cheng Design Products has announced the formation of a manufacturing and distribution partnership with Interstar Corp. Interstar, a manufacturer of pigments, admixtures, fibers and other products for the concrete industry, will manufacture and distribute Fu-Tung Cheng’s proprietary line of concrete countertop mix products. Currently, these products are exclusively sold online […]

Everyone knows you should use white cement to bring out brilliant colors in your concrete projects (see Concrete Décor’s Feb./March issue). What isn’t so widely known is how to prevent white specks from appearing in some of those deeper colors. For example, you’re creating a dark blue countertop and you […]

Riviera Brush Co. sells its acid-resistant brushes primarily for concrete equipment cleanup. But the company has also begun marketing them as brushes that can be used with acid stain products. The brushes come in a range of sizes and shapes. To learn more, visit www.sonoco.com

Newlook International LLC has introduced a new logo for its Newlook line of concrete stain products. The logo, a stylized “NL” in an orange and white circle, is intended to draw attention to the company’s water-based stains, which are opaque, VOC-free and sold in more than 80 standard colors. Newlook’s […]