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One of Dur-A-Flex’s floor systems has been certified by the National Floor Safety Institute for slip resistance. The NFSI provided Dur-A-Flex with the means to have their Dur-A-Quartz with Armor Top epoxy flooring system independently evaluated for slip resistance. Once the system passed the agency’s rigorous evaluations, it was placed […]
Dur-A-Flex has named B.J. Goclowski quality and continuous improvement manager. In his new role, Goclowski will oversee Dur-A-Flex’s Quality, Total Productive Maintenance and Dur-A-Flex University efforts, among other tasks. www.dur-a-flex.com
Artisans Thom Hunt and Mark Whitten led the effort to construct, sculpt and color the ginormous dinosaur. The life-size replica spans 30 feet from nose to tail and is 13 1/2 feet tall.
Pflaumer Brothers Inc. has made available a new amine-functional resin for polyurea polyaspartic coatings used on concrete, metal, plastic composites, wood and other substrates. The polyaspartic amine, designated Teraspartic 230, is characterized by low viscosity, high reactivity and fast gelation. It is ideal for specialty applications such as patching compounds, […]
Polycoat Products, a division of American Polymers Corp., has hired Adriaan van der Capellen as sales and technical support manager for their waterproof division and Steven McGrane as technical sales manager in industrial applications for the foam division. The company has also hired 18 independent sales reps tasked with expanding […]
Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed new two-component polyurethane waterborne technology for sealers in the decorative concrete market. The new sealer technology offers a number of advantages over currently available concrete sealer products, including better ease of use, improved durability, low odor, increased service life and very low amounts of volatile […]
Quest Building Products has promoted Nicholas Shilling to the position of service manager. Nicholas will be responsible for managing Quest Building Product’s service department and its growing fleet of rental equipment used by contractors throughout the Southwest. www.questbuilding.com
Chris Rousseau, manager of Hotwire Direct, shared with us his experience making a nicely molded concrete chair with the help of one of his company’s performance CNC foam-cutting machines. He measured different parts of his body to dial in the chair’s measurements and banged it out in just about 24 hours.
Self-consolidating concrete is a highly technical mix. It is not an easy mix to create, since it requires an understanding of how all the ingredients work together. What’s more, specialized testing is required to characterize and optimize the mix.
Dow Coatings Materials, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Co., has developed Paraloid B-66 Thermoplastic Acrylic Resin in Dimethyl Carbonate (DMC). Part of Dow’s Paraloid B-66 Acrylic Resin family, the new product forms clear solutions, which air-dry extremely fast to form hard, colorless films that offer excellent block […]
