The Stain Store in Austin, Texas, has moved to a new location at 2415 Kramer Lane, Austin. The 3,500-square-foot location is in a better part of town for retail and contains more warehouse space, allowing the construction wholesale outlet to stock more inventory. The new facility also includes a showroom […]

Polaris Private Equity, a leading Danish/Swedish midmarket private equity investor, has successfully acquired HTC Sweden AB, a global developer and manufacturer of professional floor grinding systems and floor solutions. HTC has been growing rapidly in recent years, driven by expansion into new geographic markets and the launch of new products. […]

Kut-Rite Manufacturing Co.’s new edger, the KRazor EDGE, brings many of KutRite’s grinding and polishing innovations to concrete floor edging — and include single and twin heads. The KRazor EDGE takes the contractor off hands and knees when grinding and polishing the edges of a floor. The twin heads feature […]

The vFan Gravity System from Preval is a portable spray system that delivers liquid mediums or coatings — paints primers, glues, stains — while allowing the user to fully control the flow from a 1⁄16-inch fine- line detail to a 3-inch fan pattern on small surfaces. The spray system delivers […]

PlastiForm reusable, light weight boards are the forms that actually MAKE YOU MONEY! No need to buy replacements for these phenomenal tools (unlike wood forms). Some contractors report forms still in use after 15, 20 and 25 years with proper care! Flexibility allows radiuses of 3’ for 2×4’s, 4’ for […]

GranQuartz recently opened a new store in Seattle. The location offers 11,000 square feet of warehouse and showroom space, and it will offer one-day shipping to the state of Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of Oregon. The new store is located at Northwest Corporate Park, Building B, 6001 Sixth Ave. […]

Mary “M.K.” Hurd, one of the most influential writers and editors to specialize in concrete, passed away in September at age 87. Hurd is best known for writing every edition of the American Concrete Institute’s “Formwork for Concrete, SP-4,” considered the definitive book about structural concrete practices. The first edition […]

The Decorative Concrete Council, a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors, has published the Sealer Selection & Application Guide and a Sealer Installation Checklist The publications are available to ASCC DCC members via the association’s website. The Guide focuses on acrylic film-forming sealers in solvent- and water-based […]

Concrete contractors with exemplary safety records for 2012 were recognized by the American Society of Concrete Contractors at the association’s annual conference. W. Burr Bennett Awards for Safety Excellence were given to specialty contractor T.A.S. Commercial Concrete Construction, Houston, and general contractor T.B. Penick & Sons, San Diego. ? (866) […]

WerkMaster has moved to a much larger facility in Burnaby, British Columbia. The new location will provide expanded production capacity to meet growing global demand for WerkMaster’s floor care equipment and maintenance products. The new street address for WerkMaster Grinders & Sanders Inc. is 6932 Greenwood St., Burnaby. ? (800) […]