Rising energy costs and the need for sustainable resource utilization are two major challenges the concrete precast industry is facing. This article concentrates on the concrete products sector to...
In July 2025, the comprehensive modernization of the concrete mixing plant at the Zeithain precast plant was successfully completed. With its new plant, Fuchs is setting standards in terms of...
Every project begins with decisions made at the design table. Load paths are defined, details are refined, and solutions are carefully chosen to meet both structural and practical requirements. Yet...
Prosio Vision GmbH, a company of the Eirich Group, has developed the VC series (Vision Control), a modular system for the automated detection and analysis of material properties in concrete product...
The Green Code tthermal wall with 3D facade takes prefabrication in precast concrete construction to a new technological level. The basis for this is the Selective Paste Intrusion (SPI) process...
Sotubema modernized its precast production facility at the Saint Astier site comprehensively by installing a new, low-carbon concrete mixing plant including a high-performance turbine mixer from Teka....
Manual labor is still the rule rather than the exception in many areas. Terhoeven GmbH & Co. KG has recently found a solution for a typical work example: the monotonous, laborious cutting of...
One of Germany‘s most modern biomass cogeneration plants is being built on part of a 13.5-hectare expansion area belonging to a biotechnology company in the Upper Bavarian district of...
Remei & BPB GmbH & Co. KG is investing approximately €5 million in its Blomberg site and constructing a new chemical production facility covering approximately 2,500 m² for sustainable and...
At the IAB Conference Days hold in Weimar, H+L presented the Klimaver solid wall, a wall system based on expanded glass granulate that meets high demands on thermal insulation, fire protection and...
Hesse‘s tallest kindergarten is currently being built in Schmitten-Oberreifenberg (Taunus), right next to the Feldberg. The building is being constructed as an environmentally friendly KfW 40 building...
Lithonplus is a subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials AG and Schwenk Zement GmbH & Co. KG and is one of the leading concrete product manufacturers in Germany. A team of 600 employees works at 18...
The hybrid construction method using wood and concrete is becoming more and more popular in property construction. Current projects show: This method is an effective answer to the shortage of skilled...
Since 1909 Mattig & Lindner GmbH has developed into one of the largest medium-sized construction companies in the German federal state of Brandenburg. In addition to the production of precast concrete...
So as to be able to assure an even water balance in the ground, planners and architects prefer to use ecological paving systems when it comes to the conceptual design of paved areas. They allow a...
It will be official from mid-August 2025: Kniele Mischtechnik is entering into a strategic partnership with Danish plant manufacturer Simotec. Both medium-sized companies have already successfully...
A vibration-modulated printing system developed at IAB Weimar utilizes the thixotropic properties of fresh concrete, eliminating the need for adding a setting accelerator. The gravity-based discharge...
The cement industry is going to great lengths to lower the high carbon emissions generated during cement production. One important aim – among many others – is to reduce the proportion of clinker as...