E-Betoonelement/Lasbet Tootmine

Estonian precast concrete production enjoying growth

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General Manager, Vaido Leosk (center), presents a wide range of sample areas at the large exhibition ground of E-Betoonelement

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Wall and floor elements are manufactured on state-of-the‑art facilities at the Harku factory

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In Harku the participants of a study group from Germany convinced themselves of the excellent surface quality of the sandwich elements

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E-Betoonelement offers a very broad product portfolio up to these table tennis tables used as urban furniture

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The bbf group of the study trip “concrete” was welcomed in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn by Andrus Koolme, Chairman of the board at Lasbet Tootmine (front cen-ter)

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Part of the plant equipment comes from Estonian suppliers, as this Erikkila 20-tons crane

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The concrete experts from Germany talk shop on the basic materials used

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The formwork used at Lasbet for the stairway elements were delivered by the German manufacturer Peri

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Similar to the neighboring country Latvia, the precast concrete industry sees an economic upswing in Estonia too. The manufacturers E-Betoonelement based in Harku and Lasbet Tootmine based in Tallinn are presented as examples.

As measured by the area, Estonia takes the 129th place on the world scale; however, based on the population it even only takes the 150th place. At the same time, Estonians generate a considerable gross domestic product of about 13,800 euros per capita - that is higher than in the other Baltic states Lithuania (11,700) and Latvia (11,600). The European Commission forecasts a growth in G.D.P. of just under 2 % for Estonia in 2014.

According to the EU forecast, investments in machinery and equipment are said to increase by 4 % this year, which however is rather related to the overall construction...