2013 BetonTage congress

Innovation Prize awarded to H-BAU

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H-Bau founder Gerhard Horstmann (center) was pleased to receive the award and the congratulations extended by (right to left) Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Wolf Reinhardt, chairman of the jury, Dr. Ulrich Lotz, managing director of the Fachverband Beton- und Fertigteilwerke Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg Association of Concrete and Precast Plants) and organizer of the BetonTage, and Christian Jahn, BFT International editor-in-chief

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H-Bau founder Gerhard Horstmann (shown during his speech of gratitude) continues to actively contribute to the development of new products in his company

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H-Bau Technik GmbH based in Klettgau, Germany, is the winner of the 2013 Innovation Prize for Structural Concrete Products of the Supplier Industry. The business received this award for its new product Rapidobat Cretcon HD, an innovative active coating applied to the inside of tube-shaped formwork that ensures an unprecedented, premium surface quality of architectural concrete columns. Cretcon is also offered as a gel to act as a release agent suitable for all types of non-absorbent formwork. The prize was awarded on 5 February 2013 during the opening session of the 57^th BetonTage congress in...