Materials

Swiss firm Bereuter is now able to supply fresh concrete on demand in both large and small volumes with the installation of Ammann CBT 60 Elba Plant equipped for contact-free dispensing.

Cremasco, head of road services at integrated services provider Downer, takes over during a difficult time for Australian infrastructure contracts due to rapidly rising material costs.

A customer in Denmark is now benefiting from asphalt production technology supplied by Turkish firm E-MAK.

The company, Dansk Støbeastfalt, is based in Ringstead, Denmark and is a subsidiary of the DAB Group, which is headquartered in Gothenburg and is itself part of DAB Holding.

DAB has other asphalt plants located in Kungälv, Sweden and Roskilde, Denmark, both of which focus on producing mastic asphalt and other specialty materials. DAB also owns Spesialdekker, a firm that produces special coatings and is based in Norway.

Using epoxy bitumen in chip seals could significantly increase the life of high-volume roads in low-income countries and make them more resilient to climate change impacts. The technology, which has been developed and used in New Zealand, will be trialled in Ethiopia this year.

Road Widener is now offering its patented FH-R shouldering and side paver attachment.

An existing asphalt mixing plant in Braunfels, Germany has benefited from a retrofit solution to boost its performance. Asphalt plant manufacturer Benninghoven was able to supply a new mixing tower and drying section to upgrade the performance of the facility.