There is a need for technologies to provide fast pothole patching
Doug Shipsey, founder and owner of 7951 Macismo International, announced an 8-year licensing agreement with Bonsal American at 7924 PPRS 2015 Paris, the pavement preservation and recycling summit.
The deal will be the company’s bridgehead into the giant North American market for its innovative Macfix cold asphalt additive that allows repair material to be laid in temperatures from -10⁰C to +60⁰C.
According to Shipsey, his Macfix additive is not only resistant to extreme temperature swings, it is also water resistant. “You can even lay asphalt under water using Macfix,” he added, “It’s environmentally friendly and immediately trafficable. Our solution is hydrophobic and permanent.”
The system is easy to use and the treated mix, which one client describes as “chewing gum” asphalt, only has to be applied and tamped. Like a giant piece of chewing gum, it sticks there and is not damaged by water, frost, ice or traffic. “It goes into every crack and stays elastic for a long time,” said Shipsey.
Macismo has now established itself in the UK and several other European Countries from the Mediterranean to the Artic Circle, the US, Australia, South Africa and Brazil. After decades of working in the equipment supply and contracting sector of the world road surfacing business, Shipsey is concentrating hard on using his experience and know¬how to research and develop innovative products that “can transform the way typical asphaltic materials behave”.
His Macfix additive can be concentrated and re-diluted, it is easily stored and transported and can be mixed at the point of use. “The end product is made using 99% local raw materials,” said Shipsey. “It just couldn’t be easier.”
Bonsal will brand Macfix as Gempatch in North America, and market it alongside the company’s Gemseal product range. Bonsal is part of the CRH Group and has solutions for all sorts of road surface cracks, patches and potholes. The additive will be distributed out of four regional offices in Tampa, Dallas, Baltimore and Chicago.
Macismo says that its future lies in “servicing and supporting the emerging demand for recycled, cold and warm mix materials ... and concentrating on developing cost-effective and sustainable solutions (using) carefully selected chemicals in order to produce premium quality, proprietary additives. Not only do these additives enhance bitumen and asphalt performance, they also help produce durable materials that can save money and lower lifecycle costs for the asphalt producer.”
And, according to Shipsey, the next big market opening up for Macfix is the German concrete autobahn network where the solution is being used in a new 4mm mix to fill and permanently patch the crumbling edges of the concrete slabs.
As World Highways has already reported, Macismo also used PPRS Paris 2015 to launch its Rapfix rejuvenator aimed for use in general asphalt production to raise the percentage of RAP in the new mixes. Due to the higher than expected fluxing power it has also been found that Rapfix is capable of rejuvenating 100% RAP at ambient temperature.
The deal will be the company’s bridgehead into the giant North American market for its innovative Macfix cold asphalt additive that allows repair material to be laid in temperatures from -10⁰C to +60⁰C.
According to Shipsey, his Macfix additive is not only resistant to extreme temperature swings, it is also water resistant. “You can even lay asphalt under water using Macfix,” he added, “It’s environmentally friendly and immediately trafficable. Our solution is hydrophobic and permanent.”
The system is easy to use and the treated mix, which one client describes as “chewing gum” asphalt, only has to be applied and tamped. Like a giant piece of chewing gum, it sticks there and is not damaged by water, frost, ice or traffic. “It goes into every crack and stays elastic for a long time,” said Shipsey.
Macismo has now established itself in the UK and several other European Countries from the Mediterranean to the Artic Circle, the US, Australia, South Africa and Brazil. After decades of working in the equipment supply and contracting sector of the world road surfacing business, Shipsey is concentrating hard on using his experience and know¬how to research and develop innovative products that “can transform the way typical asphaltic materials behave”.
His Macfix additive can be concentrated and re-diluted, it is easily stored and transported and can be mixed at the point of use. “The end product is made using 99% local raw materials,” said Shipsey. “It just couldn’t be easier.”
Bonsal will brand Macfix as Gempatch in North America, and market it alongside the company’s Gemseal product range. Bonsal is part of the CRH Group and has solutions for all sorts of road surface cracks, patches and potholes. The additive will be distributed out of four regional offices in Tampa, Dallas, Baltimore and Chicago.
Macismo says that its future lies in “servicing and supporting the emerging demand for recycled, cold and warm mix materials ... and concentrating on developing cost-effective and sustainable solutions (using) carefully selected chemicals in order to produce premium quality, proprietary additives. Not only do these additives enhance bitumen and asphalt performance, they also help produce durable materials that can save money and lower lifecycle costs for the asphalt producer.”
And, according to Shipsey, the next big market opening up for Macfix is the German concrete autobahn network where the solution is being used in a new 4mm mix to fill and permanently patch the crumbling edges of the concrete slabs.
As World Highways has already reported, Macismo also used PPRS Paris 2015 to launch its Rapfix rejuvenator aimed for use in general asphalt production to raise the percentage of RAP in the new mixes. Due to the higher than expected fluxing power it has also been found that Rapfix is capable of rejuvenating 100% RAP at ambient temperature.
