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drymix.info Newsletter 311/2024; ISSN Number 1613-0111; 2. April 2025

A strong earthquake shook Myanmar and Thailand last week, it caused heavy damages and the loss of many lives. drymix.info and SEADMA express grief and sorrow to all those that have been harmed.

1. Post Event Report: drymix.info Jubilee and idmmcX in Nürnberg Last Week
2. Casual drymix.info Evening during BAUMA 25 at Fraunhofer, München, 9. April 2025; RSVP!
3. MEDMA Task Force on Standardization and Enforcement of Norms
4. A CCMAI and drymix.info Cooperation: The 8th India Drymix Mortar Conference, Mumbai, 29MAY25
5. East Asia Drymix Mortar Meeting, Seoul, 3. July 2025: Dr. Tae-Hyob Song, KICT, Is Technical Chairman
6. HSH Chemie joins drymix.info as Distributor Partner
7. Isover Closes Mineral Wool Production in Bergisch Gladbach
8. BASF, Sto and AGB Frankfurt/M Cooperate in Producing and Installing EPS Panel with Recycled Content

1. Post Event Report: drymix.info Jubilee and idmmcX in Nürnberg Last Week

Over 110 drymix mortar experts gathered at historic Ofenwerk in Nürnberg to celebrate drymix.info's 23rd anniversary! Music came from Trident and singer/songwriter Lena Halve, Team FS2 and The Leopolder Family were responsible for the catering - a warm thank you to all! Without support from Ardex, Atlas, Avebe, Beumer, Blackburn Chemicals, Haver&Boecker, Imerys, Mapei, Sika, Vincentz Verlag und Wacker Chemie, this great party would not have been possible.

The next day, at Meistersingerhalle, a record attendance of 220 delegates flooded The 10th International Drymix Mortar Conference and Industry Showcase idmmcX (next time we might have to look for a larger venue!). Supporters here included Actemium, Almatis, Arodo, Atlas, Avebe, Beumer, Bischof + Klein, Blackburn Chemicals, Calucem, Casea, Çimsa Cement, Concetti, Dow, Ecocem, Evonik, Haver&Boecker, HSH Chemie, Imerys, Mapei, Omya, Organik Kimya, Oyak Cement, Schleibinger, Sika, Timab and Wacker Chemie.

2. Casual drymix.info Evening during BAUMA 25 at Fraunhofer, München, 9. April 2025; RSVP!

BAUMA 2025 - the world's largest industry fair - takes place here in Munich from 07APR25 to 13APR25. drymix.info invites to its casual (and traditional) evening during BAUMA on Wednesday, 09. April 2025, 19:00 at historic (must-see!) Wirtshaus im Fraunhofer (Fraunhoferstr 9, 80469 München; Subway Station Fraunhoferstrasse, U1, U2). This no-tie event is an excellent chance for tired showgoers to relax with drymix mortar friends. Advance registration is mandatory (RSVP), everyone pays his own bill. Please e-mail us to info@drymix.info.

3. MEDMA Task Force on Standardization and Enforcement of Norms

The Middle East Drymix Mortar Association MEDMA and the drymix mortar producers of the region have recently agreed on establishing the MEDMA Technical Task Force on Standardization and Enforcement of Norms for Tile Adhesives and their Installation. The initiative is being supported by Eng. Ahmad Al-Salami, Dubai Municipality and the group already was invited to a hearing there.

The MEDMA Technical Task Force includes drymix mortar experts from Saint-Gobain Weber, Pidilite Puma, Fosroc & Sika, Mapei, Conmix, the Task Force leader is MEDMA's Technical Chairman Mohammed Sanaobar (Wacker Chemie). The Task Force is preparing a proposal to enforce ISO 13007 as main standard for cementitious tile adhesives (CTA) in the UAE - in accordance with the Gulf Standards Organization recommendation for the entire GCC. As a new and recent addition, the Task Force is discussing regulations and norms concerning the actual application of tile adhesives for the entire UAE (as outlined in e.g. CSTB, UNI 11493 and UNE 138002:2017). These application norms shall create a basis for the planned application training program under MEDMA. The Task Force plans to submit its first draft to Dubai Municipality by end-April 2025.

4. CCMAI and drymix.info Cooperate for: The 8th India Drymix Mortar Conference, Mumbai, 29. May 2025

drymix.info in cooperation with the Construction Chemicals Manufacturer's Association of India (CCMAI) invite to the 8th India Drymix Mortar Conference. This is the key event for the highly dynamic drymix mortar Industry of India, it takes place at Orchid Hotel Mumbai Vile Parle on Thursday, 29. May 2025 (near Mumbai Airport Terminal 1). Join us for a fantastic program, take a look at our preliminary list of topics on our website. Support for our powerful conference comes from: Avebe, Billerud, Bocedi, BYK, Çimsa Cement, DK Fine Chem, Fairmate, Haver & Boecker, Imerys, m-tec, Münzing, MYK Laticrete, NFLG, Omya, Siam Modified Starch (SMS), Somani Ecobuild, Wacker Chemie  and Windmöller & Hölscher (WUH) - thanks a lot!

The registration of delegates has started. Delegate Admission is 550 Euro per Person, reduced to 450 Euro p.P. for drymix.info, SEADMA and MEDMA Partners. Drymix mortar manufacturers pay only 190 Euro.

Special for drymix mortar manufacturers: An early booking rebate (-30%) has been agreed upon with CCMAI for its members producing drymix mortars (proof of membership required). There is also an early booking rebate for all other drymix mortar manufacturers (-20%). All rebates are only available until 30. April 2025 (registered and paid for), after this cut-off date, no more rebates can be granted, sorry.

5. East Asia Drymix Mortar Meeting, Seoul, 3. July 2025: Dr. Tae-Hyob Song, KICT, Is Technical Chairman

The East Asia Drymix Mortar Meeting will take place on 03. July 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, at Hotel Mondrian (Itaewon). drymix.info is proud to announce, that Dr. Tae-Hyob Song of Korea Institute for Construction Technology (KICT) has agreed to act as Technical Chairman of this first technical conference about drymix mortars in Korea. He is currently reviewing the topics proposed, our program will be featured in our next Newsletter. Registration is running nicely for the event - already over 50 seats are pre-booked. The East Asia Drymix Mortar Meeting features a comprehensive lecturing program with both local and international content as well as an Industry Showcase. As always, our program will make room for plenty of networking opportunities. So far, Actemium, Black Buffalo, DK Fine Chemicals, Hanil Cement, Haver & Boecker, Imerys, Maleki, Münzing Chemie, Poraver, Sampyo Industry, Sika and Wacker Chemie are supporting the event; a dinner reception, sponsored by our supporter DK Finechem will be held immediately adjacent to the lecturing program.

Delegate Admission to the East Asia Drymix Mortar Meeting is 550 Euro per person, reduced to 450 Euro p.p. for drymix.info, SEADMA and MEDMA members. Drymix mortar manufacturers pay only 190 EUR p.p.

6. HSH Chemie joins drymix.info as Distributor Partner

HSH Chemie of Hamburg, Germany, has decided to join drymix.info as a Distributor Partner. HSH Chemie has been a distributor of chemical raw materials for the construction chemicals industry for over 35 years, today serving more then 20 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Production facilities are located in Poland, along with the Innovation Center in Poznań, where products such as Cellq, Veovaq, and Addiq (HSH tradenames) are being developed.

We warmly HSH Chemie our community!

7. Isover Closes Mineral Wool Production in Bergisch Gladbach

Saint-Gobain Isover G+H AG, Düsseldorf, Germany has recently announced that it will stop production of mineral wool at their site at Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, this summer. Isover will concentrate its German mineral wool activities at its Speyer plant. According to Isover, the reasons for this restructuring measure is the decreasing demand in Germany, caused by the low residential construction, but also lower export volumes into neighboring countries. Isover is currently investigating the possibilities to distribute the 160 employees in Bergisch Gladbach to other units nearby to prevent lay-offs.

8. BASF, Sto and AGB Frankfurt/M Cooperate in Producing and Installing EPS Panel with Recycled Content

BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Sto AG, Stühlingen and housing developer ABG Frankfurt Holding GmbH (all Germany) have collaborated in developing and installing a expanded polystyrene board (EPS) containing recycled material. The new EPS board is intended to give better sustainability to new building's outer (insulating) shells or in retrofitting existing ones. BASF introduced 10% of EPS from mechanically recycled EPS wastes into it, the new board meets all performance requirements of the „virgin“ board (BASF branded it as Neopor F 5 Mcycled). The new insulation board was installed on the façade of one of ABG's existing buildings with 52 residential units in Frankfurt, Main, as part of an energetic retrofit project. "The result allows us to look into the future with optimism, as our aim is to incorporate a significantly higher proportion of sustainable substitutes into our external thermal insulation composite systems," says Dr. Frank Börner, Regional Manager Rhine-Main in Project Management at Sto.

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