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drymix.info Newsletter 135/2013; ISSN Number 1613-0111; 03. May 2013
1. The Second European Mortar Summit, 6. and 7. June 2013, Barcelona, Spain
2. drymix.info Live, 15. May 2013, 14:30 CET, Internet
3. Market for Construction in Dubai Recovering
4. Wacker Increases Prices for VAc/E Dispersions in The Americas
5. Ardex Endura Announces Building of New Plants in India
6. HeidelbergCement Looses Appeal against Anti-Trust Fine from 2003
7. Energy Technology and Insulation Yield Huge Savings
8. Parex Partners with Apruva Ltd. in India
1. The Second European Mortar Summit, 6. and 7. June 2013, Barcelona, Spain
The European Mortar Industry Organisation EMO, Duisburg, Germany, is organizing The Second European Mortar Summit in Barcelona, Spain, on 6. and 7. June 2013, drymix.info supports the EMO team and handles the delegate and sponsors administration. Conference location is Hotel Condes de Barcelona (rooms are scarce, delegates should reserve immediately). Key decisionmakers of the European Drymix Mortar Industry, as well as from Brasil, Israel, Turkey and the USA are attending, over 100 industry experts have already registered. Platinum Sponsor is Cementos Molins.
The Summit starts with a festive Gala Diner at Restaurant Principal on 6. June (just around the corner from the Hotel Condes de Barcelona), where also accompanying partners are invited (there is a wonderful touristic programme for them organized by Cruz Benedé for them on 7. June). The actual lecturing programme featuring speeches and a moderated panel discussion starts on Friday, 7. June at 09:00. Sponsors include (as of today) Agrana, Calucem, Kerneos, Neuvendis, Parex, Poraver, Saint Gobain Weber and Wacker. Sponsoring is still encouraged and welcome, please enquire with drymix.info. Admission is 600 Euro, reduced to 500 Euro for drymix.info members, please register online under www.drymix.info/shop (Visa and Mastercard accepted). Special conditions apply for mortar manufacturers that are member of one of the associations affiliated with EMO.
2. drymix.info Live, 15. May 2013, 14:30 CET, Internet
The second drymix.info Live takes place on 15. May 2013, 14:30 CET on the premises of drymix-convention.net. Live Topic this month is "A Quick & Dirty Survey of the Use of External Patents by Drymix Mortar Manufacturers" this Live Stream Lecture is held by Ferdinand Leopolder of drymix.info. He remains available for chatting in the Networking Lounge until 15:30.
The virtual exhibition drymix-CONVENTION will open its doors for registered users from 14:30 until 15:30, Vincentz Network and drymix.info experts are standing by for questions from interested exhibitors. Visitors can nose around, chat and get acquainted with all features. We ask for your understanding, that the booths of our 2012 exhibitors are all open for viewing, but not manned (boothchat is disabled). Please participate vividly, this will enrich the event and also give us valuable feedback. In order to join, you can just log in using your last year's log-in data or register anew (allow a few minutes and have a foto of yourself ready, see: www.drymix-convention.net/). Registration is free of charge.
3. Market for Construction in Dubai Recovering
There seems to be light on the horizon for the construction economy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While the situation was grim in the past two years, with offices closing and expatriates moving abroad, the demand for office space has picked up according to recent reports. It is believed by analysts, that this trend will start mothballed projects immediately. After the financial crisis hit fully in 2010, rents and leases for residential and commercial real estate had dropped dramatically. Now Cluttons, a real estate consulting firm, has issued a report on these market sectors showing increased occpancies and rising rents. Another trend has been observed in order to fit the offers to the market: owners and developers are decreasing floor space of both existing and future flats and retail locations in order to meet the demand and minimize their risk. It is said that newer buildings in Sheikh Zayed Road fetch approximately 1.000 to 1.400 AED/sq.m./a (210 to 290 Euro/sq.m./a). Properties at Downtown, the area around Burj Khalifa, reach about 20 to 40% on top of theses rents.
4. Wacker Increases Prices for VAc/E Dispersions in The Americas
Wacker Polymers, a division of Wacker Chemie AG, based in Munich, Germany, will increase its prices for vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in the Americas. Effective 1. May, 2013, Wacker will implement a price increase of $0.03 (€0,02) per wet pound (0,45 wet kilos), or as customer contracts allow. Wacker cites a continued increase in raw-material cost as reason for this measure.
5. Ardex Endura Announces Building of New Plants in India
Ardex Endura India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, a Joint Venture between Ardex GmbH, Witten, Germany and Prism Cement Limited, Satna, Madhya Pradesh India, are building two drymix mortar plants in Bangalore and Durgapur (north of Kolkata) to be completed by the end of 2013. Total spending is estimated to be Rs 40 Crore (about 5,7 mio Euro). The new plants will manufacture cementitious tile adhesives as well as flooring and waterproofing compounds. Mr. Mark Eslamlooy, CEO, Ardex Group Global, said “India is a very important and critical market for us, as the economic growth rate is impressive. We see opportunities for growth in India and we are in the process of strengthening our presence to consolidate our market position.” Mr. Vijay Aggarwal, Non-Executive Chairman, Ardex Endura India & Managing Director, Prism Cement Limited said, “These new manufacturing plants will strengthen our position ...(and)... production capacity, which will help us meet the demands of our growing client base. The second plant in West Bengal will help us cater to the Eastern market”.
6. HeidelbergCement Looses Appeal against Anti-Trust Fine from 2003
HeidelbergCement AG, Heidelberg, Germany, has finally lost their appeal in German Courts against the hefty anti-trust fine issued by the German Antitrust Office in 2003 (we reported earlier). The German Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe has recently confirmed a ruling of Oberlandesgericht (OLG) Düsseldorf concerning this matter. The fine of 250 mio Euro had been issued in 2003 for alledged price fixing for cement. It was reduced from 250 mio Euro to 170 mio Euro by OLG Düsseldorf, and another deduction of 8,5 mio Euro was granted due to the extremely long period of court negotiations in this particular case. HeidelbergCement must pay now 161,4 mio Euro.
7. Energy Technology and Insulation Yield Huge Savings
According to a recently issued study commissioned by Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (DENA), Berlin, Germany, thermal insulation, the use of special building materials as well as de-centralized (in- or on-house) energy production yields the desired success. DENA, a semi-Governmental agency administering the German programme for the energetical refurbishment and enabling of existing as well as new buildings has analyzed the energy consumption of 63 buildings, where energy savings of 80% were expected. The buildings represent over 20% of the DENA supported renovations with several heating periods (350 projects since 2003). On average, the energy consumption could be reduced from 223 kWh/sq.m. to 54 kWh/sq.m., which means a saving of 74%. According to Dr. Peter Ramsauer, Building Minister of Germany, over 115.000 mio Euro have been spent by the German Government for energetical refurbishment since the beginning of the programme.
8. Parex Partners with Apurva Ltd. in India
ParexGroup SA, Issy les Moulineaux, France, has formed a partnership with Apurva India Ltd., Mumbai for the Indian market. The newly formed entity ‘ParexGroup Construction Products Pvt. Ltd.’ is headed by Apurva's Managing Director Mr. Ashok Narayan Kate. Parex India will initially focus on technical mortars and concrete repair (Lanko brand) and waterproofing products (Davco brand) for the construction sector. “... we believe India is the corner stone of our future development in the Asia/ Pacific region. We (will) largely benefit from the expertise of our local partner Apurva India Ltd.," said Richard Seguin, C.E.O. of ParexGroup. A.N. Kate said, “The Construction Chemical Industry (in India) is growing at (a) rapid pace due to potential demands triggered by urbanization trend in creation of infrastructure, high rise buildings, commercial establishments and industrial (real estate)."
ParexGroup, a member of drymix.info, is a globally active mortar producer which operates in 21 countries, annual sales turnover was 690 mio Euro in 2012. Apurva India Ltd. is a manufacturer of resin floorings with customers in India and in the international markets.
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