Staying ahead in a changing market with automation and software integration

Automated machinery to produce precast elements as well as the reinforcement and the integration of the fitting software are essential for staying relevant in the vastly evolving…

One of the biggest automated precast plants in Hungary started production

Viastein - Bayer is one of the most famous construction companies on the Hungarian market and has now invested significantly in automation and the fitting software as well as the…

State-of-the-art precast carousel plant in Poland

WPBM „Mój Dom“ Prefabrykacja S.A. Źródła / Poland opened the most advanced prefabricated precast concrete elements production / carousel plant in the whole of Poland -…

Megawide celebrates 10 years of Innovating for Affordable Housing Market

The Indian Economic Times defines affordable housing as follows: Affordable housing refers to housing units that are affordable by that section of society whose income is below the…

Ireland‘s state-of-the-art precast concrete plant starts production

Kilsaran International, Ireland‘s largest producer of concrete products, recently invested in a new carousel plant for precast concrete element production at its Kilcullen site.…

Multi-function plant increases output and quality

At the Schneider precast concrete plant in northern Baden-Württemberg, a new production plant for lattice girder floors, double walls with and without insulation as well as solid…

Modernisation in the precast plant

Schwörer Bausysteme GmbH produces quality cellars, slab floors, precast stairs, special concrete parts, prefabricated garages and steel structures for commercial, industrial and…

De Doncker set for growth with new state-of-the-art production plant in Belgium

De Doncker bv supplies a versatile range of materials for structural work. The company has built a reputation as a building materials trader, which also produces wide slabs. In…

Yongfeng Bürkle revolutionizes the market for precast elements in China

Based in the town of Sasbach in Baden, the Bürkle Group has been a producer of concrete elements for over 60 years – including wall and slab elements as well as customized precast…

New precast element production facility near Gdańsk

EBAWE Anlagentechnik and Progress Maschinen & Automation, both PROGRESS GROUP subsidiaries, just recently installed one of the most modern precast ele - ment production facilities…

Innovative Carousel Technology with new product range

ZPB Kaczmarek is a renowned manufacturer of paving stones and accessories for road construction and civil engineering. Owner Krzysztof Kaczmarek and his daughter Dominika…

eCon Drive^® – new Concrete Spreader increases Production Capacity

In Gars am Inn in Upper Bavaria it was decided to replace the 20-year old concrete spreader in the existing carousel system with a new automatic concrete spreader from EBAWE. The…

Modernisation for Carousel System, Reinforcement and Slipformer production

The specialist in the Paris region for concrete and finished parts placed several orders with the PROGRESS GROUP company. A run-off carriage and the new automatic eCon Drive^®…

New Production Hall at EBAWE

The new, third production hall has ensured EBAWE‘s further growth: the hall is the largest within the PROGRESS GROUP of companies and measures a proud 270 x 32 m. The investment in…

Geelen Beton modernizes second factory

The long-established firm of Geelen Beton produces high-quality solid walls, lattice girder floors and insulated ceilings at two sites. Following the construction of a new carousel…

Massive modular construction on the advance in the USA

In addition to septic tanks, the American company Huffcutt Concrete Inc. primarily manufactures individually designed sanitary houses made of solid concrete parts especially for…

Modern production plants for precast concrete elements

Systembau Eder GmbH & Co KG invested 12 million euros in the Kallham site and is building one of the most modern production plants for precast concrete elements in Europe. The…

New carousel plant for long-standing customer

HTB Hoch- und Tiefbaustoffe GmbH & Co. KG has ex­panded its plant in Könnern in Saxony-Anhalt. At the end of 2017, a dilapidated building was razed to the ground and the…

Carousel plant and reinforcement

Predalco, Belgium, has been active as a small producer of lattice girder floors, called “predalles” since 2011. With the start of the first major carousel plant for the production…

Polish precaster inBet opens second factory

Precast products are more and more a solution for Polish building companies and developers to reduce construction time and lower the need for workers. Due to the success of precast…

Environmentally friendly - Precast system with lower CO₂ footprint

Thomas Betong, belonging to the Swedish Thomas Concrete Group, has opened a precast plant in Heby near Stockholm. The carousel plant was supplied by EBAWE Anlagentechnik. The new…

Substantial production increase and optimized processes

A new production line based on sophisticated plant technology from EBAWE was successfully put into operation, achieving an increase in production by more than 20 % with an equal…

Higher automation offers cost reduction and increased quality

Hans Rinninger u. Sohn GmbH & Co. KG chose EBAWE Anlagentechnik as their partner for the modernization of their precast concrete plant in the South of Germany. A higher automation…

Singapore relies on precast concrete elements

Highly automated precast concrete factories are changing the face of the construction industry in Singapore. The slogan is: out with time-wasting and labour-intensive traditional…

Precast system for Indonesia - Successful earthquake simulation test

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a volcanic belt, which rings the Pacific Ocean on three sides for a length of over 40,000 km. The friction of the tectonic plates makes this region a…

CRH invests in precast concrete element production

With a wide range in its product portfolio Prefaco, a company in the CRH Structural Concrete Belgium consortium, is one of the largest manufacturers of precast concrete elements on…

Reinforcement production made sustainable with automation and software

You have to know what is traditional to implement what is up to date. In line with this motto, GP Wapening is now expanding its machine pool from reinforcement production lines…

All good things come in threes - ABI

Together with its customers, Andernacher Bimswerk GmbH & Co KG, or ABI for short, has been creating value from concrete for more than 65 years. High-quality products from precast…

Intelligent investment: Gandrup Element A/S

The Danish family-owned company Gandrup Element A/S, founded in 1972, with 121 employees in Gandrup, switched to in-house production of reinforcement meshes in 2021. The time,…

Romey expands plant in Plaidt, focusing on flexibility and automation

Started in 1950 as a producer of masonry blocks and hollow core slabs with 10 employees in Plaidt, Romey Baustoffwerke GmbH is a well-known industry player in 2021 with around 240…

Klaus relies on fully individualised automation solutions

Klaus Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH is upgrading its machine pool in the precast concrete plant with several automated systems from progress Maschinen & Automation and Tecnocom, both…

Strabag builds sustainable tunnel systems

For the realization of projects in tunnel construction, Strabag relies on individually designed machines from Progress Maschinen & Automation, a Progress Group company. For…

Modernisation in the precast plant

Schwörer Bausysteme GmbH produces quality cellars, slab floors, precast stairs, special concrete parts, prefabricated garages and steel structures for commercial, industrial and…

Leistungsfähige BAMTEC-Produktionslinie

Am Produktionsstandort der ATTERER Stahlcenter GmbH wurde eine neue vollautomatische Anlage des Typs BAMTEC Evolution von Progress Maschinen & Automation in Betrieb genommen.…

The Success Story of Predalco in Belgium

Predalco, in the Belgian city of Lokeren north-west of Brussels, has been active as small producer of half slabs, called predalles since 2011. With the start of the first major…

NEW PRECAST ELEMENT PRODUCTION FACILITY NEAR GDAŃSK

EBAWE Anlagentechnik and Progress Maschinen & Automation, both PROGRESS GROUP subsidiaries, just recently installed one of the most modern precast ele - ment production facilities……

BlueMesh with bending system for precast plant

Die Habau Group ist als internationaler Komplettanbieter in den Geschäftsbereichen Hochbau, Tiefbau, Fertigteilbau, Pipelinebau, Untertagebau, Holzbau sowie Stahl-/Anlagenbau…

Welded mesh system brings considerable savings

Hard Precast Building Systems (HPBS) is one of the leading precast concrete plants in the United Arab Emirates, with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. With the…

New circulation plant revolutionizes production process

In addition to septic tanks, the American company Huffcutt Concrete Inc. primarily manufactures individually designed sanitary houses made of solid concrete parts especially for…

Fully automated Bamtec production line

A new fully automated Bamtec Evolution production line was put into operation at the production site of the Atterer Stahlcenter GmbH steel processing company; the system was…

Straightening/bending machine MSR 25

The Spanish rebar shop, Ferrallas y Armados Tecozam took the decision to commission a custom-made MSR 25 straightening/bending machine. The objective was to implement a…

New carousel plant for long-standing customer

HTB Hoch- und Tiefbaustoffe GmbH & Co. KG has ex­panded its plant in Könnern in Saxony-Anhalt. At the end of 2017, a dilapidated building was razed to the ground and the…

Tunnel construction and wind power

Special knowledge is required for building tunnels and wind energy plants in order to implement demanding projects. The facilities and manufacturing processes required for such…

Jungwirth focuses on automation and networking

Betonwerk Jungwirth GmbH from Lower Austria is breaking new ground in the expansion of its pallet circulation system in Rappottenstein. The plant was put into operation in 2005 by…

New mesh welding plant BlueMesh

Sansiri, one of Thailands leading real estate developers for town quality houses, town houses and condominiums, has added a new mesh welding plant M-System BlueMesh from progress…

Straightening, cutting and bending machine

Breuer Stahlhandel GmbH, Germany, has modernized their production of steel reinforcement with two new multi-rotor straightening, cutting and bending machines of the MSR-type from…

Modern production plants for precast concrete elements

Systembau Eder GmbH & Co KG invested 12 million euros in the Kallham site and is building one of the most modern production plants for precast concrete elements in Europe. The…

MSR 20/6 MULTIROTOR & Twin MSR 16/9 MULTIROTOR

As one of the largest medium-sized steel businesses in Germany, Friedrich Kicherer GmbH & Co. KG is well-known for its remarkably wide range of products, in which rebar is an…

"Shift Left" Method

How does this method save companies millions of dollars by increasing cost efficiency, solving problems earlier in the process, and getting products to market faster?

IFC4PRECAST officially "Final Standard"

IFC4precast officially recognized as „Final Standard“ by buildingSMART International. The aim of the project was to create an international standard for data exchange between…

Integral software solutions in precast concrete plant

Orion Beton is a Dutch precast concrete plant and by replacing and updating all software-based processes, it has taken a major step in the modernisation of its software…

New carousel plant with control system ebos®

 HTB Hoch- und Tiefbaustoffe GmbH & Co. KG has expanded its production plant in Könnern in Saxony-Anhalt. The ebos^® control system from Progress Software Development was also…

Successful change of control system

Max Bögl Group, one of the largest technology and service provider firms in the German construction industry, decided to restructure the precast concrete plant at its headquarters…

BigData at its best

Progress Software Development offers a new software solution for the collection and analysis of production and machinery data. The new tool with the name stabos allows to collect…

Sardinian company Consultecna invests in modern solutions to advance production

Consultecna made the decision to buy cutting-edge machinery and is convinced that this will not be the last investment in this direction. Recently a highly flexible mould for the…

Special prefabricated elements specialist Klaus relies on fully individualised automation solutions

Klaus Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH is upgrading its machine pool in the precast concrete plant with several automated systems from progress Maschinen & Automation and Tecnocom, both…

New offices and plans for growth

Completely new offices for Tecnocom after the recent expansion of the first section of the production works. This Progress Group member company, whose objective is to increase its…

A new plant for the production of industrial panels

Trom Tavor with headquarters in Afula is a successful start-up company, which has been working since 2004 in the internal Israeli market in the manufacture of precast concrete…

A leading company in the manufacture of transformer stations

The ELEKTRO-HARAMIA s.r.o. company with its headquarters in Záhorie in Slovakia, some 20 km north-west of Bratislava, decided on Tecnocom technology and invested in a mould for the…

Flexible production of beams

Hormipresa is a leading precast concrete plant in Spain with its headquarters in Barcelona. The company has invested in a fully hydraulic mould for the manufacture of…

Infrastructure Project in Kuwait

Infrastructural projects in Kuwait are still in the focus of local governmental-backed investments. In order to improve connectivity regionally and globally projects in this sector…

Sansiri invests in battery mould technology

Sansiri Public Co. Ltd, based in Bangkok, Thailand, can look back on more than three decades of experience in the field of construction projects and real estate development and has…

Kleihues with tilting tables from Tecncom

Looking back on over 50 years of successful company history, Emsbüren-based Kleihues Betonbauteile GmbH & Co. KG is a leading specialist on the German market for made-to-measure…

L-shaped retaining walls

Lithonplus Steinmanufaktur, Germany, teamed up with Tecnocom for their new production method to manufacture L-shaped retaining walls. The new patented way to produce the “L-Tec…

Prefabricated bathrooms for Singapore and Bangkok

Tecnocom, the specialist for special mould systems, supplied a total of seven 3D shuttering moulds for the production of prefabricated bathrooms to Straits Construction in…

Producing prestressed floors efficiently - BCB

Boulogne Composants Béton (BCB), one of France's traditional companies in the field of precast concrete elements, expanded its machinery to keep production efficient and to stay at…

CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION AUTOMATION at pozbruk

Advanced technologies and continuous production optimization are two unchangeable factors that have been driving Pozbruk for 37 years. A consistent implementation of that approach…

Pruksa modernizes

A well-known real estate development market leader in Thailand, Pruksa Real Estate Public Company Limited or simply Pruksa has modernized two of its existing precast plants to…

IPHA Webinar: Why even automate?

The presentation tries to open the reflection on whether it is necessary to automate production processes and what added values it can bring to the teams in the plant, the costs…

Automation to better serve demanding customers

The demand for its unique 2.4m slabs has been increasing in the last year, so the company has decided to invest in automation in order to meet its commitment to deliver high…

Automation of manual tasks in the precast concrete industry

A recent collaboration with Echo Precast Engineering led to the installation of a high-tech automatic plotter SmartJet® and concrete aspirator, which allow for faster and more…

How to boost a hollow core plant

With software, automation, and independent machinery a production plant can be boosted to be an intelligent plant with many benefits.

G&J Industries increase the production capacity for 60 cm wide hollow core slabs

G&J normally produces with Slipformers but has now chosen to expand their range of machines with the Extruder X-Liner from Echo Precast Engineering and, by this way, increase the…

8 Steps to setting up a successful precast plant

Where do you start? What does it take? How are the processes?
We want to give you a hand and have summarized the 8 most important steps to take to start a successful precast plant…

Echo Precast Engineering Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

ISO 9001:2015 certifies and acknowledges Echo Precast Engineering's highest standards for quality, focusing on performance excellence and innovation.

Contiga: Automation and “Line Detection” Technology

Contiga takes its production of hollow core slabs to a new level, with machinery and equipment from Echo Precast Engineering. For the first time, the completely newly patented "Lin…

MD Beton fills the gap in the concrete market with hollow core slabs of 2.4m

Belgian concrete company fills the gap in the concrete market with unique prestressed floor elements of 2.4m. Initially, they concentrated on the production of prestressed concrete…

Van Thuyne: 50cm more competitive

In 2019 Van Thuyne invested in the new 3^rd Universal Slipformer to have a quicker changeover time and to produce 50cm deep Hollow Core slabs. As a floor supplier the 50cm thick…

Gamuda invests in production line

The principles of quality, sustainability and efficient con-struction are central to Gamuda‘s business. Consequently, the obvious next step for one of Malaysia‘s leading…

Production on four beds

The Belgian market finds a new player for prefabricated concrete elements: the production site of LARCO PREFABRICATION S.A. was opened recently in Welkenraedt, Belgium. LARCO…

Extruder X-Liner®

The Extruder X-Liner® FC is the youngest member of the Echo machinery portfolio and was introduced to the market several years ago. It is designed for the production of…

Westkon invests in slipformer production

The successful Australian producer of precast concrete elements, Westkon Precast in Melbourne is investing in new technology from Echo Precast Engineering for the manufacture of…

CCP relies on S-Liner®

Chonburi Concrete Products PCL (CCP) Thailand, relies on the S-Liner® of Echo Precast Engineering for their produciton of hollow core slabs. The S-Liner® is the ideal solution for…

MAS 1100 offers advantages

Thanks to a multi-angle saw MAS from Echo Precast Engineering, the German company Dennert achieves a higher automated production. For many years the precast concrete producer is…

Van Thuyne invests in a new factory

The company Van Thuyne from Waregem, Belgium, can look back on a long and successful history. Founded in 1880 as a company in the building materials trade, the firm, which is…

Slipformer S-Liner®

Ducon Concrete Ltd., Ireland, invested in their fourth Slipformer S-Liner® from Echo Precast Engineering. With the new machine all their production lines are equipped with this…

Ergon expands hollow core production

Ergon, the well-known Belgian manufacturer of prestressed precast elements has decades of experience in the production of hollow core slabs.