http://www.elematic.com/news News and Press Releases en-us Come and meet us at Bauma 2013, where we will be happy to discuss with you how to reach your goals, whether your need is small, medium or large in precast product manufacturing. We are ready to serve you with incomparable knowledge, technology, and complete solutions that are the result of having listened closely to our customers all over the world for six decades. As the leading one-stop-supplier, we believe in providing the best of quality on every level. While listening, we have learnt about varying needs for capacity, automation and flexibility. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:16:18 +0200 Elematic Oy Ab, which designs and manufactures production solutions and equipment for the precast concrete industry, will deliver the world's highest-capacity precast plant to Iraq. The plant will produce precast products for 7500 housing square meters/day. The end client is South Korea's Hanwha Engineering and Construction, which has signed a reconstruction agreement with the government of Iraq to build a satellite city in Bismayah, near Baghdad. The Elematic deal is valued at nearly 40 million euros. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:31:28 +0200 SBS Betoni Oy, part of Suutarinen Yhtiöt, has signed a supply contract with Elematic on delivery of a highly automated, modern precast wall factory to Mikkeli, Finland. Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:31:25 +0200 Just download the brochure to find out Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:35:59 +0300 In order to enter the fast growing emerging market, with huge demand for housing, Elematic of Finland is joining forces with a Chinese company to introduce precast concrete building and technology into China. Elematic and China Triumph International Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (CTIEC) of P.R. China signed a joint venture agreement on September 6, 2012. Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:19:37 +0300 Elematic hosted a business delegation of 134 builders from Pune, India 28th August 2012. Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:42:14 +0300 The 8th Precast Academy gathered participants from all over the world, e.g. from Australia, Philippines, China, Malaysia, Russia, Latvia and the Middle East. It was held 12 -14 June in Tampere, Finland with the theme Design, Manufacture and Use of Hollow-Core Slab. The program included lectures on building with precast, designing with hollow-core slab etc., construction site and hollow-core slab factory visits, as well as workshops. The three days of Precast Academy also gave the participants good opportunity for networking with people in their business. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:34:24 +0300 <a href="http://www.paulibeton.be/v1/nl/home.html" target="_blank">Pauli Beton</a> in Hoeselt, Belgium organized Open House –event on 10th June 2012 to celebrate its brand new slipformer-based hollow-core slab production line. Approximately 500 people visited the opening ceremony and were personally welcomed by the Pauli family. While admiring the new plant, the guests were served snacks and refreshments. Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:42:38 +0300 <a href="http://www.bgc.com.au/" target="_blank">BGC (Australia) Pty Ltd</a> is one of Australia’s largest privately owned group of companies. This Western Australia based group of companies is involved in both residential and commercial building sectors, the manufacture of building products and construction materials, contract mining, civil engineering construction and maintenance, quarrying, road transport, property ownership and management as well as insurance. BGC is the biggest home builder in Australia and one of Western Australia’s leading builders in the civil and commercial markets. Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:23:56 +0200 With one invention safety and productivity can be increased simultaneously at construction sites and precast hollow-core slab factory. Just before Christmas 2011, at Ylöjärvi test factory, Elematic introduced a new, safe method for hollow-core slab lifting, and the machine that installs the loops into the slabs. Invited builders, occupational safety managers, and precast manufacturers were thrilled of this novelty: loops that make lifting very safe and fast, and the machine (LoopMaster) that adds on value, and profitability to existing hollow-core slab production. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:54:21 +0200 World’s leading supplier of precast concrete technology, Elematic, gets a new CEO. M.SC. (Econ) Mats Jungar (45) has been appointed CEO of Elematic Group Oy starting January 1, 2012. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:05:54 +0200 <a href="http://www.prefabeton.cz" target="_blank">Goldbeck Prefabeton S.R.O</a> in Czech Republic made a ground breaking move by purchasing the Elematic <a href="http://www.precastfountain.com/precast_machinery/slabmaster?sp=News_Goldbeck_Slabmaster" target="_blank">SlabMaster</a>. With the help of SlabMaster they have been able to produce effectively more complicated hollow-core slab designs than before since the recess-making is now done by machine. This has had a positive effect on Goldbeck’s sales too. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:21:39 +0200 The Club meeting of Elematic's customers in Russia gathered nearly 30 participants to Hotel Oksana in Moscow. This annual meeting was organized for the second time at the end of November. This Club was originally organized upon Russian customers’ request and proved to be very successful. The theme of the meeting this time was the production of sandwich walls. Customers from around Russia were present, the furthest coming all the way from Novosibirsk. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:33:31 +0200 <em>SMEET Precast entrusted Elematic, as a leading technology company, with its investment in a complete precast factory. This factory will be the largest and the most advanced single precast factory in the region. This manufacturing facility will cover a massive area of 300,000 square meters at Mesaieed - Qatar and is to be commissioned in phases starting the first quarter of 2012. It will house a state-of-the-art hollow-core slab production line, columns, prestressed beam lines, tilting tables for delicately-shaped and colored architectural precast units, a fully-automated circulating plant (for mass production of sandwich and solid wall panels), special infrastructure precast units and other components of precast applications. </em> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:39:08 +0200 Elematic invited its representatives to meet in Tampere, Finland, at the end of August for a few days session of get-together and training. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:00:16 +0300 Acotec-walls are becoming increasingly popular in China. Only during the past summer Elematic has sold several Acotec-production lines to China in addition to the already existing ones. Today Acotec-lines can be found e.g. in  the provinces of Yunnan, Guangzhou and Sichuan. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:29:32 +0300 Elematic's customers deserve the best service and close cooperation in all forms and stages of the customer relationship. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:11:15 +0300 Finnish company <a href="http://www.betonimestarit.fi" target="_blank">Betonimestarit Oy</a> will be the first in Finland to introduce Elematic's enterprise resource planning software ELiPLAN. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:54:14 +0200 For the setting up of a precast concrete plant, a technology alliance has been established between Finland-based Elematic and India's Janapriya Projects. Indian firms Kotak Reality and Janapriya Engineers Syndicate are joint owners of the special purpose vehicle Janapriya Projects. In the Indian state of Hyderabad, the plant will be built at the upcoming 32-acre township project in Sainikpuri. The plant will produce precast walls that will be installed at the township project, which will have 2,000 units of apartments built. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:34:46 +0200 The newly improved Precast Fountain is the one-stop-site for all your precasting needs. With recent improvements and frequent updates, the service is better all around: new functionalities make Precast Fountain the number one source for information in the industry. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:36:00 +0300 After over 30 years with Elematic, Mr Esa Enqvist, a long time Director of Sales and Marketing retires from active daily work. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0300 <strong>B.E. Billimoria &amp; Co. Ltd. (BEB)</strong> is one of India's leading Civil Engineering Construction Contractors. The company has been operating since 1958 and is well-known for its commitment to high standards and quality products. BEB is now expanding its operations to precast concrete element production. Therefore they have signed an agreement with Elematic for delivery of new plant for production of <a href="http://www.precastfountain.com/precast_products/solid_slabs" target="_blank">solid slabs</a> and <a href="http://www.precastfountain.com/precast_machinery/ELSA_Lines" target="_blank">wall panels</a>. The production start has been scheduled for early 2011. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:19:30 +0300 "It is almost like new", says <a href="http://www.asv.fi/index.php" target="_blank">Ansio Sementtivalimo's </a>Ari-Pekka Ansio when his extruder EL900E was returned back to the hollow-core factory after being maintained and repaired at Elematic. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:46:48 +0300 <a href="http://www.scib.com.my" target="_blank">SCIB </a>(Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd), a Malaysian precaster producing hollow-core slabs with slipformer (thickness 150-250 mm) facades and walls with a circulating line, and beams and columns, has invested into Elematic extruder technology. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:51:12 +0300 The pace of development in high speed rail is picking up speed in North America, and Elematic Inc. is accelerating its plans to get play a role in what promises to be a multi-billion-dollar initiative. In the most recent move, Elematic USA General Manager Matt Cherba became one of the newest members of <a href="http://www.arema.org/" target="_blank">AREMA</a>, the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. The new affiliation reflects Elematic’s belief that the US will soon be a major user of the prestressed cement crossties produced by the company’s long line manufacturing process. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:05:37 +0300 The 6th Precast Academy started 15th June in Tampere, Finland with the theme "Design, manufacture and use of hollow-core slab". Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:27:54 +0300 At Elematic’s stand in BAUMA 2010, champagne glasses are raised April 20th at 11 am to toast Block Berge Bygg’s acquisition of the first Elematic Extruder E9. “We are investing in new machinery to enable us to follow through more extensive construction projects requiring hollow-core with larger spans and profiles”, says Terje Skårland, Plant Manager at Block Berge Bygg. “Our aim is to increase production capability and secure delivery of high-technology products. There was no need to look for other suppliers, as our decades-long cooperation with Elematic has been highly successful.” Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0300 Finnish know-how on building construction will soon be used in Belarus. Elematic Oy Ab has signed a significant contract with a Belorussian client. Elematic machinery to be delivered to an extension of a precast factory will be producing precast elements to build a couple thousand dwellings annually. Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:26:03 +0300 Betoniluoma is a Finnish precast manufacturer, specialized in facades and walls, with over 50 years of experience. Partners since 1983, Betoniluoma and Elematic succeed in continuous product development, steady professionalism, and state-of-the-art production technology. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:45:12 +0200 Betoniluoma of Teuva, Finland invested into a full ELSA-production line for manufacture of top quality sanwich facades. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:50:00 +0200 Pre-announcement to the Sixth Precast Academy. In June 2010 the Precast Academy on Hollow-core slab takes place in Tampere Finland. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:58:26 +0200 E9, the fourth generation extruder from Elematic is the answer to customer feedback Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:24:00 +0300 <strong>Elematic Oy Ab - Supplying the precast concrete industry with machinery, equipment and services since 1959 </strong> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:06:31 +0300 Elematic has launched a new kind of modular mold for beams and columns. The modular structure makes it easy to assemble, disassemble and store the molds. The new mold is also lighter and more durable than the traditional molds thanks to new material, and easily adjustable. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:47:36 +0300 Maximum flexibility with maximum safety called by the customers, and Elematic develops a new, flexible and universal FaMeFlex solution to Battery Molds. In this new application the magnets, profiles and side plates remain fixed even when the system is dismantled thus adding safety to the whole process.   Wed, 20 May 2009 10:00:00 +0300 Mexican company <strong>GCC</strong> expands its precast production by adding on a new wall production technology. GCC can now offer complete precast building system from low-cost housing to various applications in commercial, educational and residential buildings. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:26:17 +0300 Export Manager <strong>Mr. Kimmo Vesterinen</strong> will be stationed at Elematic's Dubai office starting 1 February 2009. Together with Mr. Raimo Juhantalo he will continue to serve the customers in the Middle East area. Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0200 Saudi Arabian <strong>alfanar Co.</strong> invests into a complete precast factory producing hollow-core slabs, wall and façade elements and concrete beams and columns. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:52:45 +0200 Precision, accurate molding with the modern <strong>FaMe-products</strong> is now possible also for battery molds. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:01:41 +0300 <strong>Mr Petri Vesa</strong> appointed Sales Director of Elematic Oy Ab with effect from September 1, 2008. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0300 In April, Elematic arranged the fourth Precast Academy forum in Helsinki, Finland. The four-day seminar was designed to develop and improve participants' knowledge and understanding of hollow-core slab production technologies as well as the designing and use of hollow-core slab in all areas of construction globally. Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0300 <strong>Betonimestarit relies on partnership with Elematic</strong> -- The channel for information transfer between precast company Betonimestarit Oy in Finland and Elematic has been opened through a maintenance system module operating in the Internet. Founded in 1988, Betonimestarit Oy is one of Finland's largest precast element suppliers and has increased their growth rate rapidly after the year 2005. The company has acquired four new factories within the past three years, all of which contain Elematic machines and equipment. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0300 Elematic R&D always one step ahead - Master series advances production and construction. To facilitate our customers' operations and enhance their product offering, Elematic is developing the slab-lifting process. The Elematic LoopMaster is the first step toward significantly improved lifting actions - the lugs are guaranteed to stay attached to the slab and the hooks remain in the lugs in any and all conditions at the construction site. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0200