CONSTRUCTION FIXINGS INDEX launches new web portal
With a new corporate image, INDEX Fixing Systems, a manufacturer and industrial supplier of anchors, screws and other fixing systems, has launched its new web portal. As part of INDEX’s new business and I+D+ strategies the web portal includes supporting digital contents, social and professional networking websites, product reference automation, as well as customers’ extranet service.
strategy and provides it with a new naming, domain, corporative graphic identity, and organisation ideology, to face the world’s latest market tendencies and trends. The new web portal offers every customer and user the work
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and commitment of all the members of the company through detailed pictures, CG info graphics, installation procedures, videos and video manuals, news, technical and security sheets, certifications and approvals, as well as INDEXSoft Cal anchor load and INDEXSoft Mor chemical anchor calculation softwares - highly demanded in the professional field. In addition to these commercial solutions and tools, INDEX
NDEX Fixing Systems has just launched its new web portal after more than a year of work on the areas of creativity, design, research and marketing. The Spanish company says that it is a true turning point in its international growth
Fixing Systems has developed and strengthened its brand presence on social and professional networking websites including: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Issuu, YouTube, as well as RSS applications. Other features of the new site include blogs, flipping book catalogues, a download area, a digital library, headquarter and branch geo-positioning, a semantic search, and an exclusive customer area. This 2.0 stage has been initially developed in Spanish, English
and French. Portuguese, German and Italian versions will also be available by the end of September.
New Handi-Stick® H T 92 Architectural Foam
Fomo Products Inc, based in Ohio, USA, has announced the release of Handi-Stick® Architectural Foam Shapes adhesive. The adhesive extends the Handi-Stick product line with a specially formulated faster grab time formula based on contractor feedback.
andi-Stick Architectural Foam Shapes adhesive is formulated for compatibility with all polystyrene applications including architectural foam shapes, mouldings, foam boards and insulated concrete foams (ICFs). The pre-pressurised portable, one component, foam adhesive is applied in bead form and dries tack free in under three minutes, adhering to polystyrene, concrete, cinder block, brick,
cement board sheathing, exterior gypsum board, oriented strand board, plywood and most other substrates. Fomo Products Inc highlights that Architectural Foam Shapes adhesive will expand to fill uneven surfaces
and voids and the fast cure time provides quick and powerful bonds. It meets ASTM E84 Class 1 for adhesives and contains no volatile organic compounds or solvents that can harm polystyrene board. Sara Jonas, vice president marketing for Fomo Products Inc said: “It is important for Fomo to offer high
quality products that meet the needs of our customers. Offering this new adhesive allows us to extend our product line for our customers with a brand they trust.”
STYROFOAM to star at Olympics
Dow Building Solutions says that its STYROFOAM products will play a part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
housands of STYROFOAM-A insulation boards made at Dow’s manufacturing site in King’s Lynn have been installed on several structures within the London 2012 Olympic Park, which will be seen by billions of people
around the globe, as well as the neighbouring Westfield Stratford City shopping centre. The insulation is designed to help make the buildings on the
Olympic Park more energy efficient and the roofs more durable; which will be particularly important as they transform from temporary to permanent use. Structures insulated with STYROFOAM materials include the
Olympic Stadium, the International Media Centre, the Copper Box (Handball Arena) and more than half of the roofs on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Village. “It was a case of pulling out all the stops to make sure enough
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STYROFOAM would be available at the right time and in the right place – no mean feat when you are dealing with such a large, busy and very security conscious construction site,” said Jayne Law MBE, sales and marketing manager for Dow Building Solutions in the UK and Ireland. The Olympic and Paralympic Village will be transformed into a
residential community following London 2012, ensuring a lasting legacy for STYROFOAM. The Olympic Stadium, International Media Centre and Copper Box have also been designed as permanent structures.
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