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Armstrong achieves asphalt diploma09/04/2013 A laboratory manager from bitumen specialist Nynas is the company’s first employee to complete a diploma in asphalt technology. |
Durham firm fined after worker loses arm in asphalt plant horror21/05/2013 A supplier of asphalt has been fined after a worker suffered horrific injuries and had to have his arm amputated when he fell into dangerous machinery. |
Major rebrand for Aggregate Industries26/09/2013 Aggregate Industries – a manufacturer and supplier of construction and building materials including asphalt, concrete, aggregates and more – has undergone a complete rebrand. |
New asphalt recycling centre opens13/01/2014 A new £250,000 asphalt recycling centre that will slash thousands of tonnes of CO2 every year has opened in Bedfordshire. |
Asphalt plant given go ahead11/02/2014 A new £3.5 million asphalt plant is to be built on the Isle of Wight. |
CMA tells Breedon to sell Scottish plants09/04/2014 The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told Breedon Aggregates that it must sell two of its Scottish plants. |
New bitumen terminal to open in London23/05/2014 A new bitumen distribution centre that will serve the highways industry is set to open in London next year. |
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New asphalt plant opens on the Isle of Wight04/08/2014 Wight Building Materials has officially opened a new asphalt plant that will supply the public and private highways network on the Isle of the Wight. |
Breedon expands asphalt capacity15/10/2014 Breedon Aggregates has expanded its asphalt capacity with the acquisition of new plants at Cavenham near Bury St Edmunds and Wivenhoe near Colchester. |
UK asphalt market showing signs of recovery22/10/2014 Recovery in the UK asphalt market from the middle of 2013 has continued into the current year, according to a report carried out by BDS Marketing. |
Greener Surfacing set to expand22/01/2015 Greener Surfacing – a company that harvests old road surfaces and uses a hot recycling process to produce new quality asphalt – is planning to expand its operations in the north west after receiving a loan from Business Finance Solutions (BFS). |
United Asphalt recognised as a growing SME17/03/2015 United Asphalt – a producer of asphalt and macadam – has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain. |
Strong sales of materials used in roads construction06/05/2015 Sales volumes of aggregates, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt increased in the first quarter of 2015, according to figures released by the Mineral Products Association (MPA). |
Tarmac unveils new £6.6m asphalt plant21/09/2015 Tarmac has unveiled a £6.6 million asphalt plant inside the M25 at Harper Lane, Hertfordshire. |
Colas installs mobile asphalt plant in Area 1428/09/2015 Colas has installed a dedicated fixed-base mobile asphalt plant specifically for use in Area 14. |
Calor powers up UK’s first LNG-fuelled asphalt plant04/11/2015 Aggregate Industries’ Colemans Quarry site has become the first asphalt plant in the UK to make the switch to Liquefied natural gas (LNG). |
Breedon Aggregates buys Hope for £336m19/11/2015 Breedon Aggregates has agreed to acquire Hope Construction Materials for £336 million, creating a single leading independent producer of cement, aggregates, asphalt and concrete. |
FM Conway and TfL launch asphalt trial23/03/2016 Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has launched a trial with Transport for London (TfL) to test the use of a high recycled asphalt mix for the surface course of a strategic road. |
Investment in asphalt plants needed, research finds16/05/2016 More than half of currently operating asphalt plants in Great Britain are more than 20 years old, according to research carried out by BDS Marketing. |
Amey develops new mobile asphalt unit01/07/2016 Amey has developed a mobile asphalt production unit that is enabling highways maintenance teams to work with much more flexibility – and with up to 30% less wastage. |
Tarmac and Amey set new asphalt laying record in Scotland14/07/2016 Tarmac and Amey have set a new record for laying asphalt in Scotland after delivering almost 2,500 tonnes in under 30 hours on a section of the M9. |
Demand for asphalt starting to fall, research shows14/11/2016 Demand for asphalt has begun to fall after two years of solid growth, according to research carried out by BDS Marketing. |
FM Conway buys Berkshire Macadam03/01/2017 FM Conway has boosted its asphalt capacity with the acquisition of Berkshire Macadam Ltd. |
Second asphalt acquisition for FM Conway05/01/2017 FM Conway has acquired United Asphalt, building on the company’s recent purchase of Berkshire Macadam. |
BSI tackles potholes with new asphalt standard06/07/2018 Business standards company BSI has revised its guidance on asphalt, with changes to help prevent the low temperature cracking of road surfaces that causes potholes. |
Modified to make the grade22/10/2018 Muhammad Ikram of FM Conway discusses the company’s pioneering use polymer modified bitumen (PMB) and recycled material. |
Exclusive: Shell trialling bitumen testing App24/06/2019 Shell has developed a rapid bitumen testing device that can be used for the prediction of multiple rheological test data including penetration, softening point, dynamic viscosity, from a small sample. |
Hornet and Armaphalt: Load up and roll out30/07/2019 It is not often you get a combination of precision and flexibility. Jobling Purser, a firm that specialises in such bespoke innovations that literally and figuratively fill the gaps in the market, thinks it has cracked this particular formula with its Hornet heater and Armaphalt asphalt combination. |
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