Cement & concrete

Shoprite Checkers is Africa's biggest food retailer with more than 750 corporate and 250 franchised outlets in 18 countries across Africa, South East Asia and the Indian Ocean Islands. In 2012 Shoprite Holdings is aiming for further growth and chief executive officer, JW Basson, says such growth needs to be supported by equally thriving infrastructure.  “A substantial portion of the invest...

Extensive upgrading of roads and footpaths is under way in Limpopo and Technicrete’s Polokwane manufacturing plants are ready to meet the continuing demand for concrete paving and kerbing.  As this year’s upgrading projects proceed, one common feature is the repeated specification by engineers of Technicrete’s Double Zig-Zag interlocking concrete paving block. The Double Zig-Zag block...

Pan Mixers South Africa (PMSA) has supplied concrete brick, block and paving machinery to Nelspruit-based Biaton Brick for the past 27 years. Over this time, Biaton Brick has become a regional leader in the manufacture of concrete bricks and blocks for the local building and paving industries.  Production manager Hendrik Kruger says the company was established in 1984 using a small home-made...

Despite the slowdown in demand for homes in some sectors of the market, demand for affordable rental housing remains high. There is, however, pressure on property developers and building contractors to deliver housing projects to the market at a reasonable cost and return. Products such as Elematic South Africa’s (ESA) precast hollow-core concrete floor slabs are a popular choice for such pr...