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Title

German engineering company offers ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and engineering advice for machinery and construction industry

Reference

TODE20210505001

Last update

Wed, May, 19, 2021

Deadline

Thu, May, 19, 2022

Abstract

A German company, specialised for the development, production and trade of ultra-high performance concrete, offers their special products and technical know-how to companies from the mechanical engineering, machine tool and/or construction industry to implement their own projects. Cooperation within a technical cooperation agreement is sought.

Description

The German company is an expert for ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). The engineering and consultancy office has been dealing for 10 years with all aspects of this special material. They develop, produce and sell products made of UHPC for machinery businesses and the construction industry. Furthermore, they provide engineering advice and technical data, know-how, advice on formulation, mixing technology and execution to enable companies to manufacture components from this special material.

In the machinery industry, UHPC can substitute cast iron, welded steel constructions, mineral cast and natural stone for machine bases and elements. UHPC elements are simpler to produce, need cheaper moulds and have less economic material costs than mineral cast or polymer concrete elements. They also produce high strength mortars to fill hybrid steel constructions in the machinery industry.

In the construction business UHPC is mainly used for architectural facades, high resistance wear layers on bridges and water engineering as well as top layers for the repair and upgrading of bridges. A special field of application lies in shot, blast and burglary resistant elements.

The company has already set up UHPC production plants in China as well as in Qatar and possesses international experience.

They are looking internationally for partners to exploit the performance of UHPC in the framework of a technical cooperation agreement. The German UHPC experts give support for recipes, raw materials, sources, equipment and plant design for the production of UHPC. They perform structural analyses of single elements, give advice for the mould design and provide any assistance for partners to get quick results. The cooperation with companies from the mechanical engineering, machine tool industry and/or construction industry that want to realize their own UHPC projects can be formally organized in the framework of a technical cooperation agreement. No license contract, shareholding or interest agreement is required.

Technology Keywords

Machine Tools;Materials, components and systems for construction;Construction methods and equipment;Construction engineering (design, simulation);Building materials

Keyword Codes:

02002009;02006001;02006002;02006006;02007002

Current Stage of Development

Intellectual Property Rights

Secret Know-how,Trade Marks

IPR Comments:

The company name, product name and developments are protected by trademark law, a special consulting contract with a well-known producer was signed.

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Detailed Market Application Codes (VEIC)

MA Keyword

Speciality/performance materials: producers and fabricators;Machine tools, other metal working equipment (excl. numeric control);Manufacture of construction materials, components and systems;Distribution of building products and systems;Engineering and consulting services related to construction

MA Keyword Codes:

08001009;08003001;09007002;09007003;09007004

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Collaboration Type

Comments:

The German engineering and consulting company is looking for companies from the mechanical engineering, machine tool and/or construction industries.
Above all, they seek cementitious concrete prefab plants, polymer concrete producers and foundries which want to enter new areas.
Their sought partners should develop, produce and sell products made of UHPC to their local clients under their own responsibility, supported with advice and know-how from the German company under a technical cooperation agreement.

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