GSE Gundseal Video
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Press Releases
TenCate opens new factory in China for the growing geosynthetic market
Royal Ten Cate
Almelo, The Netherlands, 13 June 2008
Today marks the opening by Royal Ten Cate (Koninklijke Ten Cate nv) of its new factory for geosynthetic materials near the city of Zhuhai (pop. 1.5 m) in Guangdong province, China. TenCate Geosynthetics will use this plant to produce textiles for the strongly growing Asian market. The initial workforce will number some 150. [Editor] (At left: TenCate Mirafi® N-Series non-woven geotextile.) Click through for the rest of the press release. Source: Geosynthetica. [/Editor]
Project Related
Video: Strata’s geocell geosynthetic stabilizes soft shoulder on Florida highway
A geocell is a honeycomb-like geosynthetic structure that is filled with aggregate to create a strong, stable platform. The Florida DOT used Strata’s StrataWeb product to solve a problem of soft shoulders on a bridge […]
Standards and Codes
ASTM Updates September 2009
This post contains a summary of geotechnical, materials testing, geosynthetic and related testing standards that were updated by ASTM during the month of September. This month there were not as many updates as the last couple, but a few that caught my eye are a new standard for measuring geosynthetic-soil resilient interface shear stiffness, a revision to the standard practice for laboratories testing concrete and concrete aggregates for use in construction and criteria for laboratory evaluation and a revision to the standard for measuring slump flow of self-consolidating concrete.