Axim Italcementi Group commissions its new concrete lab addition

On Thursday, Nov. 5, Axim Italcementi Group commissioned its new concrete lab addition to the U.S. Technology Center in Middlebranch, Ohio. The nearly 2,500 square foot addition houses testing facilities for concrete and mortar testing.

• The Middlebranch Technology Center serves:
• Essroc Cement Production
• Essroc Technical Services
• Italcementi Group's North America Innovation
• Essroc Ready Mixed Operations
• Axim Technical Services
• Axim Product Development

Since 1994, Italcementi Group's CTG has brought together the knowledge and specialized skills of the previously separated technical centers of Italcementi and Ciments Francais, improving the quality of services rendered to both the Group's companies and third parties all over the world. Its primary activities are: product and technology research and development through a R&D Division, supported by a Scientific Committee.

This activity is focused particularly on special cements, admixtures for concrete and other advanced construction materials; design and production of industrial facilities and equipment; technical assistance and control of plant performance in the different countries where Italcementi Group operates. The Middlebranch Technology Center operates in tandem with CTG transferring the research developed in Europe to industrial application in North America.

Axim is part of Italcementi Group ― one of the largest producers and distributors of cement and admixtures globally and one of the leaders in the world in construction materials. Italcementi Group's companies combine the expertise, know how and cultures of 22 countries in four Continents.

(Pictured left to right): Doug Conroy, U.S. Technology Center Manager; Marius Mavrodin, Axim V.P. & General Manager; Silvio Panseri, Essroc President and Chief Operating Officer; Michael Colella, Axim President & Essroc Sr. V.P. of Sales and Marketing; and Laurent Bonafous, Axim Director of Technology