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MAT-VANTAGE How do your products contribute towards or cement mix thereby resulting in low strategic locations in India thereby giving enhancing the overall lifespan of a bonding strength. Te conventional method us an easy access to West, North, South structure and achieving savings ? of job site mix is out of question for fxing and Central India. This enables us to Te products ofered by Weber, be it the tile AAC blocks. Weber.Blokset is a market provide highly responsive and quick service and stone adhesives, joint fllers, masonry leader in this category. Te product has to our customers, reducing on the average mortars or concrete admixtures, can only clinically worked out proportions of water transportation cost and time and obviously qualitatively improve particular parts or retainers and polymers thereby making it the the carbon footprint. Our state-of-the-art sections like foors or walls of a building perfect companion of AAC blocks. Weber. plant in Wada is equipped with world- structure. Though the products directly Blokset will virtually eliminate chances of class R&D facilities to produce innovative cannot contribute towards increasing cracks by balancing the requirement of AAC technologies specifically created for the a structure’s overall lifespan, they can blocks in terms of bonding and to withstand Indian environment. Being primarily in certainly increase mean time between site practices. Weber also has impregnators the business of formulating, blending, renovations by preventing cracks, tile and sealers which stop capillary movement and mixing solutions, the quality of such popping and leakages associated due to and penetration of fuid and dirt into the products depends upon the dosing and the inappropriate use of premix mortars or pores of natural stone and protect high value mixing procedures and technologies job site mortars. Weber has a product for stones from stains of household items. equipped in the manufacturing units. every type of stone, tile, masonry units for For instance, a mixer equipped with fully wet, dry, external, internal, and horizontal How has the construction community automated self-cleaning will have better or vertical areas. Te common attribute evolved in terms of adopting and utilising chances of minimising contamination. of all Weber products is that they are all efcient eco-friendly products? Likewise, the dosing has to be fully ready-to-mix and self-curing in nature. All Rapid advancements are being witnessed automated to minimise human intervention, the products are manufactured to meet in the infrastructure and construction which only can ensure accuracy in mixing the exact standards of bonding, tensile, sectors in India. But the industry still lags proportions. Tis allows us to deliver high compressive and shear strength of products. behind in terms of knowledge and technical quality products to our customers in India. It is to be kept in mind that an excess or lack expertise. Te Indian construction industry In addition, Weber has a strong network of of anything can have dire consequences on still faces a huge concern of availability of thousands of distributors and retailers in the particular area of construction. While quality applicators. The success of any India with our products reaching over 50 strength is the key focus, our joint fllers specialty construction chemical products towns. are available in over 30 colors and are also for building industry depends on the ability aesthetically suitable for all types of tiles, and knowledge of its applicators. Indian What is the company’s growth agenda for stones and décor. Weber Epoxy, due to its construction industry is in dire need of the next 3 to 5 years? strength and chemical resistance, is perfectly a knowledgeable and technically aware We aim to continue our legacy of providing suited for those areas which are exposed to workforce. Te unavailability of trained technically superior quality products to the chemicals and acid, or which need strict workforce especially the ground-level market. We expect the construction industry water resistance. Weber Epoxy, hence, is applicators like masons crucially afects the to grow positively in the coming years. the right product for hospitals, kitchens, growth pace of the construction chemicals Considering the market requirements, we are bathrooms and industrial foors and heavy- industry. Stakeholders like ourselves, planning to expand our manufacturing base duty application areas. Te masonry mortar, builders, contractors and architects need to in India. We aim to add 2-3 manufacturing Weber.Blokset, is one of the most popular come together to create multiple platforms units in the coming years in India. Apart products for fxing AAC blocks. It meets for developing skills of the workforce. It may from these, as a part of our Corporate the requirement of modern construction be a good idea to work with the department Social Responsibility, we also aim to initiate practices and sky scraper buildings which of technical education to introduce such applicator training institutes in the country use light weight material to reduce dead load courses in ITIs and such institutes which for improving the quality of workforce on structure. Te AAC blocks adaptation promote usage latest application practices available . We are very optimistic about the and usage in the construction industry and innovation in products. Tough the market opportunities and look forward has resulted in its exponential grown due specialty chemical industry in India is on a to establish ourselves as a frontrunner in to its versatility like light weight, faster growth path, the sector still lags far behind India’s construction chemical industry. installation. that of developed economies. Te percentage We will continue to ofer solutions which Further, AAC block is a far superior penetration of premix mortars for fxing is will improve energy efciency of buildings, substitute to the brick-kiln masonry which nearly 100 per cent in Europe but in India have least environmental impact, are user results in soil excavation and cause damage it’s a dismal, and is lower than 5 per cent. friendly, such as fnishing and maintenance to the environment. Having said this, the However, we expect the situation to go up solutions like standard and color plasters, AAC blocks are very peculiar in the way they in leaps sooner than later. insulation treatments, self-leveling screeds, need to be fxed. It requires only specialised fooring products, skim coats, stone care mortars for fixing since the blocks are Could you briefly talk about your solutions, water proofng range and a host smooth and water absorption is high which manufacturing units? of epoxies and grouts for construction and causes poor hydration of conventional sand Our products are manufactured at 4 industrial uses. u SEPTEMBER 2015|construction opportunities 35