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<h1>Insight 12-05 engl.pdf</h1> <p>INS <br />SIGHT <br />Ayman Fahmy, Regional Manager, Middle East <br />sent this picture of a large seaside project in <br />Karachi, Pakistan which extends over 24,000 m2. <br />It will accommodate luxurious offices, apartments and <br />a shopping centre. Meinhardt Consultants, Australia, <br />approved the use of 40 tons AQUAFIN®-IC to <br />waterproof pile caps, basement slabs and walls after <br />rejecting membrane systems. Millwala Building <br />Products (Mr. Shabbir Millwala) current distributor and <br />future Joint Venture partner supplied this project. <br />SCHOMBURG’s success has been taking a flexible <br />approach to sell advanced technology products to <br />markets with building codes very different to those of Europe.</p> <p>Opportunities in emerging countries – <br />Fortunes of industrial nations</p> <p>12/2005 <br />Periodical issue based on information <br />gathered by staff members, overseas <br />affiliates, customers, and friends of the</p> <p>SCHOMBURG <br />group of companies <br />Detmold und Halle/S.</p> <p>Also known as “Globalisation” is a main <br />concern for Europeans, especially Germans <br />who are opposed by some random groups <br />“living in the past”. <br />It is an established fact that every change <br />brings with it a wealth of opportunities for <br />both developed and developing nations. The <br />exchange of potentials brings growth in the <br />emerging as well as the industrial countries. <br />Success does not depend on the size of the <br />company supplying it but rather on the flexible <br />approach, way of thinking and actions taken. <br />SCHOMBURG is a mid-sized company - on <br />its way to be an international player with the <br />AQUAFIN Concept (internationalism</p> <p>programme). AQUAFIN’s determined strategy <br />is the reason behind its success in achieving <br />marked international presence. <br />The result so far has been promising in <br />countries such as Brazil, Pakistan and Iran. <br />China on the other hand is another market <br />expected to keep SCHOMBURG busy in <br />the coming stage. <br />SCHOMBURG is determined to continue this <br />methodical approach with a dedicated firm <br />spirit that extends further than ever before. <br />Whilst SCHOMBURG is safeguarding jobs <br />locally it is also creating new jobs abroad. <br />Albert Schomburg</p> <p>Pakistan, an emerging market with <br />the right environment for a successful cooperation <br />Good preconditions for a distribution and production <br />joint-venture of our systems are available through Mr. <br />Shabbir Millwalla’s company in Karachi, Pakistan. <br />The decision for cooperation was recently made. A “letter <br />of intent” was drawn up locally followed by an official <br />formal reception at Karachi’s Mayor Office. Mayor <br />Niamutullah Khan invited us for a group picture. <br />We look forward to a successful future and extended <br />cooperation with Mr. Millwala.</p> <p>Ayman Fahmy, Cairo <br />Welcomed by the mayor of Karachi: <br />Dr. Jens Hofele, Mayor Khan, Shabbir Millwala, Ayman Fahmy (from l.t.r.)</p> <p>Summer-Camp 2004 <br />On 1st January 2004 not only was AQUAFIN International <br />Holding GmbH established in Detmold, but also another <br />affiliate company AQUAFIN SüdOstEuropa (South East <br />Europe) (AQI SOE) came to existence. The latter is <br />responsible for integrating a uniform accounting and <br />reporting system for SCHOMBURG’s affiliates in Bulgaria, <br />Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and <br />Ukraine and in the near future will extend to cover other <br />South-Eastern European territories (mainly Romania, Serbia <br />and Slovenia). <br />In early September 2004 the Managing Directors and <br />Executive Members of the five countries met for three days <br />in the Provence, France to exchange expertise and unify <br />reporting techniques in line with the new strategy to meet <br />the general commercial and technical requirements. <br />Surrounded by the historical ambience of a 16th century <br />fortress in Audabiac, the professional discussions held in</p> <p>Stefan Flügge (product management) during his presentation</p> <p>the morning were complemented by the afternoon cultural <br />programme and wine-tasting in the old neighbouring cellars. <br />Many thanks to Albert Schomburg for his motivating speech <br />on the execution plan to achieve AQUAFIN’s plans and <br />visions in the region, and also to Stefan Flügge for his <br />professional presentation on “New Waterproofing Methods <br />for Potable Water structures”. Both gentlemen arrived by <br />plane and only spent one day. <br />Another great side to the meeting was the charitable <br />donation made to the Czech Audabiac Orphans’ <br />Foundation. Every year two children homes will go to <br />the Provence for their annual holidays. <br />Jitka Tietjen, Prague</p> <p>Business and pleasure under one roof</p> <p>Value for money! Price is not always the issue! <br />While in 2004 it was the SMART cars and product quality <br />2005 will be witness to Minis and a strong sales and <br />marketing support to all our partners in the market. <br />SCHOMBURG will differentiate itself in the local market <br />with it’s “Pro Cent” campaign. The planned SCHOMBURG <br />campaign to be launched with over 200 market partners is <br />easily translated to “for cents” and will <br />highlight the added values of using <br />SCHOMBURG products. The <br />campaign will market <br />different product groups at <br />the “point of sale”, better <br />known as “SCHOMBURG’s <br />promotional islands” <br />which are spread nationwide. <br />The campaign will promote new product groups every <br />quarter with emphasis on waterproofing, concrete repair <br />and tile adhesives and grouts.</p> <p>There are six Minis, recreational weekends for two and <br />many more prizes to be won every quarter. <br />Profitability, efficiency and guaranteed product performance <br />is the message we want to deliver to our valued customers. <br />Cost effectiveness or “cost-in-use” is reflected in quicker <br />application, reduced working steps, better coverage rates <br />and “getting it right first time” are some of the added <br />advantages when using SCHOMBURG products....this is <br />also interpreted as more profit; “value for money”. <br />Our objective is to build on our main market strength of <br />customer confidence, paving the <br />way for a successful 2005. <br />Success only comes <br />with innovative <br />ideas.... <br />Alexander Weber</p> <p>The First Year of AQUAFIN INTERNATIONAL <br />Following its first successful international seminar in January <br />2004, managers and company owners from across the <br />world met once again for another hands-on training course <br />in the first week of October 2004. The English seminar <br />shed light on the basic standards and applications in <br />waterproofing, industrial flooring, restoration of new and <br />historical buildings. <br />Participants from Norway, USA, Mauritius, Malta, Bulgaria, <br />Kuwait, UAE, China, Japan and India were some of the <br />22 attendants. The seminar was particularly interesting, <br />especially for the speakers because of the vast and <br />“different” requirements of each country. <br />A new chapter in our history began as some presentations <br />were made by two new colleagues, namely Ayman Fahmy, <br />our Regional Manager based in Cairo, Egypt and Mike <br />Mudrick, Sales Manager of our affiliate US company, <br />AQUAFIN Inc. located in Elkton. Technical, professional <br />and safe application procedures were discussed in details. <br />We already have received several registrations for the next <br />international seminar to be held from 21st to 23rd February <br />2005. <br />Holger Sass</p> <p>22 participants met for a hands on training course <br />in Detmold from 5.10. – 07.10.2004</p> <p>Production at new location</p> <p>On 10th October 2004, AQUAFIN Inc. started production <br />at their new 5,000 m2 covered facilities in Elkton, located <br />some 50 kilometers south of Philadelphia, USA. <br />The new production unit is equipped with three state of <br />the art mixers and will produce ready to use mortars and <br />waterproofing products. To service it a fully equipped <br />80 m2 laboratory has been made available to ensure</p> <p>stringent quality control. In addition the laboratory will <br />engage in product development to meet market <br />requirements. It is worthy to note that the facility is part of <br />five hectars planned to absorb future expansions. More <br />production units are also scheduled to come on stream <br />this year in Alexandria, Egypt and Bratislava, Slovakia. <br />Dr. Jens Hofele</p> <p>A “blown out of proportion” insight into the Nano-World</p> <p>André Schmeding using the new Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)</p> <p>AQUAFIN®-IC nano crystals in the concrete at a magnification of 5,200 times</p> <p>Our research and development laboratory has now joined <br />the “nano-hype” with the latest arrival of a Scanning <br />Electron Microscope (SEM). With this addition our <br />laboratories are equipped with state of the art technologies <br />to magnify objects 100,000 times at great accuracy with in <br />depth sharpness to the very minute detail. This piece of <br />technology will enable us to enlarge capillaries and pores <br />found in concrete to help us determine and develop more <br />effective waterproofing products.</p> <p>water passage. To scale, the crystals formed have a <br />diameter of 50 – 100 nanometers. As a point of interest <br />1 nanometer = 1x10-9 or 0.000 000 001 meter. <br />Another significant use for the scanning electron microscope <br />is to determine the cause/s behind adhesion failure at the <br />interface between coatings and concrete/cementitious <br />substrates. The interfaces when “blown up” can diagnose <br />what went wrong before, during or after the application.</p> <p>The above photo exhibits a magnification of 5,200 times <br />of AQUAFIN®-IC crystals sealing the concrete pores against</p> <p>André Schmeding</p> <p>West German Construction Materials 2004 Club – Branch Meeting <br />With umbrellas, charm and caps, SCHOMBURG presented <br />itself on 24th September in Neuss at the West German <br />Construction Materials Sales Union. <br />It was an all together impressive gathering with the evening <br />being the highlight where 300 guests met to socialize <br />amidst a festive mood. Some 100 participants reflected <br />over their markets and explored possible strategies for the <br />future, each from point of view. <br />SCHOMBURG’s “in action” signs and the “AQUAFIN-Girls” <br />in their unique costumes significantly contributed to the successful presentation of the event.</p> <p>Another achievement at the West German Construction <br />Materials 2004 Club meeting was the strong bond <br />established between the droplet-covered-cars and the <br />SCHOMBURG brand. The sophisticated “SCHOMBURG <br />cocktails” went down well with the tunes of the discussions <br />that followed.</p> <p>The West German Construction Material Union <br />evening hosted more than 300 guests</p> <p>A unique impact by the AQUAFIN-Girls from left to right: <br />Patricia Rother & Sonja Beckmann</p> <p>The response was much greater than expected and so were <br />the much appreciated compliments made by the Chairman, <br />Günter Voss and Chief Executive, Ralf Kasper-Kemmerling. <br />With this year’s breakthrough, future meetings will definitely <br />be more relaxed. <br />Alexander Weber</p> <p>SCHOMBURG is once again a great attraction at the BIG 5 <br />SCHOMBURG participated for a second time at the BIG 5 <br />show held in Dubai, UAE between the 20th and the 24th <br />November 2004. Potential customers and SCHOMBURG’s <br />partners from Iran, Pakistan and Egypt visited the stand. <br />Visitors from the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and <br />Saudi Arabia seriously discussed setting up joint ventures in <br />their respective countries. Others were just interested in <br />distributor-ship and agencies. <br />Several follow up visits were made after the show to <br />continue discussions with serious potentials in the Gulf <br />region, with one memorandum of understanding drawn <br />up for production of the Rethmeier range as well as other <br />preliminary venturing agreements with the SCHOMBURG range. <br />Albert-Johannes Schomburg</p> <p>Albert-Johannes Schomburg (right) <br />and Ayman Fahmy (left) with clients at the BIG 5</p> <p>Project of the Year 2004</p> <p>It is not often that projects like the LTU-Düsseldorf arena <br />come along. But thank God it did and SCHOMBURG’s <br />systems were used.</p> <p>details in a race against time on fresh cementitious <br />substrates. SANIFLEX, AK7P and SOLOPLAN-30 were <br />also used by Messrs. Fliesen Brück GmbH, Münster.</p> <p>Our waterproofing and tile fixing systems were supplied to <br />this prestigious project in all the wet areas such as the <br />swimming pools, relaxation pools, kitchens and shower <br />areas. AQUAFIN®-2K/M, ASO®-Joint-Tape 2000 and <br />UNIFIX were used to overcome sophisticated waterproofing</p> <p>SCHOMBURG’s logistics department (SML) worked closely <br />with Messrs. Fliesen Brück GmbH, Münster to supply all the <br />above mentioned products just in time. <br />Johannes Bauer</p> <p>A joint stand at Bauma 2004, Munich <br />In April of last year SCHOMBURG and RETHMEIER shared <br />one stand on this exhibition which “cemented” ties with <br />many local and overseas contacts active in the concrete industry. <br />The BAUMA 2004 was a convincing success. The <br />overwhelming droplet design was an eye-catcher; booth, <br />displays and “AQUAFIN-Girls” for starters and the SMART <br />car, the punch line. A draw on three SMART cars – covered <br />with SCHOMBURG’s droplet design – will take place in <br />January 2005, part of our campaign “SCHOMBURG in <br />action”. The winners get to use the SMARTs for one year. <br />The winners have not yet been declared. Much business is <br />expected to be generated by the amount of enquiries <br />received. <br />The BAUMA 2004 was a great success: Holger Sass, Marcus Meier, Mareike <br />Loke, Tanja Rose, Marcus Förderer and Ralph Schomburg (from left to right)</p> <p>Marcus Meier</p> <p>1,400 meter high monument <br />15th century records narrate how the world famous El-Goli <br />was built during the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty in the Iranian town <br />of Tabriz located near the Turkish border. This intricate piece</p> <p>mountainous background generated sufficient funds to repair <br />and waterproof the free standing walls of the lake. FIX-10S <br />and capillary-active mortar ASOCRET-IM, followed by <br />AQUAFIN®-IC were used in April 2004 to complete the <br />works. More similar projects are underway.</p> <p>Ayman Fahmy, Cairo</p> <p>of art - encircled by a 55,000 m2 artificial lake – stood tall <br />for centuries despite many earthquakes and fierceful battles <br />until 1970 when the main building had to be rebuilt. <br />In recent years the tremendous tourist influx to the East <br />Azerbaidjan Province to see El-Goli against the spectacular</p> <p>Inverted roof waterproofing <br />AQUAFIN® has quietly developed for some years now – a <br />sound and effective roof waterproofing technique. Whether <br />it be flat or of an underground car park or pre-cast garage, <br />the waterproofing of the so-called “cold roofs” has become a <br />safe application with the AQUAFIN® way. <br />paving blocks</p> <p>gravel layer <br />theermal insulation <br />AQUAFIN®-2K/M <br />inclined concrete layer</p> <p>concrete floor</p> <p>Theoretically and practically it has been acknowledged that <br />AQUAFIN®-2K/M is the reliable approach to waterproof <br />gravel covered concrete slabs (inverted roofs) exposed to <br />warm weather and/or freeze-thaw cycling. <br />The placing of adequately inclined concrete screeds to <br />slope is as significant as chosing the right waterproofing</p> <p>material when it comes to extending any roof’s service life. <br />The standard “warm roof” requirements of waterproofing <br />over the thermal insulation are fulfilled too by this system – <br />AQUAFIN®-2K/M over a well sloped drainage concrete <br />screed below loosely laid thermal insulation – give the <br />added advantages of reduced working steps, easier <br />application and allows the re-use of thermal insulation <br />materials if more stories are added to the building at a <br />later stage. <br />These strong selling arguments and more are being gathered to design a brochure that is dedicated to this application. <br />Dr. Ivan Modric, Rijeka</p> <p>The popular droplets design extends to other systems</p> <p>Z</p> <p>Waterproofing and structural repair systems <br />Tile laying and grouting systems <br />Industrial flooring and tanking systems <br />Other construction material and auxiliaries</p> <p>HTKO <br />IC</p> <p>ET <br />MP EN</p> <p>blue: <br />red: <br />green: <br />yellow:</p> <p>BAUD</p> <p>Labelling of our waterproofing efficiency <br />extends to other construction material systems</p> <p>The market’s overwhelming reception of our campaign <br />“AQUAFIN...the Brand is the Programme” with its familiar <br />droplets against the blue background has been extremely <br />popular over and again in different visual advertising <br />medias; whether on posters, displays or delivery trucks.</p> <p>Jens Danke, in charge of technical and editorial documentation <br />and also currently re-structuring the company’s website to <br />provide users with better service, easy access and improved <br />navigation is now also responsible to reflect the colourcoded droplets-design on the website.</p> <p>The evident success has called for an extension of our <br />droplets design campaign to cover more grounds. <br />Accordingly, different AQUAFIN-product systems have been <br />each granted a distinct colour code (see coding above).</p> <p>Jens Danke expects the website to actively go online in its <br />new image by Juli 2005. <br />Ralph Schomburg</p> <p>Pigmented fair-faced concrete – a new trend in facade works <br />REMICOLOR®, RETHMEIER’s coloured slurry, has passed the <br />practical tests of concreting and resistance to weathering. <br />The “REMICOLORED” concrete was not only competitive but <br />also gave a strong, uniform and well-dispersed tinting of the <br />resultant concrete. Fully automated dosing units are now <br />available for ready mix concrete plants. <br />The system is now proven successful on the facade of <br />Deutsche Bank’s DWS-building in Frankfurt/Main, where <br />20 tons of Black Remicolor were used. To preserve the <br />natural fair-faced appearance, REMISIL-CI, a hydrophobizing <br />impregnator was used to ensure a long service life that <br />extends well beyond that of traditional paints. <br />Marcus Meier</p> <p>The DWS Building supplied with 20 tons of REMICOLOR®</p> <p>COMBIFLEX®-EL well preprared for the new season <br />After the many changes made to the manufacturing process <br />to adapt to the production and filling techniques necessary <br />to produce COMBIFLEX-EL, the New Year brings with it <br />many expectations as a systematic approach to market entry is <br />planned. <br />The new light weight material offers a 40 % increase in <br />profits when compared to competitor products. Competitiveness <br />and gains due to excellent quality were revealed to staff <br />members on the field during the annual meeting held in <br />Detmold on 16th December 2004. <br />Ralph Schomburg</p> <p>SCHOMBURG in action 2004 – <br />a success story! <br />The “SCHOMBURG in action” 2004 campaign was a <br />tremendous success stimulating some 28,500 customers <br />and 180 market partners which resulted in an increase of <br />26 % in sales turnover. <br />The new product systems acquired better market positioning <br />with 25,000 m2 alone in balcony repairs carried out with <br />the ADF-Balcony Membrane System. <br />On 28th January 2005 a raffle was held for three SMART <br />cabrios in the popular droplet design, three luxurious <br />weekends in the Adlon Hotel in Berlin and 33 red wine <br />sets. The names of the lucky winners were not available <br />at the time of issuing this edition of Insight. <br />Three SMART’s await the lucky winners of the <br />“SCHOMBURG in action”-campaign</p> <p>Alexander Weber</p> <p>International Technical Symposium, Poland <br />The Poznan University in Poland hosted a symposium titled <br />“waterproofing materials for water structures”. Professors, <br />planners, investors, applicators and pre-graduates from the <br />4th and 5th years attended this highly scientific presentation. <br />Professors from Polish, German and Ukrainian universities <br />uncovered -to a crowded hall of audience- recent <br />techniques in water retaining structure designs and the <br />waterproofing materials developed for these structures. A <br />coffee break (with many tasty cookies) was the closing event <br />that witnessed interesting discussions and exchange of ideas. <br />Dr. Peter Gutowski</p> <p>Marek Syrda of SCHOMBURG Polska (3rd from left) and Dr. Gutowski (4th from <br />left) at the “Waterproofing materials for water structures” symposium</p> <p>New techniques applied in spraying of waterproofing products <br />Recent developments made by spray equipment manufacturers <br />have led to a major break through, one example is detailed <br />hereafter: <br />The peristaltic method (wavelike movement/similar to <br />swallowing) of transport developed by INOTEC does not <br />strain conveyed materials. Liquids and pastes alike are <br />effectively and amiably carried at a constant pressure of 15</p> <p>bars for distances of 30-50 meters at a rate of 8 litres/ <br />minute. Mixed materials are placed in the 30 litre hopper <br />which feeds by gravity the peristaltic pump. The ancillary <br />“INOSPRAY” is easily attached to the nozzle for fast curing, <br />2-component coatings where mixing is ensured at the <br />receiving surface, easily achieving application rates of 100 <br />m2/hour. The fixed proportioning of the components is <br />easily adjusted, reducing working steps in a way similar to <br />the STC2-Picco and the entire Desoi range of equipment. <br />COMBIFLEX®-C2/S is the only primerless waterproofing <br />material on the market which can be successfully applied <br />using such simple equipment. Product and spray equipment <br />data can be made available to our valued customers upon <br />request.</p> <p>Stefan Flügge</p> <p>A convincing and efficient performance of <br />INOMAT-M8 with COMBIFLEX®-C2/S. <br />Convincing and efficient performance the new INOMAT-M8</p> <p>Our life is attached to clean potable water</p> <p>In 2004 we were engaged in providing a complete, <br />efficient and hygienic system for the repair and waterproofing <br />of potable water structures. We highlighted some of our <br />products available as detailed: AQUAFIN®-2K/M (flexible, <br />cementitious available in grey and white), AQUAFIN®-IC <br />(rigid, crystalline, high water pressure resistance) and finally <br />AQUAPUR (cementitious, available in grey and white) which <br />complies with the requirements of DVGW-leaflet 270 <br />(resistance to Micro-organism growth in potable water <br />structures) and also DVGW-leaflet W347 (hygienic <br />requirements towards cement based materials used in <br />potable water structures). Test reports are available. <br />AQUAPUR also fulfils the requirements of the latest DVGW <br />leaflet W300 (water storage). AQUAPUR is machine</p> <p>applied at a thickness of 5 mm to form a rigid tanking <br />membrane. Further information and brochures are <br />available on request. <br />These systems will be launched in the USA and South East <br />Europe through an extensive programme of seminars and <br />lectures targeting specifiers & specialist applicators. <br />Our objective is to offer complete repair and waterproofing <br />systems for potable water retaining structures that comply <br />with the utmost technical requirements, another contribution <br />to a significant part of our core business.</p> <p>Stefan Flügge</p> <p>COMBIFLEX® - a new generation <br />For over 10 years the only proven successful cationic, high <br />build bituminous coating for below grade waterproofing <br />was COMBIFLEX®-C2 which gained massive popularity as <br />a “one of a kind”. <br />The newly developed COMBIFLEX®-EL not only offers the <br />existing advantages of COMBIFLEX®-C2; primerless and <br />quick-rainproof waterproof coating, but also an optimum <br />adaptation to applicator and wholesaler’s needs for higher <br />build in a single application- with extended efficiency. The <br />reduced consumption per unit area makes COMBIFLEX®-EL <br />more economic for the applicator and requires less storage <br />areas for the wholesaler. COMBIFLEX®-EL is also termed as <br />“less is more” meaning a drying shrinkage of only 20 % <br />between wet and dry film thickness.</p> <p>Like all thermoplastic, bituminous high build waterproofing <br />coatings, COMBIFLEX®-EL will <br />depress when exposed to <br />backfill pressure but its <br />outstanding property of <br />only a 13 % volume <br />reduction when <br />subjected to a 30 <br />tons/m2 load is another <br />quality feature that <br />makes COMBIFLEX®-EL <br />a better product to use.</p> <p>Marcus Kuczer</p> <p>Building on proven success <br />a new system is born – AQUAFIN®-POOL <br />Over decades the proven success of AQUAFIN®-2K has been <br />incorporated into a new tile-less system for swimming pools <br />and water tanks. Thanks to the recently developed and <br />competitive coating ADICOR®-SB04, a new system was <br />born: AQUAFIN®-POOL. <br />The new single component dispersion is available in Azure <br />Blue and Arctic White and is easily applied by brush, roller <br />or spray. A non-slip finish can also be obtained by using <br />quartz sand. <br />Many thanks also goes to Alfred Kessi of AQUAFIN Inc., <br />Elkton, USA, for his valued contributions in recommendations <br />and specification work. <br />Holger Sass</p> <p>Handicapped passengers blinded by COMBIFLEX®-process <br />The love of animals came first. As this pallet of <br />COMBIFLEX®-C2 was returned to the factory from a <br />wholesaler to fulfil a large urgent order in Germany. To the <br />warehouse worker’s surprise the pallet was crowned with <br />a bird’s nest and two hungry chicks in a state of <br />disbelief....”this is not where we were hatched!!!!” <br />Both chicks were sent to Heiligenkirchen’s Bird Park where – <br />we hope – they do well. <br />Birds take nest to COMBIFLEX®-C2-pallet</p> <p>Guido Herfort</p> <p>Development- in depth production process of expanded glass granulates <br />for lightweight, mineralised and heat insulating materials <br />class S1 according to DIN EN 12002 with a deformation <br />in excess of 2.5 mm. LIGHTFLEX is characterised as a <br />really easy to handle product and easily applied <br />trowelable tile adhesive. <br />Dr. Werner Güth</p> <p>Recycling of glass is a major goal to protect the environment. <br />Ground waste glass, made into a slurry, formed into pellets, <br />then heated to 1000°C results in what we know as <br />expanded glass granulates, an ideal raw material/filler <br />for lightweight construction materials such as repair <br />plasters or tile adhesives. <br />LIGHTFLEX, a lightweight tile adhesive is one example with <br />a 15 kg-pack fixing 12 m2 of tiles. The Materials Testing <br />Institute of the North Rhine Westphalia region, Dortmund <br />has classified it in its 11/02/2004 certificate as a class <br />C2TE. And once again LIGHTFLEX was classified as a</p> <p>Easy to handle – <br />15 kg LIGHTFLEX tile adhesive and 20 kg THERMOPAL®-SR44</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>The amount of precious editorials submitted for publishing <br />(after the deadline!) brought with it an increase from the <br />originally planned 8-page issue to a 12 pages journal– of</p> <p>S C H O M B U R G <br />SCHOMBURG GmbH <br />Building Product Systems <br />Wiebuschstraße 2 - 8 <br />D-32760 Detmold <br />phone <br />fax <br />e-mail <br />web</p> <p>+49 5231/953-00 <br />+49 5231/953-333 <br />info@schomburg.de <br />www.schomburg.de</p> <p>G R O U P</p> <p>Branch Halle <br />with Plant <br />and Warehouse <br />Deutsche Grube 5 <br />D-06116 Halle/S. <br />phone +49 345/57180-0 <br />fax <br />+49 345/57180-77 <br />web <br />www.schomburg.de</p> <p>course after receiving Mr. Schomburg’s approval. 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