The make-or-break process: with an eye on the bottom line, the producer increasingly is trying to optimize the curing process. (Product Pulse).

From: The Concrete Producer | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Concrete producers don't have to look any further than the curing chambers in their precast or concrete masonry production facilities to notice the effects of global competition on their operations. Increasingly, producers are trying to figure out ways to maintain quality by meeting strength specifications, while minimizing costs and curing time. The relatively young manufactured concrete products industries are experiencing growth in demand, technology-enabled product diversification, and consolidations that create greater demands on individual plants' productive capacity.

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