Wagners cements new accolade in United States

A SPECIAL concrete invented in Toowoomba has won a major award in the United States.

Tom Glasby, Joe Wagner, Denis Wagner and Michael Van Koeverden.

A SPECIAL concrete invented in Toowoomba has won a major award in the United States.

Construction materials and logistics company Wagners has won first place in the prestigious 2016 American Concrete Institute Excellence in Concrete Awards for its Earth Friendly Concrete innovation.

Wagner director Joe Wagner accepted the international award on behalf of the privately-owned company at the ACI's gala dinner attended by more than 300 people in Philadelphia this week.

Mr Wagner said it was a pivotal moment for the EFC team and Wagners to have received such an accolade for their innovation, with EFC already on the international radar.

Wagners has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the $11b Indian conglomerate, JSW Group's - JWS Cement, to introduce the EFC technology into the Indian marketplace as early as next year.

"We are extremely proud of our geopolymer concrete innovation, particularly in its application at the Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport project, which formed the basis of our ACI submission," Mr Wagner said.

"A special thanks must go to the Concrete Institute of Australia for nominating us for the award."

He said the award was a positive step towards generating product awareness in a market that had little knowledge of the super performance of geopoylmers, especially in the US - the world's biggest user of concrete pavement.

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