Earlier this year, GSE announced the acquisition of SynTec Corporation, a leading manufacturer of geosynthetic drainage and reinforcement products. The addition of SynTec added new and innovative technology to our existing line of GSE drainage products.  Now, after many months of planning and collaboration among our engineers, product managers, and market managers, we are pleased to roll out GSE's...

 HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL -- (Marketwired) -- AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE: ACO) announced today that it is furnishing more than 1.5 million square meters (16 million+ square feet) of its Resistex® geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) product to a new aluminum processing facility in Saudi Arabia. The $25.3 million contract includes supply of the GCL and all other components of the multi-layer lining system. The lining materials will be used in...

Robert Groh, President and Owner of Waukesha, Wisconsin-based Geo-Synthetics LLC, was one of two people killed in a small plane crash near Kirksville, Missouri late Tuesday. Groh was reportedly en route to Denver to meet with a client. Geo-Synthetics issued a statement on Wednesday: “Bob is remembered as man passionate about his business with a big heart for family, friends and...

INDIANAPOLIS – Firestone Building Products Company, LLC announced November 5 that it has engaged the Pond Pro sales group to sell Firestone pond lining and geomembrane products. "Firestone Building Products is returning to an independent rep-based distribution model, and we are pleased that the Pond Pro sales organization will be re-joining our team to represent the Firestone product line throughout the United...

Vancouver, British Columbia - Burke Industries based out of San Jose, California is pleased to announce that it will be working with Layfield Environmental Systems, based out of Vancouver, Canada for the supply and distribution of its Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene (CSPE) products in Australia: CSPE geomembranes. CSPE is a highly UV-stabilized, engineered geomembrane, used extensively in municipal water containment applications for floating...

Sioux Falls, SD (6 November 2013) —Raven Industries Engineered Films Division (Nasdaq:RAVN) announces the full integration and qualification of their newest blown film line installed earlier this year: a seven-layer oriented barrier system.  The new extrusion line is next generation technology for manufacturing precise lightweight barrier films ranging from 0.80 mil up to 10 mil in thickness.  Unique add-on features...

In 1983, Paris, France was the scene for a seminal moment in the history of geosynthetics. During a November meeting--the 30th anniversary of which falls on November 10--a number of the geosynthetics discipline’s "forefathers" established the International Geotextile Society (IGS)—later to be known as the International Geosynthetics Society. Their meeting brought to fruition ideas that had been exchanged in...

When GeoAfrica 2013 convenes in Accra, Ghana 18-20 November 2013, Prof. Malek Bouazza (Monash University) will deliver one of the keynote addresses on a subject dear to Ghana’s continuing development: mining. Prof. Bouazza will focus on the many ways geosynthetics have, can and should be utilized in mining. Here, we publish a two-part summary of “Geosynthetics in Mining Applications”...

When GeoAfrica 2013 convenes in Accra, Ghana 18-20 November 2013, Prof. Malek Bouazza (Monash University) will deliver one of the keynote addresses on a subject dear to Ghana’s continuing development: mining. Prof. Bouazza will focus on the many ways geosynthetics have, can and should be utilized in mining. Here, we publish a summary of “Geosynthetics in Mining Applications: What...

TenCate Geosynthetics has received the International Achievement Award of Excellence for design excellence in geosynthetic applications regarding the Embraport Container and Bulk Fuel Terminal in Port of Santos, Brazil. The Embraport Container and Bulk Fuel Terminal was permitted for construction on the north shore of Port of Santos, Brazil, estuary in a tidal zone that would require large volumes of...