1. US Geomembrane Liner Company Names New CEO (John Keating) and Announces Expansion
Keating has over 30 years of experience in plastics manufacturing with GSE and Chevron
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/08/prweb12890769.htm
2. Polymeric Liners Made from PERT Resins for Hot Water Heat Storages (New Products)
FACT: the first PERT geomembrane was developed by AGRU, then GSE and Solmax
http://www.iea-shc.org/data/sites/1/publications/Task39-C7.3–Polymeric-liner-materials-for-hot-water-heat-storages–Grabmayer.pdf
3. Solmax Publish Technical Brochure on their New Hot Liquid Rated (HLR) HDPE Geomembranes
http://issuu.com/solmax/docs/solmax_hlr_series_english_rev0615/3?e=11463625/13432521
4. EPDM Liner Training Course in Melbourne (Friday 21st August) Limited Spaces – No Charge (Book Early)
• Firestone Building Products Europe’s Trainer John Turner will be present to provide demonstration on seaming and techinques using Geogard™ EPDM Liners
• John Rourke from Lining Solutions will present products and discuss EPDM lining experiences in Australia
• ExcelPlas will demonstrate the multi axial deformation characteristics of EPDM in their multi axial burst testing lab
http://2015changes.liningsolutions.com.au/training-sessions/
5. EPDM Liner Used Extensively for Water Chanel Upgrades in NSW (New Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6uekplSgdQ
6. IGS Workshop on Geosynthetics Barrier Systems (13-17 September 2015)
http://www.geo-site.com/IGS-TCB-Session-in-16ECSMGE-2-tk.pdf
7. Black HDPE Balls Used as Floating Cover to Retard Evaporation and Chlorine Loss from Potable Water Storages
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/the-hypnotising-tool-california-is-using-to-save-water-20150812-giy18c.html
8. New IGS Newsletter Published Today
http://files.ctctcdn.com/15018a1b201/b26663ea-a543-44da-875e-b192a319f1e2.pdf
9. Work on Second Coastal Erosion Backstop Wall with Geosynthetic Tubes from Geofabrics Begins in NZ
http://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Your-Council/News-and-Media/News-and-Public-Notices/News-Articles/Work-on-second-coastal-erosion-backstop-wall-begins-and-public-dune-planting-day-planned/
10. Geofabrics Geotextiles Bags Used to Tackle Coastal Erosion in New Zealand
http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=19938
11. Grande Prairie Landfill Alberta (Canada) Using Shredded Rubber for Drainage Layer Directly on BGM Liner
Coletanche ES3 was used for watertighting the bottom of a landfill (20,000 m2) for receiving tyre chips in ‘’Grande Prairie’’ Alberta Province Canada
The cost saving was 20% in using Coletanche compare with the HDPE solution which required a protection layer. No protection used for Coletanche.
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/bAssxpT1mXYT4Jp/download
11. Bernard Breul responds to the following article which appeared in the last issue of GNA:
‘Clay Remains a Top Choice for Final Landfill Cover’
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/ZsHI0AesMmQuY9Z/download
12. Surface Texture Characterization of Textured HDPE Geomembrane (Technical Paper)
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/Z0MKk4bU3ncdOz6/download
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