Christmas Edition December 2016

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ExcelPlas Labs Wishes All Our Customers, Suppliers and GNA Subscribers a Safe & Enjoyable Break🎄🎅🎁

JP Giroud gets Wikipedia Entry
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Giroud

25 Acre Reservoir Lined with Geomembrane
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomaspellechia/2016/12/16/chilean-wine-company-lines-up-at-the-reservoir-to-sustain-its-water-source/#db0324cb9510

Jaylon Pacific Wins Landfill Tender
Contract value: $394,778 (GST Exclusive)
Date awarded: Wednesday 02 November, 2016
Successful supplier: Jaylon Pacific Pty Ltd
Expiry date: Friday 17 February, 2017
Contract description: Supply and Installation of Landfill Liner Material – Nambour and Caloundra Landfills
https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/Tenders/Closed-Tenders-and-Awarded-Contracts

Australia’s First Dedicated UV Testing and Weathering Centre for Polymers and Geosynthetics
http://www.uvtesting.com.au

Case History: Mokolo Dam – Successful Bidim® Geotextile Service In A Major Rockfill Dam Since 1979
http://kaytech.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Mokol-Dam-Case-History-bidim-filtration.pdf

EPA and Melb Water Seminar on Dredging and Dewatering of Contaminated Sediments Using Geotubes™
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/3ZWttsUaZadJm0X

Durability and Mechanical Properties of HDPE in Contact with Landfill Leachate (New Research)
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/N6ahoRbvnouTNAb

New Short Cut Method for Testing Stress Crack Resistance of HDPE Materials
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253304530_NEW_ACCELERATED_METHOD_
TO_DETERMINE_SLOW_CRACK_GROWTH_BEHAVIOUR_OF_POLYETHYLENE_PIPE_MATERIALS

Fabrication of Graphene Reinforced HDPE Geomembrane with Improved Mechanical and Thermal Properties [PDF]
http://online.journals.tubitak.gov.tr/openAcceptedDocument.htm?fileID=761560&no=185966

Building Materials Online Profile Geosynthetics (Malaysia)
https://buildingmaterials.com.my/synthetic/geosynthetics/

Limiting Membrane and Diffusion Behavior of a Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114416300498

Geosynthetic Applications in High-Speed Railways: A Case Study (PDF)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273353864_Geosynthetic_applications_in_high-speed_railways_A_case_study

The Use of Polymeric and Metallic Geogrids on a Full‑scale MSE Wall/embankment  (PDF)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40703-016-0035-6

Use of Geo-Synthetics in Soil Reinforcement/Road Constructions  (PDF)
https://www.irjet.net/archives/V3/i11/IRJET-V3I1157.pdf

ExcelPlas Rubber Testing Laboratory
http://www.excelplas.com/rubber-and-elastomer-testing

Temperature Distribution Measurements in a MSW Landfill (PDF)
https://www.infona.pl/resource/bwmeta1.element.baztech-484a9c7c-273a-45b7-8b00-0978c6ee8b91

Santos Sets Cap to Raise A$1.5bn
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/santos-sets-cap-to-raise-a15bn-2016-12-16/rep_id:3650

As 2016 draws to a close I would like to take this opportunity to wish our valued customers, partners, suppliers, newsletter readers and of course our wonderful staff a safe and enjoyable holiday season, and a healthy and successful 2017.
Dr. John Scheirs (Editor GNA)

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