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INDUSTRY NEWS

Press Release – TeMa South Africa and NAUE Collaborate to Serve South Africa and Project-related Sub-Saharan Africa

Geomembranes Aid Responsible Farming in Sistema.bio’s Modular Biodigestors

Partner Search: Seeking Geotextile/Geocell Manufacturers| Enterprise Europe Network

Raising the Bar: Why Atarfil “HD” Redefines the GM13 Standard for HDPE Liners

Smarter Geomembrane Welders & CQA Equipment With Data Recording

MKB Company Develops Tubular Knitted Geotextiles Using Hydrophobic Cellulose Based Threads for Erosion, Sediment and Pollution Control
MKB Company, often branded with the tagline “MKB Stormwater Innovation” is a U.S.-based manufacturer specializing in environmental control products—particularly those used for sediment control, erosion control, pollution control, stormwater management, and green infrastructure. They offer a wide array of geotextiles and erosion-sediment mitigation tools tailored for civil engineering and construction applications.

Swiss Company Invents New Types of Geogrid

Big Opportunity for Jute Geotextiles (JGT) to Help Prevent Hill-Slides: Experts

CONFERENCE NEWS

Only 3 Weeks to Go to EuroGeo8 – See Latest Program Here [PDF]

Performance of BGMs to Be Major Discussion Area at EuroGeo8 [Image]

WEBINARS

Geo-Extreme Webinar on the St Francis Dam Failure (26 Aug, 2025)

Water permeation through fractured rock (mica schist), uplift pressure from rising water, and a weakened southwestern abutment—combined in a chain-reaction failure, beginning at the abutments and radiating through to structural collapse making it one of the most tragic engineering failures in U.S. history

FGI Webinar: Slope Stabilization and Earth Retaining Structures with Geosynthetics (16 Sept. 2025)

WEBINAR Geosynthetic Solutions for Soft Subgrade Stability under Cyclic Loading in Railway Applications (17 Sept, 2025)

Webinar: Advancing Unpaved Roads and Airfields Through Graduate Research (29 Sept. 2025)

GEOMEMBRANES

Direct Relaxation Method to Calculate Stresses Induced by Gravel Particles in a Geomembrane

Strain Field Evolution and Defect Expansion of HDPE Geomembranes with Circular Defect: Effects of Defect Size and Strain Rate

GEOTEXTILES

An Assessment of Geotextiles’ Effectiveness as an Earthen Reinforcement in Soil Structures

Drainage Performance of Wicking Geotextiles Under Rainfall and Capillary Rise Conditions

Experimental Investigation of the Geosynthetic Capillary Barrier Effect in Multi-layer Road Embankments

Big Opportunity for Jute Geotextiles (JGT) to Help Prevent Hill-Slides: Experts

Triaxial Analysis of Jute Geotextile Reinforced Sand

A Test Site Case Study on the Long-term Behaviour of Geotextile Tubes

GCLs

Chemo-hydro-mechanical Coupled Performance of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in the Presence of Synthetic Leachates

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Gas Preferential Flow Through Geosynthetic Clay Liner Overlap Joint in Landfill Final Cover System

GEOGRIDS

Analyzing the Flexible Property for Pavements with Various Axle Loads and Different Geogrid Reinforcement Layers

Numerical Evaluation of Cross Necklace and Startail Reinforcement Configurations in MSE Retaining Walls

GEOFOAM

Dynamic Response of EPS Geofoam Blocks Using Vibration Tests

GNA – the Recognized Source of Trends and New Technology in the Global Geosynthetics Space
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ExcelPlas now performs more than 120 standard geosynthetic tests in accordance with relevant  ASTM, GRI, and ISO standards. 
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