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WORLD NEWS
Exeed Geotextile Opens Production Facility in SAIF Zone
Exeed Geotextile, a subsidiary of Exeed Industries and the first of its kind in the UAE, has inaugurated its state-of-the-art production facility at the Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF Zone)
Geotextiles Manufacturer Secures $15 million in Series A Funding
Whizzo has secured a significant $15 million in its Series A funding round, signaling strong investor confidence in its mission to redefine technical geotextiles manufacturing. The round was spearheaded by Fundamentum, with crucial participation from LB Investment and continued support from existing backers Lightspeed and BEENEXT. This capital infusion is earmarked for aggressively expanding Whizzo’s research and development capabilities, particularly in proprietary materials science and intellectual property.
INDUSTRY NEWS
VOTE 1: Amir Shahkolahi for IGS Council
Surfer-Engineer Simon Mortensen Says to Create Effective Artificial Reefs Use Precisely Placed Rocks Not Geotextile Bags
You need to make it from a material that use small enough building blocks, so that the wave can understand it. These geotextile bags, which were used previously, are the size of a school bus. You need to have a shape to mold the wave. Some of these bags bloody broke.
HUESKER Case Study: Construction of the Artificial Beach with Geo Tubes
ExcelPlas Labs Acquire Powerful Micro-CT Scanner for Analysis of Geotechnical and Geosynthetic Materials
First sample free!
Ask Virtual Prof. Kerry Rowe Any Question on Geosynthetics and Get Real Time Responses
How to Weld Tunnel Geomembranes
Is overhead welding fatigue slowing down your tunnel sealing project? Bortte Welders Outperform!!
Cirtex Announces Distributor Alliance with Tensar
GeoQuest Delivers Cairns Water Security Project
NEW MATERIALS
New Polymer Additive SEEPS Promises to Improve Stress Crack Resistance of HDPE
Mechanical and Rheological Behaviour of HDPE under the Reversible Crosslinking Method and Comparison to a Conventional Method
Offers Potential for Tuneable Properties of HDPE
New Geomembrane Liner Offers Whole of Lifetime Containment – the “For EverLiner”
GEOMEMBRANES
Unsaturated Contaminant Transport Through Holed Wrinkles of Composite Liners
GEOTEXTILES
Geotextile Requirements for Erosion Control Structures
Modelling of Deformation Properties of Nonwoven Materials Used in Road Construction
Digital Prediction of Elastic, Viscoelastic and Plastic Deformation of Geotextile Nonwoven Materials
GCLs
GEO-TUBES
GEOGRIDS
An Investigation into the Use of 3D Printing Technology for Geogrids
The aim of this study is to comprehensively investigate the interlocking mechanisms of 3D-printed geogrids with different soils by comparing them with factory-made geogrids.
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