March 2022 Vol. 1

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NEWSMAKERS:  * Chevron Phillips * Concrete Canvas * Elvaflex™ * EuroBent * ExcelPlas * FGI * GCL * GCCM * Geofabrics * Global Synthetics * GNA * Golder Associates * Haogenplast * IGS * Jaybro * KAP Group * Lanzhou Deke Engineering Materials * Maccaferri * MacTube™ *  PT Pandu Equator Prima * TILTEX™ * Tiltex Australia * Ukraine Conflict * WSP

BREAKING NEWS

Concrete Canvas Press Release From 28 February 2022 Not Breaking and Not New
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INDUSTRY NEWS

MACCAFERRI Design Workshop – Geotextile Tubes for Coastal Protection (10th March 2022 | 3 Sessions)
Learn how to run stability checks on MacTube® Design, Maccaferri’s brand new software for the design of MacTube® geo-containers
https://www.maccaferri.com/geotextile-tubes-for-coastal-protection-design-workshop/

NSW Public Works Chooses Exclusive Anti Cracking Tiltex® 12B for Erosion Control at Sewerage Treatment Plant
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/Mqjby3G4ff2c27h#pdfviewer

Jaybro Update Tiltex™ 40 MPa GCCM Technical Data
https://www.jaybro.com.au/productpdf/download/file/id/87197/name/Tiltex-Geotextile%2C-Composite-40mpa-Concrete-Fabric.pdf/

Concrete Canvas Protects Armidale Station from Erosion
https://www.geofabrics.co/sites/default/files/concrete-canvas-protects-the-armidale-station-from-erosion_0.pdf

Israeli Polymer Liner Specialist Haogenplast Purchased by KAP Group
Haogenplast are manufacturers of Elvaflex™ PVC-EIA liners for water storages, floating covers and secondary containment.
https://www.kap.de/en/press/press-releases/kap-signs-purchase-agreement-for-the-acquisition-of-plastic-specialist-haogenplast

Chinese Company Awarded US Patent for New Geocell Manufacturing Process
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/11248358.pdf

Case Study – Brisbane Landfill Cell Geomembrane Protection
https://globalsynthetics.com.au/case-study/brisbane-landfill-cell-geomembrane-protection/

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Develop HDPE with Improved Stress Crack Resistance
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP3041873B2.pdf

Geosynthetic Resins Facing Price Hikes
https://www.plasticstoday.com/resin-pricing/resin-report-producers-slow-walk-sales-anticipation-more-price-hikes-ahead

Ukraine Conflict Has Plastics Industry Bracing for Supply Chain Problems
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/uMxiQpwqCWBC2DY#pdfviewer​

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IGS Offers Introductory Geosynthetics Videos
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2022/03/02/igs-offers-introductory-geosynthetics-videos/

WSP Golder Publish Landfill Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Monitoring Report
https://sunshinelandfill.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/VOC-Report-199.pdf

Biaxial Geogrid for Erosion Protection Spillway – PT Pandu Equator Prima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2IDbc9mNgg

LATEST RESEARCH

Experience with Geotextile Tubes in Mining Tailings [PDF]
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/v9D56evDTpD50Dg#pdfviewer

Performance of GCLs After Long Term Wet-Dry Cycles Under a Defect in GMB in a Landfill
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.21.00023a

Case Study of Using Geotextile Mattresses for Temporary Road Construction on Very Soft Soil
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40891-022-00365-3

A Design Chart for the Analysis of the Maximum Strain of Reinforcement in Geogrid-Reinforced Embankments Considering the Arching and Stress History of the Subsoil
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/5/2536/pdf

Control of Liquefaction Potential by Geosynthetic Reinforcements—A Study
https://www.springerprofessional.de/control-of-liquefaction-potential-by-geosynthetic-reinforcements/19994830

Approaches to the Selection of Measures to Ensure the Safety of Closed Landfills for the Disposal of Solid Municipal Waste
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/981/3/032026/pdf

Tubular Knitted Geotextiles Implementing Hydrophobic Cellulose Based Threads
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2022047167A1.pdf

Deformation Characteristics of Buried HDPE Landfill Leachate Pipes Considering Temperature Variations
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)PS.1949-1204.0000645

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