There is a tremendous overlap in what many of these companies manufacture or sell. This is merely a miniucule sample of the companies dealing in related products arranged in no particular order. I've organized them into simple, broad categories that I found useful: Small Quantities, Silica Fume, Admixtures (e.g. superplasticizers, acrylic & accelerators), Reinforcment, Lightweight Aggregates & Other (e.g. release agents).
- Sources of Conveniently Small Quantities:
- University Redi-mix, Fairbanks, Alaska (I advocate buying locally whenever I can)
- Butler Enterprises for conveniently small quantities
- SpecCo Products (dry admixtures & melamine superplasticizer (W-30M) in small quantities)
- Fiberlay Inc. (for small quantities of Degussa's Aerosil white Fumed Silica)
- Fritz Specialty Processing (Norchem distributor, among other things)
- Clay Art Center (dry pigments, Mason Stains, fiber, etc)
- Silica Fume/Microsilica Sources:
- Lafarge Corp's SF Cement & An excellent explanation of Silica Fume Cement
- Silica Fume Association's What is Silica Fume
- Degussa Performance Materials (Fumed Silicas)
- Elkem's North America Division (mfg of Silica Fume)
- Norchem Concrete Products: White Silica Fume
- Fesil's microsilica page (Norway)
- A detailed description of microsilica production in Kazakhstan
- Admixture (Superplasticizers, Acrylic, Accelerators, etc) Sources:
- SKW Chemicals: Melment Bulletins (a great explanation & Mfg of superplasticizers)
- Sweeney Materials: Performance Products for Predictable Outcomes
- Elite Crete Specialty Construction Products for Concrete Finishes (aka Avan-Tech)
- Tarmac America's Admixtures
- Dynobond Polymer Cement
- Hill Brothers Chemical (source of non-chloride accelerating admixture)
- Grace Construction Products: Concrete Admixtures: Products Summary
- Western Engineering Services Corp (dry polymers & other admixtures in large qty, but very helpful)
- R&M Chemical Product Index (lots of interesting admixtures & helpful people)
- SCL Concrete Admixtures and Additives
- Water Components Concrete Products
- Fosroc: Product Range: Admixtures and surface treatments
- Boremco Specialty Chemicals (manufacture of Sulfonated Naphthalene Condensate)
- Sentry Polymers - Product Listing
- Melamine Chemicals, Inc.
- "Holderbank" Concrete admixtures / Other products.
- Specon Inc (mfg of "Hydro" admixture line)
- Master Builders (various liquid admixtures)
- Conspec ® Home Page
- Tri-State Products Home Page (kel-crete product line)
- Alaska DOT (approved admixtures by mfg)
- Reinforcement Material Sources:
- Nycron, Inc.: Advanced-technology fiber-reinforcing solutions (Nylon)
- Fibermesh - Concrete Micro-Reinforcement System
- Grace Construction Products
- 152A-14C CRATEC® Chopped Strands
- Composite Additives (a description of some options)
- Fibre Glast Development Information Center
- Advanced Composites
- Albarrie's Basalt Fibers
- Conneaut Industries, source of many fiber types
- Amoco Thornel Carbon Fibers
- Composite Particles, high density polyethylene, kevlar & other fibers
- Grafil, Inc.: carbon fibers
- Hexcel: carbon & other fibers
- Carbon Composites: supplies for carbon composites
- Toray Carbon Fibers
- Toyobo's Zylon Department, PBO fiber
- Stonewear Composite Stone Products (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete)
- Lightweight Aggregate (Perlite, Vermiculite, Expanded Shale, etc) Sources:
- Specrete-IP - mfg of Microlite filler
- The Perlite Institute
- www.perlite.net
- Redco II - Perlite products
- Strong Systems - Perlite & Vermiculite
- The Schundler Company - Perlite & Vermiculite
- Silbrico Corporation - Perlite since 1946
- Litebuilt - Foam aerated concrete
- Norlite - Expanded shale
- Buildex - Haydite expanded shale
- Hydraulic Press Brick Co - Haydite expanded shale
- Eco/Lite - Recycled product aggregate
- Syndesis Inc's Syndecrete
- Other Related Product Sources:
- Cresset Chemical Company: Release Agents, Curing Compounds, Sealers & more
- CTS Cement Manufacturing Co, Rapid Set Cement
- Mark Rogero's Concreteworks Studio
- Unifix - Mfg of Unipan cement boards
- Laticrete
- LignoTech USA, Inc.
- Java program - Concrete Mix Design
- Bostik USA-Flooring
- Mapei Ceramic Tile Installation Products
- BNZ Refractory Materials
- CMS Industries, Refractory Mortar
- Whitacre-Greer Fire Brick & Pavers
- The Chemistry Store, source of Sodium Silicate
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