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News Release from: Hargreaves | Subject: Lightweight aggregate
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2007
Hargreaves building products purchases
Lytag
Hargreaves Building Products has announced the purchase of Lytag , the premier lightweight aggregate producer.
Manufactured using pulverised fly ash, the acquisition of Lytag complements HBP's existing business, which manages and recycles the ash generated by coal fired power stations into sustainable building products As pressures grow on the construction industry to reduce its use of finite resources, Lytag has excellent environmental credentials as an industry by-product and can be used as an alternative to virgin aggregate
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 19 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Gareth Moores, Managing Director of Hargreaves Building Products, comments: "Lytag has tremendous potential to help the construction industry deliver more adventurous and sustainable buildings.
We are delighted to have this exciting product as part of our growing portfolio and look forward to expanding its potential even further.
With the budget increasing the aggregates levy by 20%, Lytag offers the industry many financial, environmental and performance benefits.
"As space in our city centres is at a premium, developers are looking to the skies and building upwards.
Its lightweight properties mean that Lytag Concrete is ideally suited to high rise construction and can provide much more design and construction flexibility than alternative concretes.
Some of the UK's landmark buildings have utilised Lytag - Centre Court at Wimbledon, Swiss RE, Canary Wharf and Heathrow's Terminal 5." Over the coming years, HBP will be investing a substantial amount into technology development and researching new applications.
Lightweight concrete is a key growth area, Lytag and HBP will be developing new product formulations and gradings to meet the demands of different applications.
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