Profile Offers Enhanced Enkamat TRM
Profile Products is pleased to introduce that wider Enkamat® Turf Reinforcement Mats (TRMs) are now available. Standard Enkamat TRM rolls are now eight-feet (2.4 m) wide which allows for easier handling and faster installation. The new line also features improved UV resistance for longer life. Two new high-performance TRMs (HP-TRMs), Enkamat R20 and Enkamat R30, are also now available.

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TenCate Sells Stake in Geofabrics
Royal Ten Cate (TenCate) and Noel P Hunt International Limited have reached agreement on the takeover of the TenCate 50% interest in the joint venture Geofabrics Australasia Pty Ltd of Cheltenham (Australia). The takeover price of the shares amounts to AUD 40 million (approximately €23 million). The book profit on the sale of the 50% interest amounts to approximately €11 million and will be incorporated in the half-year figures of TenCate.

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Geosynthetics Middle East Program
SKZ's 2nd International Conference on Geosynthetics Middle East will be held in Dubai, UAE, 10-11 November 2009. The speaker and topic line up has been announced and it is certainly an impressive list. Ian Peggs of I-CORP will present on predicting end-of-life for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembranes and the incorporation of flexible solar cells on exposed landfill caps; Carl De Leon of Solmax will present on geomembrane liners in harsh, petrochemical containment operations; Detlef Schramm of Dow will present a geomembrane global review; Silke Schwöbken of SENSOR will present on drainage detection systems; and much more. Dr. Helmut Zanzinger will chair the seminar.

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ESCN Update
Land and Water magazine's latest broadcast from the Erosion and Sediment Control Network (ESCN.tv) is available. Anchor Tamara Forlanski--solo this week as her co-anchor Lucas Starbuck is on vacation--delivers the news impacting erosion and sediment control field. This week's broadcast features stories on Profile Products' introduction of a new hydraulic mulch additive, a facility tour for roadside vegetation managers, a study on the expense for best management practice (BMP) product maintenance, and a "Tip of the Week" from Erosion Control Blanket's Mark Myrowich. This week's topic: specifying accurate quanities.

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Dow Appoints Victor Dean
The Dow Chemical Company has announced that Victor Dean, Global Marketing and Business Development Director for Building & Construction of Dow Building Solutions, has also been named General Manager of Dow Roofing Systems, LLC (DRS) in addition to his current responsibilities.

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Congratulations, Chris & Erin!
Geosynthetica congratulates editorial director Chris Kelsey on his marriage to Erin White on 27 June 2009.

Best wishes!

More Uses for Resin-Bonded Geotextiles
Resin-bonded geotextiles have long been seen as a material with potential, particularly for the abrasion resistance a needlepunched geotextile might gain with resin bonding. You might find them beneath golf course bunkers where the resin-bonded geotextiles provide slope stability and drainage support; but few other applications have actually been explored.

Clive Mills of Fiber Bond Corporation writes about this overlooked material and the applications in which it may soon be adopted.

• Profile Introduces New TriFlo™ Additive to Hydraulic Mulch Products
• TenCate Delivers Sustainability in Drainage with MiraGreen
• Tencate Appoints Lancer Master Distributor
• Call for Presentations: MECA 2010

Thrace-LINQ Joins Geosynthetica
Geosynthetica welcomes it's newest Underwriter, Thrace-LINQ, Inc.. Thrace-LINQ is a global supplier of woven and nonwoven polypropylene-based geosynthetic fabrics for a wide variety of technical textile applications. Thrace-LINQ is a member The Thrace Plastics Group, owned by the thirty-year old industry veteran Thrace Plastics Co., SA of Athens, Greece.

Read more about Thrace-LINQ and their products by visiting their underwriter profile page on geosynthetica.net.

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Cooperating Organizations

geosynthetica.net is proud to be a Cooperating Organization/Publication to the following events:

LatAm Mining Congress 2009 Coral Gables, Florida 29 June-1 July 2009 GeoAfrica 2009 Cape Town, South Africa 2-5 September 2009 Waterproof Membranes 2009 Düsseldorf, Germany 19-21 October 2009 Geosynthetics Middle East Dubai, UAE 10-11 November 2009

For all events go to the Calendar Index.

Recently Added

• GPEC 2010, Global Plastics Environmental Conference - Orlando, Florida, USA - 9-10 March 2010
• Techtextil North America 2010 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - 18-20 May 2010
• PVC Formulation 2010 - Cologne, Germany, USA - 16-18 March 2010
• First Aqua Farming International (AQA 2009) - Vigo, Spain - 16-19 September 2009
• ASBPA National Coastal Conference 2009 - St. Pete's Beach, Florida, USA - 14-16 October 2009

Upcoming Events

• NPE 2009 (International Plastics Show) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - 22-26 June 2009
• 26th Pacific Islands Environment Conference Climate of Change - "Energizing a Sustainable Future for Pacific Islands" - Suspen Village, Saipan Northern Mariana Islands - 22-25 June 2009
• LatAm Mining Congress - Coral Gables, Florida, USA - 29 June - 1 July 2009
• Africa Mining Congress 2009 - Johannesburg, South Africa - 14-17 July 2009
• 2009 Water Conference: Water, Irrigation and the Environment - Park City, Utha, USA - 22-23 July 2009

Find more events on the Calendar Page

New Gabion Assembly Video

Maccaferri has released a new gabion assembly and erection video. This interactive instructional video walks the viewer through the steps to properly assemble and erect Maccaferri gabions. The gabion assembly and erection video shows you how to build a gabion wall per ASTM standards. The video discusses proper filling procedures, including stone sizing and stone placement techniques to minimize wall deformation. Step-by-step illustrations show how to fill each cell correctly.

Learn more and download the video.