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5 year Manufacturing License for South Africa...
October 2009 - South Africa
Macismo are delighted to announce that an exclusive 5 years Manufacturing License for South Africa has been agreed for the Macfix® Cold Asphalt system with National Cold Asphalt (Pty) Ltd (NCA), a part of the Raubex Group.
Thanks to the dedication of the NCA Team and following almost 2 years of trials and demo’s across the Country, the Macfix® based Cold Asphalt product has been proven to perform throughout all seasons in all weather conditions.
Staying power proves pothole repair product...
September 2009 - UK
Modern Asphalts magazine reports that Highways Authority Engineers are able to get on top of Pot Hole problems with Colas’s Colpatch cold Asphalt product that is made using Macfix® technology. Colpatch has the unique ability to be delivered and stored for long periods of time and can be applied in ‘all weathers ‘ without detriment to the filling material. The Pothole repair’s have been known to remain in place for not just months but years.
Macfix® in Australia...
August 2009 - Australia
July and August 2009 saw the first productions of Cold Asphalt in Australia using the Macfix® additive technology; the first mixing trials were carried out on Boral’s Pilot Plant in Canberra CT.
EcoPatch® launches in America...
June 2009 - US
Following several successful field trials all around New York State, Midland Asphalt materials Inc (MAM INC) launches EcoPatch® onto the US market http://www.midlandasphalt.com/products-processes/ecopatch/.
UK Colas License extended for further 7 years...
March 2008 - UK
Macismo International Limited is pleased to announce that as a result of positive feedback from the successful trials of COLPATCH with Nationwide customers since May 2005 Colas Ltd have extended the period of the License for the MACFIX® technology used in the COLPATCH mix.
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Staying power proves pothole repair product...
September 2009 - UK
Modern Asphalts magazine reports that Highways Authority Engineers are able to get on top of Pot Hole problems with Colas’s Colpatch cold Asphalt product that is made using Macfix® technology. Colpatch has the unique ability to be delivered and stored for long periods of time and can be applied in ‘all weathers ‘ without detriment to the filling material. The Pothole repair’s have been known to remain in place for not just months but years.
Highway authorities interviewed by Modern Asphalts are claiming to have 'got on top' of pothole issues, through concentrated efforts aided by a high performing repair product. The material, Colas' Colpatch, is giving engineers certainty that once carried out, their pothole repairs will last.
This has been mostly, but not exclusively in Scotland thus far, although the benefits of Colpatch relate only in small part to geography. The crucial attribute is the product's durability in all weather, gained from its composition and reported 'tenacious bond' to the bottom and sides of any pothole.
Colpatch is manufactured in 6mm and 10mm aggregate sizes and supplied by Colas in bagged or bulk form throughout Britain. The material is a cold mix product incorporating 'MACFIX technology' - a binding additive that gives the pothole repair material its properties for greater storage and durability.
Colpatch has storage capability of up to two years according to Colas, so is ideal for locations where use of hot mix materials is difficult - such as the islands of Argyll & Bute where Colpatch is contributing to a concerted pothole repair programme. It is also being used in areas within easy reach of hot mix asphalt plants.
"Colpatch is forming our first line of defence for responding to potholes," says Dumfries & Galloway Council's Maintenance Manager lain Black. "We buy and use it in bulk because we use so much of it. The material behaves as well or better than hot mix - particularly in wet weather and in winter."
Such resilience and suitability for use in cold and wet weather is making Dumfries & Galloway Council "master of its own destiny" with regard to pothole repairs, Black says. The council's engineers have the material on hand for use throughout the year for repairing reported potholes responsively and to a planned effort.
"We have hillsides being cleared of timber and minor roads taking a lot of forestry trucks and so a problem of roads suffering the effects of heavy traffic and very variable weather. We have got on top of potholes lately though, through focused efforts and with some additional funding," Black says.
The council could send out its highway maintenance crews via the nearest plants to pick up hot mix material at a number of points during the day, says Black, but it does not need to. "With Colpatch stored at the depot we save a lot of time and the crews can go out with a truck full of material and stay out all day fixing pothole problems.
"We know the results will be the same or better because in cold weather hot mix cools quickly in contact with the pothole and does not adhere well to the surface," Black adds_ "I find Colpatch as good as any macadam or hot mix asphalt."
Others that have seen Colas' product in use include Argyll & Bute Council's Contracts Manager Stewart Clark. "It is a tighter, more homogenous material in comparison to others," he says.
"We can use hot mix material on the islands, but when lorry loads of material are needed there is a risk of substantial waste, especially in winter. So cold mix is generally the way to go. Our operatives and technical officers are saying Colpatch has a tenacious bond and is worth paying for because it stays in place."
Argyll & Bute has a capital programme of repair work under way worth around £1.5M, says Clark. "It is no secret here that we have had major issues with potholes mainly due to conditions of freeze and thaw, particularly on Mull. The difficulties are challenging, but we are on top of the problems."
Argyll & Bute's Technical Officer for the islands Coll, Tiree and Mull is Kaz Bailey. She says: "Previously we have used K160 or an equivalent delay set material for filling potholes, but we carried out a trial on Mull using Colas' material and it was far superior. The operatives like it and it lasts longer."
The flexibility provided by Colas' product is a significant advantage, says Bailey: "The weather here is very unpredictable and often not ideal for patching work, although sometimes the work just has to be done.
"Ideally we like to treat potholes then overlay with surface dressing, but we have to have the right weather. It is useful to have a material that can be stored and then when laid will stay solid until conditions are right for overlaying."
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