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Lafarge’s Artevia flooring solution
L
ooking for an outstanding floor-
ing solution to complement
their upmarket panel beating
business, CMC Auto Panel in Bracken-
fell, Cape Town, commissionedQuick-
slab Concrete Grinding & Polishing to
produce a 1 000 m² white concrete
floor incorporating a specified blend
of stone. “White concrete work is a
special challenge,” comments Johan
Coetzee, QuickslabConcreteGrinding
& Polishing, “We have partneredwith
Lafarge South Africa often on difficult
jobs, and were confident that they
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Lafarge South Africa provided innova-
tive products and solutions. For the
large floor of CMC Auto Panel’s busi-
ness, it was critical to have absolute
consistency in the concrete mix and
also ensure that there was no risk
of contamination in the production
process or supply chain. “Lafarge is
our preferred concrete supply part-
ner,” says Coetzee. “Combining their
immense technical experience with
our extensive experience with polish-
ing, produced a highly successful and
beautiful floor for CMC Auto Panel.”
“Artevia is an extremely versatile
decorative concrete but also a strong,
durable structural concrete that is
easy to maintain and will cope with
the rough treatment one can expect
in a panel beating shop,” said Alta
Theron, Lafarge South Africa’s Interim
General Manager: Readymix. “The
CMC Auto Panel floor is an excellent
advertisement for Artevia and is
arousing strong interest in the Cape
Town area.”
Lafarge South Africa, a member
of the LafargeHolcim group, manu-
factures and supplies cement, ag-
gregates and ready mixed concrete,
fly ash, gypsum plasterboard and
interior building fittings through its
various business units. It focuses on
providing solutions to help the sus-
tainable development of better cities
that benefit the country’s people.
Through having a strong presence in
all of its business lines, it is in a unique
position to contribute to urban con-
struction, while also helping to build
better cities, rural towns and villages.
For further information visit:
www.lafarge.co.za■