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Geosynthetics Market Key Developments:
- In April 2016, Geofabrics Australasia Pty Limited, entered into an agreement with Imagine Intelligent Materials Pty Limited, an Australian advanced materials company, for using Imagine’s graphene product in Geofabric’s geotextile material. Through this agreement Australia is expected to become the first country across the globe to use the graphene in the large scale manufacturing of geotextiles which is intended to be used in landfill and mining construction applications.
- In July 2016, HUESKER Synthetic GmbH, a global leader in geosynthetics manufacturing, introduced its new active geocomposite products including Tektoseal Active AS, AC and CP. The geocomposites are comprised of an active layer (containing either activated carbon or calcium phosphate), which is sandwiched between the two outer woven or nonwoven geotextile layers. These geocomposites find application in contaminated site remediation, groundwater protection and oil absorption appliations.
- In November 2018, Hexa - Nonwovens, Limited liability Company, based in Russia announced to develop a new geosynthetics plant at Astrakhan region, Russia. This is expected to expand company’s domestic geosynthetic fabrics as well as synthetic yarns production capacity. Capacity of the new plant is expected to reach up to 200 tonnes per month by the end of 2019.