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Chronicle
| 1975 |
Founding of the company by H. G. Kessler
Creation of the famous NEOPOR® trademark and of the abbreviation
"CLC" for Cellular Lightweight Concrete. |
| 1976 |
Presentation of comprehensive test results by
independent Building Materiual research Institutes in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland evidencing mechanical and pohysical
properties of CLC and its behaviour under different stresses.
(see extract of tests available) |
| 1978 |
Introducing CLC to the export market. First
major project undertaken by subsidiary of mighty Arab Contractors,
involving facades for 7.000 apartments in Nasr City, Egypt (see
photographs). |
| 1979 |
Exclusive arrangement with PUTZMEISTER on joint
development and the manufacture of CLC-specific equipment and
plants.
Development of the use of expanded clay (for LECA, Sweden who
patented this Development then )in a matrix of CLC resulting
in a multiple strength increase of CLC prioduced this way.
Starting of development of a foamed insulation board (100% mineral-based)
with comparable low thermal insulatioto EPS. Today produced
by a number of manufacturers and used in place of polystyrene.
- Non-flammable, evironmentally sound. |
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1981
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Simultane start-off of major housing projects in CLC in Algeria,
Brasil, Egypt, Iraq and Tunesia. Involving tens of thousand
of houses, schools (Iraq) and others. Major German construction
company ZUBLIN AG in joint venture with Ministry of Schools
in Iraq, built totally 16 agricultural schools in prefab of
CLC. |
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1982
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License aggrement for the production of NEOPOR®
equipment and foaming agent in Brasil by NEOPOR® do Brasil.
Installation of fieldplants for prefab production, designd by
NEOPOR®'s staff for different housing projects world-wide. First
plant set up in Singapore by Lee kim Tah and under the approval
of HDB |
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1990
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Introducing industrial methods of producing
blocks of CLC, which are updated and upgraded steadily. Marketing
of the reknown and fast NEOPOR® comb-type of mould system allowing
short assembly and stripping. |
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1991
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Perestroika and Glasnost opened the Russian
market. NEOPOR® signed a license agreement to produce both, foaming
agent and equipment in Kazahstan for the former USSR market.
Compoanies like Gazprom installed equipment and produced CLC.
Development of system and plant to produce hollow-core panels
and slabs in CLC. |
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1999
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1999 Oliver Kessler (MBA) joins the company
and is today Technical Director and Shareholder. |
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2004
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Installing the first plant to fully automatically
production of wire-cutted blocks of CLC. |
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2005
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 ISO
9001:2000 CERTIFICATION - REFERENCE NO. GM1256 |
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2006
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NEOPOR® nominates first distributor for CLC in
the US with permanent sample house in flood-stricken New Orleans
Renewal of ISO certification |
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