Ormond Building Products Ltd has invested in PCE Engineering Oy's Acotec building technology for the production of extruded lightweight concrete wall panels. The company is trying to address the high demand for construction in Ireland with time and labour saving solutions.

PCE Engineering Oy Ab has launched its Elematic Fastening Method -system as a flexible and versatile solution to all types of pre-cast concrete production, resulting in time and manpower savings. It will give pre-cast manufacturers access to a complete fixing solution, the company says. The company was the first to develop a solution to fastening based on jaw magnets.

PCE Engineering Oy of Toijala, Finland, has announced the successful initial adoption of their ELiPLAN production planning software by High Concrete Structures Inc., the United States' largest producer of precast concrete parking structures. This makes the US company ELiPLAN's major user. Based in Denver, Pennsylvania, High Concrete produces large building components such as double tees, beams and columns. As well as supporting this successful company's production, the planning software has improved information flow and inventory control.