Plasticon Enhancing Product Line

Plasticon International Inc. announced that it has purchased a slab bolster mold that will allow it to dramatically increase production capacity and create a more cost-effective production cycle.

"This new technology has the potential to transform our industry, in terms of cost savings, efficiencies, and the ease of use for our end users," said Jim Turek, president and CEO.

Production capacity of the company's patented Slab Bolster rebar support product with the new mold now increases to 60 feet per shot verses 10 feet for the older generation of molds. It will allow for about 42 million feed to be produced a year.

"There are three competitive advantages this technology gives our company," Turek said. "First it gives us the ability to significantly improve output costs. Second, it gives us the ability to radically increase production capacity and productivity as our sales continue to increase. And third, our patented snap lock design eliminates overlapping in the installation of rebar support, so our customers will realize tremendous savings on both labor costs and materials."

The Slab Bolster product is used to support steel reinforcing bar in concrete structures. The product can replace all six of the existing support products, including wire, wire tipped, wired pipped, stainless, galvanized, and epoxy coated slab bolsters.