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a.b.e. Construction Chemicals

06 Jun 2023

Largest man-made lagoon protected by a.b.e. products

The Munyaka Estate in Waterfall City with its spectacular man-made Crystal Lagoon for which a.b.e supplied a variety of products.
24 Jan 2023

Over 30 years of coating SA floors

a.b.e. Construction Chemicals has more than 30 years experience in the floor coatings industry.
05 Dec 2022

New waterproofing membrane system to hit the market next year

From next year a.b.e. will supply its own brand of abedex membranes.
30 Nov 2022

Concrete repair must be part of the design plan

Extending the durability of concrete structures with timely and effective repair and maintenance procedures.
23 Nov 2021

After seven years of acclaim, a.b.e expands self-levelling floor screed range

a.b.e. Construction Chemicals has launched two new versions of its dustless abescreed SLC P self-levelling floor screed to add screeds of varying strengths with different walk-on times and characteristics. abescreed SLC P has over the past seven years won wide acclaim and popularity throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and has even been installed at a major hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
26 Nov 2020

Colourful decorative concrete solutions to counter the lockdown blues

With home renovations a priority for many in this lockdown year, Chryso decorative concrete solutions supplied by a.b.e. Construction Chemicals are increasingly in demand, says Peter Jones, a.b.e.’s National Sales Manager: Flooring. New products in the market a.b.e., part of the Chryso Southern Africa Group, is experiencing particularly strong demand for four innovative and relatively new decorative concrete products: *...
28 Jan 2020

a.b.e. implements “best practice” to cope with construction storms

Building industry veteran, a.b.e. Construction Chemicals has introduced a policy of ‘best practice’ to maintain its leading position in the South African market, says Rob Winter, general manager of the Chryso Southern Africa subsidiary. The first stage of the modernisation of production by a.b.e. in 2019 called for an investment of about R3.5 million and...
16 Jan 2020

Restoration of The Owl House

CHRYSO® and a.b.e® got involved in the restoration of The Owl House. The Owl House is a museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Visitors stray off the N9 National Road past the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet to see the many cement owls with glass bottle eyes. Created by Helen Martins between 1945 and 1976....
13 Nov 2019

a.b.e. polyurea waterproofing to protect royal residence

A special a.b.e. Construction Chemicals waterproofing coating was selected for wide-spread sealing of surfaces at the new ultra-luxurious Royal Palace in Maseru. Noel Abendroth, a.b.e. Polyurea Performance Coatings Manager, says VIP Polyurea Quick Spray Industrial pure polyurea coating has so far been applied to over 2 400m2 of diverse surfaces at the Royal Palace now being...
12 Nov 2019

The "Green-Side" of construction chemicals

Reproplast, in proud partnership with a.b.e.® and other suppliers, collects and receives polypropylene waste from numerous sources in different formats and can accept more than 30,000kg per day. Reproplast sorts and downsizes the bulk polypropylene waste through a mechanical shredding process to prepare the materials cleaning and pelletising. In the Reproplast laboratory, recycled formulations are...