BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Congress brought together academicians and industry representatives from around the world in Istanbul
BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Congress organized by Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association (THBB) was held in Istanbul on 8-10 November 2023. Approximately 1000 delegates, including representatives of the ready mixed concrete sector and sub-industry companies, as well as academics and researchers, followed the Congress, which took place in two separate halls at the Istanbul Expo Center. At the BETON 2023 Congress held in honor of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Taşdemir, a total of 95 papers, 21 of which were invited papers, were presented under the headings of circular economy and sustainability in concrete; Industry 4.0 and digitalization in the ready mixed concrete sector; concrete properties, components, design, and tests; special concretes and their applications; concrete pavements and motorway concrete safety structures; innovative approaches and products in concrete; quality control of concrete during production and onsite; durability and internal structure properties of concrete; and current issues and structural applications in the ready mixed concrete sector, which will contribute to the development of our sector.
BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Congress organized on the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey by Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association was held at the Istanbul Fair Center in Yeşilköy on 8-10 November 2023. In the Inauguration Ceremony held on November 8, 2023, Yavuz Işık, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association (THBB); the Main Sponsors of the BETON 2023 Congress, İlker Koç, Vice General Manager Responsible for Ready Mixed Concrete and Aggregate of AKÇANSA, Dr. İrfan Coşkun, Director of Ready Mixed Concrete of ÇİMBETON; Ali Ergölen, Ready Mixed Concrete and Aggregate Sales Group Manager of ÇİMSA Cement; Osman İlgen, President of the Admixture Manufacturers Association; Nazmi Şahin, President of the Building Inspection and Earthquake Engineering Association; Fatih Yücelik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TÜRKÇİMENTO; İrşade Aydoğdu Gürbüz, Head of Construction Technologies and Laboratory Department of the T.R. Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change; academicians and researchers, as well as representatives of the ready mixed concrete sector and sub-industry companies attended.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the BETON 2023 Congress, Yavuz Işık, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association (THBB), said, "I would like to start by celebrating the 100th anniversary of our Republic and commemorating Veteran Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and all the heroes of our National Struggle with respect, blessings, and gratitude.
Continuing his speech by providing information about the history of concrete and reinforced concrete, Yavuz Işık said, "In the years when our Association was founded, hand-mixed concrete was widely used. In 1988, when our Association was founded, 1,5 million cubic meters of concrete was produced annually with 30 production plantss, while in the last 35 years, the number of ready mixed concrete plants has reached 1,114 and production has increased to 105 million cubic meters. With this growth performance, Turkey is the leader of Europe in concrete production."
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The construction, ready mixed concrete, cement and aggregate, construction technologies, and equipment sectors come together at the BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Exhibition
The "BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Exhibition" held by Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association (THBB) under the organization of TG Expo brought together the ready mixed concrete, cement, aggregate, and construction sectors. 10,670 people visited the BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete, Cement, Aggregate, Construction Technologies, and Equipment Exhibition held on 8-11 November 2023 in 4 days.
The "BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Exhibition" held by Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association (THBB) under the organization of TG Expo brought together the ready mixed concrete, cement, aggregate, and construction sectors at the Istanbul Expo Center in Yeşilköy. The BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete, Cement, Aggregate, Construction Technologies, and Equipment Exhibition, which was held simultaneously with the BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Congress on 8-11 November 2023, hosted its visitors at the Istanbul Expo Center in Yeşilköy on 8-11 November 2023.
Many products such as concrete pumps, concrete plants, construction equipment, loaders, concrete processing equipment, 3D concrete printing technologies, truck mixers, bulk trailers, construction chemicals, and trailers made their debut at the BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Exhibition. 10,670 people visited the exhibition in 4 days, where innovative products of more than 200 brands were showcased.
BETON 2023, the trading platform of the sector, has had wide repercussions in the sector with the significant rise in the number of domestic and foreign exhibitors, the number of visitors, and the trade volume with the participation of world-famous companies as well as Turkey's leading brands.
BETON 2023 Ready Mixed Concrete Exhibition was held with the intense interest of a total of 10,670 sector professionals, 1,652 of whom were foreigners. Visitors from 54 countries, including the US, UAE, Albania, Kosovo, Algeria, Qatar, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia, showed substantial interest in the exhibition.
The Inauguration Ceremony of the BETON 2023 Exhibition held on November 8, 2023, was attended by Istanbul Governor Davut Gül; Mahmut Gürcan, T.R. Vice Minister of Trade; Yavuz Işık, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Ready Mixed Concrete Association (THBB); Gönül Akyıldız, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of TG Expo Uluslararası Fuarcılık AŞ; Cem Şenel, General Manager of TG Expo Uluslararası Fuarcılık AŞ; Dr. Mehmet Varlık, CEO of Schwing Germany; and representatives of the ready mixed concrete sector and sub-industry companies.
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