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Mast Climbing Work Platform Offers Ease of Use in Multiple Applications

Bridgeport, CT- Alimak Hek, the world’s leading manufacturer of Rack & Pinion driven equipment for vertical transportation, announces its HEK MSHF for heavy range applications.  The HEK MSHF mast climbing work platform offers safe and reliable solutions to vertical access needs and is the ideal access solution for façade, towers, and structures where anchoring is not an option.

The HEK MSHF has the ability to free stand 66’ outside or 99’ inside the mobile chassis, which can be moved with the mast in position.  For added versatility, the HEK MSHF can be used for heights up to 660’ in single or twin mast configuration with anchors at 50’ intervals.  The payload capacity is up to 8800 lbs.

The HEK MSHF can be installed by only two people and easily adapted to suit different needs.  The equipment requires limited maintenance as the masts are hot-dipped galvanized for increased durability. Because of its extreme versatility, the platform range of the HEK MSHF can be easily adapted for different applications and structural dimensions.

About Alimak Hek
For more than 55 years, Alimak Hek has been the world’s leading provider of Rack & Pinion driven equipment for vertical transportation.  Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Alimak Hek develops, manufactures and markets: mast climbing work platforms, passenger and materials hoists for the construction industry; permanently installed goods/passenger lifts for industrial environments; and a range of equipment for applications in underground mining, civil engineering and hydro-electric power generation.  
Hek mast climbing work platforms have been utilized world wide since 1962 and have made their mark on the global access equipment market. Hek platforms are currently in use on every continent.  By concentrating our efforts on this versatile product we have continued to reach more impressive heights and markets.  For more information about Alimak Hek and its complete line of vertical transportation solutions, contact Alimak Hek, Inc., (203) 367-7400 or send email inquiries to info@alimakamericas.com.  More information is available at www.alimakhek.us.

Effective and Durable Under Extreme Weather and Traffic Conditions


WESTBOROUGH, MA & TORONTO, ON – EMSEAL, the leading manufacturer of premium sealants, expansion joints and gasket products, offers its THERMAFLEX  expansion joint system for ensuring watertight sealing in parking deck, pedestrian walkway and stadium concourses, helixes and treads or risers.

THERMAFLEX consists of extruded thermoplastic Santoprene rubber sealing glands with punched flanges embedded in a high-strength, flexible, impact-absorbing elastomeric concrete nosing.  The thermoplastic Santoprene sealing glands are heat-weldable, making transitions through changes in direction and plane watertight.  The elastomeric concrete is two-part polyurethane reinforced with silica sand and fiberglass, which provides compressive strength while preserving flexibility.  The nosing material develops a bond to the concrete, integrating the system with the structural surface.

The elastomeric concrete in THERMAFLEX provides a durable nosing that mixes rapidly and flows readily to fill voids and irregularities.  The nosing has excellent adhesion to concrete and metal and features the most conservative aggregate-loading ratio available to ensure optimum balance of toughness, flexibility, and forgiveness of errant snowplowing. In addition, the nosing is compatible with traffic-bearing deck coatings, facilitating total protection of the deck and continuity of appearance and watertightness.  

After installation, THERMAFLEX can accept traffic in as little as three hours at temperatures of 75 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, facilitating lane-by-lane retrofits with minimal revenue loss.

Uniquely suited to new or retrofit installations, THERMAFLEX is available in double or multi-cell gland designs, ensuring system integrity and providing for multi-barrier sealing.  Tees, crosses, directional changes, column details, terminations and changes in plane are available as factory-fabricated items.  EMSEAL supplies material for the exact length of the specified joint.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., January 11, 2006 - Quiet Solution, LLC, provider of award-winning
soundproofing products and solutions, today announced the availability of the lowest-cost, high-
performance soundproof drywall panel, QuietRock 525. With simple score, snap and hang,
QuietRock 525 installs and finishes like standard drywall and requires no special tools or
equipment.

QuietRock 525 weighs about the same as standard drywall and provides superior sound isolation
at a lower total installed cost than other methods. With STC values of up to 72, QuietRock 525
provides acoustic mitigation equivalent to eight layers of standard drywall, making it ideal for
multifamily, home and commercial construction. The patent-pending CPG composite technology
in QuietRock QR-525 uses advanced viscoelastic polymers, ceramics and gypsum (CPG) in a
constrained three-layer fabrication.

"QuietRock 525 represents the next generation in gypsum wallboard soundproofing and an
exciting edition to our lineup," said Andy Ackerman of P&A Drywall Supply in St. Louis, Missouri.
"Over the years, QuietRock has proven to be a highly reliable solution to sound and noise
mitigation in residential and commercial buildings. The new 'score and snap' QuietRock 525 gives
us an easier to use, more affordable soundproof drywall for our demanding customer base."

"Our customers have had great success with QuietRock since we started carrying the product,"
said Craig St. John of Westwood Building Materials in Lawndale, California. "We looked at the
alternatives and nothing else is as advanced, or has been tested as much, as this line of proven
products. The new QuietRock 525 brings true ease of use to soundproofing and is already so
popular we are selling it by the trainload."

“QuietRock products have been used over the past three years in over 10,000 successful
projects. We developed QuietRock 525 to make high-performance soundproofing more affordable
and easier to use. Now builders and architects can achieve the lowest installed cost, factoring in
material and labor, and deliver superior soundproofing with proven QuietRock technology,” said
Kevin Surace, CEO of Quiet Solution.

QuietRock 525 delivers lab-tested soundproofing performance

The 5/8” panels were tested by globally recognized labs at the National Research Council of
Canada (NRC), which showed the panel delivered an STC value of 51 when used on just one
side of a single wood stud assembly (compared to only 34 with standard 5/8” gypsum),
outperforming standard gypsum walls by 17dB. QuietRock 525 is also one hour fire-rated,
equivalent to Type X drywall in industry-standard full scale testing. Copies of test results are
available for download from the company’s website.

QuietRock 525 delivers on features important to professional builders, architects

• Score, snap and hang—no special tools required
• Installs and finishes like ordinary drywall
• Highest performing soundproofing panels (up to STC 72)
• One hour full-scale fire-rated
QuietRock 525 panels are manufactured in 4’x8’, 4’x9’, 4’x10’ and 4’x12’ sizes and are available
exclusively through distributors and dealers of quality building materials throughout North
America.

ABOUT QUIET SOLUTION, LLC

Quiet Solution, America’s most trusted manufacturer of soundproofing products, provides world-
class building materials for residential and commercial construction. Its high-tech materials
provide the highest and most reliable Sound Transmission Class and Impact Insulation Class
solutions on the market, as well as the first THX Certified soundproofing solution in the world. As
an innovative material science and manufacturing company, Quiet Solution deploys technologies
to solve large-scale problems in the construction sector. Its patent-pending, lab-tested products
are based on advanced viscoelastic polymers, proprietary CPG composites, and constrained
layer damping. All the company’s products are environmentally friendly and manufactured in the
USA. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley. For more information, visit
www.QuietSolution.com.