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Here you will find the latest news and press articles.

04.12.2025

Flexible formwork technology for complex precast concrete elements

Architecture and the construction industry are increasingly demanding precast concrete elements that are not only functional but also sophisticated in terms of design.

07.10.2025

Building the future with geopolymer concrete – new markets, new products, a clear vision

Since its foundation in 1950, Kortmann Beton has stood for innovation, reliability, and technological progress in the concrete industry. What once began with a used truck owned ...

26.09.2025

Production of precise formwork elements using parametrically programmed concrete extrusion and processing

For many decades, Wasa has emphasised close contact with universities, institutes and other research facilities, not only to further develop its own products, but also to gain new impulses and ...

25.07.2025

Tradition meets innovation – a 29-year success story

ounded in 1925 in Mill, the Netherlands, BIA Beton (Beton-Industrie Arts B.V.) has been a family-owned company since 1935.

26.05.2025

Innovation on a solid foundation: Collaboration proves to be a strategically valuable decision for Bloquera de Vallarta (InBlock) in Mexico

The concrete block industry is changing: Manufacturers worldwide are looking for innovative solutions to optimize their production processes, improve product quality, and ...

23.03.2025

Rethinking release agents: field-proven solutions for a smooth production process

Simple and residue-free demoulding of concrete products is essential for the precast concrete and wetcast industry. The formwork and polyurethane moulds and form liners used have a major ...

07.02.2025

Ecomix Ltd. from Bulgaria with ground-breaking investment for the future

Ecomix Ltd. is a well-respected, family-run company with its headquarters in Zhitnitsa, Bulgaria, that has specialised in manufacturing construction materials and construction chemical products.

26.11.2024

Advanced technologies for the concrete block industry

Die Herstellung groß- oder kleinformatiger Betonprodukte mit grober, naturgetreuer Oberfläche in Serie stellt eine besondere Herausforderung dar, vor allem wenn es um die detailgetreue Wiedergabe...

23.09.2024

Making good things even better

For over 60 years on the market, Wasa has had one goal in mind: the continuous improvement and development of products and services - all in the interests of our customers.

15.07.2024

Bosun in South Africa relies on all-plastic productions boards

Established in 1993, Bosun Concrete Products is a privately owned company, that manufactures and supplies a large range of paving, kerbs, and retaining wall products.

23.05.2024

Sustainability and efficiency: Double the profit by switching to plastic boards

For over four years now, Wasa has been forging a strong partnership with MT-Beton in order to serve the French-speaking world with innovative solutions.

28.03.2024

New production plant for polyurethane-coated production boards

You really can't deny that Wasa AG knows its trade. For over 60 years now, the market leader in production boards has been successfully developing, researching and pro-ducing.

29.01.2024

Innovative retaining wall system with a natural stone look

Die easy block GmbH aus Kärnten in Österreich ist ein junges Unternehmen, das im Jahr 2022 als vielversprechendes Gemeinschaftsprojekt von zwei renommierten Unternehmen, ...

17.11.2023

Efficiency in harmony with nature

The impact of climate change on the environment is increasingly influencing the future. Industry plays an important role in this, as it contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions.

25.09.2023

Flexible polyurethane liners for the design of textured precast concrete elements and façade elements

Ambitious construction projects are evolving from classic in-situ concrete formwork to prefabricated and customised precast concrete elements.

21.07.2023

Production boards as the base for product quality

To meet the ever-increasing demands on quality and dimensional accuracy of all types of concrete blocks, there are various possibilities to improve the production processes.

09.06.2023

Wetcast in its best shape

Wetcast is a very popular method for concrete goods production. Both simple and complex shapes and designs can be produced with this technique.

30.03.2023

Unproblematic changeover from softwood to glass-fibre reinforced plastic production boards

Prefabricados La Romera S.L., a Spanish family-run company is based in El Padul, Andalusia, with a wealth of tradition.

02.02.2023

Wasa AG and Eckart Holz GmbH announce their cooperation

Just in time for bauma 2022, the companies Eckart Holz GmbH from Hünfeld in northern Hesse and Wasa AG based in Darmstadt announced their cooperation in the field of softwood production boards.

23.11.2022

High-quality design products with modern plant technology in the wet cast process

The concrete block industry is never short of ideas. Wetcast moulds made of polyurethane are an excellent way to realise even the most complex geometries and surfaces in concrete.

27.09.2022

All-plastic boards ensure continuity and high performance in unison

Delfing Baustoffwerke GmbH & Co. KG has been success-fully manufacturing its products for almost 20 years now on all-plastic boards made by Wasa.

10.08.2022

Research and development ensure long-term success

The terms research and development are emblazoned on the flags of every modern company. To what extent this is also put into practice is often a different matter.

01.06.2022

Support systems and polyurethane moulds for state-of-the-art wetcast manufacturing

A daily output of more than 2,000 m² concrete products is possible with a cutting-edge, fully automated wetcast system. Popular products here are high-quality terrace slabs as imitation natural ...

29.03.2022

Prolonged life for production boards

A question that countless production board users ask themselves every year: when is the best time to replace production boards?

31.01.2022

Partnership-based cooperation over decades

FCN Franz Carl Nüdling Basaltwerke GmbH + Co. KG is a medium-sized family business with its headquarters in Fulda, in the state of Hessen, Germany, that can look back on decades of ...

03.12.2021

New Chancellor Square in Bonn – eye-catching façade thanks to PU matrices

The Wasa Construct division is becoming increasingly im-portant within the Wasa group.

10.09.2021

Offering comprehensive services for wet-cast technology of tomorrow

The currently high demand for building materials helped to fill the order books of the concrete product manufacturers as well.

19.07.2021

Unequivocal production board identification with RFID

The importance of Industry 4.0 is also increasingly gaining in significance in the field of concrete block product manu-facturing.

19.07.2021

3D printing and milling of complex concrete elements for the production of casting resin molds

The demand for high quality as well as precast concrete elements with complex geometries has been continu-ously increasing in recent years.

25.05.2021

Ready for Tomorrow’s Wetcast Technology

given rise to full order books for concrete product manu-facturers.

23.03.2021

Sustainable and reliable production boards for the concrete block industry

In 1991, Wasa Unterlagsplatten GmbH, now Wasa AG, introduced a new and innovative plastic production board to the market.

11.03.2021

EFRE bewegt Thüringen

Das vom Freistaat Thüringen geförderte Vorhaben wurde durch Mittel der Europäischen Union im Rahmen des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung (EFRE) kofinanziert.

08.02.2021

More than just good partner for 60 years to the concrete block industry

Wasa has been the embodiment of high-quality production boards for the concrete block industry since 1960. It was founded by Walter Salje – the Wa-Sa company name is derived from...

08.12.2020

Solution-oriented system of formwork and liners for flat concrete elements

Ambitious architecture for modern facades is hardly possible without the building material concrete. The shell of a building is evolving from the classic in-situ concrete formwork to...

27.07.2020

Liquid polyurethane for creative, industrial concrete manufacturers

The challenge of manufacturing wetcast molds with simple means for a small series, or for implementing a creative idea in stone, is taken up by creative concrete manufacturers.

25.05.2020

Customised solutions for the Wetcast and Precast sector

The Wasa Construct division within the Wasa Group is growing at an unexpectedly high rate. After the production of polyurethane wetcast molds was started 13 years ago,...

26.03.2020

The Consorzio AMP cooperation will focus on fibre-reinforced solid plastic boards in the future

The Italian cooperative association, consisting of Miche -letto s.a.s., Pavesmac s.r.l. and Antolini M.C.E. Manufatti Cemento Edilizia s.r.l., would like to set the standards in Italy

28.01.2020

Alas Emirates Block LL.C. prepares for the future with solid plastic boards

Appropriate production boards, which bring the performance of the machine into the stone product to be manu-factured, also belong in a high quality static board machine and circulation plant.

03.12.2019

Betonwerk Pallmann GmbH invests in new production boards

Betonwerk Pallmann GmbH, based in Dollern, has been producing high-quality concrete products for the national market at this location since 1978. However, the company itself can look...

08.10.2019

Better compaction results and consistent stone quality – Georg Huber company from Germany relies on fibre-reinforced solid plastic board

Georg Huber Betonsteine GmbH can look back on a long and extremely successful history. High-quality concrete products have been manufactured at the only site in Altomünster, Bavaria, Germany, since

06.08.2019

The company Arhibet in Serbia relies for the first time on glass-fibre reinforced production boards

The company Arhibet was founded in 2007 by Mr. Marko Mitic and Mr. Aleksander Stojanovic in Niš, Serbia. The city of Niš is located about 250 km southeast of the Serbian capital Belgrade.

25.04.2019

Successful trade fair appearance

The name Wasa has stood since 1960 for high quality production boards. The Hessen and Thuringia-based company extended its product range in 2007 by polyurethane moulds for the wetcast industry.

03.04.2019

KBH Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne relies on the tried-and-tested

KBH Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG, based in the Allgäu, has for decades enjoyed an outstanding reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality concrete products.

22.03.2019

Polyurethane precast moulds for the new Puskás Ferenc Stadium

Following the establishment in 1980 of what at that time was Wasa Unterlagsplatten GmbH, which initially concerned itself with the manufacture and sale of production boards for block making machines,

22.03.2019

Further German premium manufacturer banks on glass-fibre reinforced solid plastic boards

In Schüttorf in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony, there is a concrete and precast plant that is intent on impressing not only through its sheer size, but also through top quality.

14.01.2019

From digital prototype to concrete element

The situation and demand for concrete products is very good in the concrete block industry. Many manufacturers are working at the upper limit of their production capacity.

08.10.2018

Successful conversion to coated production boards with solid wooden core in the Lithonplus plant in Hohen Wangelin

Lithonplus produces very high quality concrete products at its Hohen Wangelin plant in the west of the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.

03.08.2018

CS Beton in the Czech Republic invests in the future and relies on the latest generation of a production board

The CS-Beton s.r.o. company, with headquarters in Litoměřice, is one of the leading concrete product manufacturers in the Czech Republic.

11.06.2018

Repair as an inexpensive alternative to replacement

The EBN company from Neumünster decided back in 2008 to purchase new, high-quality production boards.

05.04.2018

Reconfiguring concrete slabs manufactured using the hermetic production process and combining them with wet cast products

Short cycle times and highly compacted concrete block products are just two of the benefits of hydraulic presses.

27.03.2018

Viastein starts up new plant in eastern Hungar

Viastein Kft. belongs to the Bayer Construct Group in Hungary, a 100% Hungarian-owned group that was established in 2002.

06.02.2018

Expansion of the plant equipment to reduce delivery times

Solid plastic production boards have been manufactured at the production location in Neubrunn for 27 years now. Altogether, around 19,000 production boards made of wood, plastic and...

21.12.2017

Even after years, the lightweight for large forces is still just as impressive as with the first cycle

High-performance plastic meets inexpensive softwood board in the Wasa Woodplast® production board. The result is a product that meets very high demands.

09.10.2017

New edition of a classic

Romano Classico is the trade name for a beloved natural stone from the region around Rome. The travertine stone has been used in numerous buildings and on public squares since antiquity.

07.08.2017

Polyurethane wearing parts and accessories

Since time immemorial, wearing parts such as feeding pawls have been made almost exclusively of steel. In the meantime, however, plastic-covered pawls are increasingly seen in the circulation...

30.06.2017

Production boards made from wood

Now over a year has passed since Wasa, as a producer for a broad range of production boards, has released a report in CPI about the treatment of production boards in a concrete block plant.

11.05.2017

Liquid polyurethane for creative concrete factories

Wasa began with the manufacture of polyurethane wetcast moulds for high-quality concrete products in 2006 in Neubrunn in southern Thuringia. Today wetcast moulds are produced with modern dosing...

16.02.2017

WASA AG auf der ICCX Central Europe 2017 in Ossa/Polen

Mit großem Erfolg fand am 8. und 9. Februar 2017 die ICCX Central Europe 2017 in Ossa/Polen statt. Viele Besucher, nicht nur aus Polen sondern auch aus der Ukraine...

06.02.2017

Phoenix Concrete Products in Dubai has been relying on solid plastic boards from the same supplier for 23 years

Phoenix Concrete Products, a concrete product manufacturer based in Dubai, outputs 150,000 concrete blocks each day on a production and office area totalling 50,000 m2.

07.04.2014

Dimensionally stable, firm and durable wetcast moulds

Wasa has been producing casting resin moulds from polyurethane and silicone in Neubrunn in southern Thuringia for some eight years now. Wasa offers high-quality solutions and products for the...

07.04.2014

Investment in new wetcast and drycast lines pays off for Austria Beton Werk

As one of the most important manufacturers of concrete block products in Slovakia, Austria Beton Werk (ABW) from Králová pri Senci decided in summer 2012 to increase the quality...