ANNIVERSARY
ELKON: 45 years in the service of concrete industry
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stablished in 1975, ELKON is the leading concrete batching plant producer in the whole Europe, this is according to annual sales numbers and production capacity. Currently, ELKON has more than 4000 concrete batching plants operating in over 130 countries in 6 continents. With a 65.000m2² production area and 4 factories (5th is under construction with 20.000m2² area), ELKON maintains its operations thanks to automated robotic production lines carrying out the processes such as welding, cutting, drilling, grinding etc. ELKON also manufactures concrete block making machines, cement silos, stationary concrete pumps, tailor-made precast concrete batching plants and many more.
The solution to concrete industry in Africa With numerous concepts of concrete batching plants in the product range, ELKON offers creative solutions to its clients with the plants from the capacities of 30m3/h up to 480m3/h. Throughout the entire world, ELKON has establish a connection with the client, listen to their requirements carefully and submit to them the most suitable solution.
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Africa Surveyors News l 2020
According to Serkan ÖZKAN, Mechanical Engineer, EMEA Region Sales & Marketing Director, their compact and on-site type concrete batching plants are the most demanded models in Africa due to the advantages they offer. The onsite concrete plant model Mix Master-30 is an economical solution that allows concrete production in compliance with international standards after a short installation time of 1 hour at the desired location. In addition, the compact type concrete plants, which they offer in a wide range from 30 m3/h to 175 m3/h, are preferred from relatively small projects to huge dams, refineries, etc. Besides, much larger projects started to take place in Africa in recent years. For example, it is stated that the refinery, which is under construction by Dangote in Nigeria, will be the largest in the world when completed, and 4 Elkomix-135 concrete batching plants with a total capacity of 540 m3/h of concrete per hour are working to provide required concrete on this project.
Plant solution at its best service As indicated above, in between the capacities of 30m3/h and 480m3/h, ELKON offer
May-June issue l 2020
