Megawide Construction Corp. teamed up with German concrete technology developer MultiCON to bring in more efficient and environment-friendly concrete mixing technology to the country.
Megawide said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the partnership would enable it to have an exclusive use of MultiCON’s advanced concrete mixing system, OptiCon, for its own projects amd commercially. Opticon is being used in Europe for various horizontal and vertical developments.
“As part of our thrust of helping build first-world Philippines, we are always looking for first-world expertise and technologies that we can introduce and utilize for our operations, projects, and products. We chose MultiCON because we have examined firsthand the numerous advantages of its concrete mixing technology for our business and the environment,” said Megawide chairman and chief executive Edgar Saavedra.
“Aside from promising higher concrete performance, the technology also has financial and environmental advantages. We plan to introduce a new way to manufacture concrete in the Philippines that has a more efficient and durable quality,” Saavedra said.
