2013/05/06

Ronacrete achieve HKCI Product Certification for selected Repair Mortars and Tile Adhesives

The Hong Kong Concrete Institutes Product Conformity Certification Scheme (PCCS) for repair mortars (-RM) and tile adhesives (-TA) include exacting requirements for quality certification, product performance, production control, in-house QC and independent testing. The resulting certification provides ongoing assurance that each and every bag of product supplied under the scheme will comply with the performance data given in the scheme.
Ronacrete certified products are as follows...
Unicell 40 High build repair mortar – complies with PCCS-RM: Class 40
Unicell 25 High build repair mortar – complies with PCCS-RM: Class 25
Unicell WF General purpose mortar / render – complies with PCCS-RM: Class S
Monoset HPC Rapid setting repair mortar / screed – complies with PCCS-RM: Class S
Ronagrout GP High strength flowable repair mortar – complies with PCCS-RM: Class S
Ronabond Rapid Set Tile Adhesive – complies with PCCS-TA: Class C2FT

2013/04/19

Registered Minor Works Contractor Signatory Association - Spring Dinner 2013

Ronacrete was invited by the “Registered Minor Works Contractor Signatory Association” to participate in their spring dinner on 22nd February 2013. Ronacrete had put up a stand in the hall to introduce the range of products used for building renovation and maintenance works. Including the Director of Buildings Department, more than 300 professionals in the industry had joined the event to share their experiences on “Minor Works Control System” in Hong Kong.

2013/04/19

Ronacerete’s Fleet of Trucks

In order to cope with the increasing demand and meet our commitment on providing prompt delivery services to our clients, Ronacrete has invested over 1 million dollars for a brand new 30 tonnes trucks mounted with crane and a brand new fork lift truck. We are now having a fleet of four different capacity trucks to fulfill different demand from our customers. The new truck is painted with stunning colours to attract the eyesight from our customers when delivering our products.

2013/04/19

Ronacrete (Far East) Ltd appoints Peter Gregory as Commercial Director

Ronacrete (Far East) Ltd has appointed Peter D. Gregory as Commercial Director.

Peter has been working for Ronacrete in the Far East since 1998. Peter was initially employed as Quality Manager in the area of production quality control and took responsible for writing Ronacrete’s first quality control manual; as a result, he was instrumental in the company achieving its successful audit and certification to ISO 9001 and subsequently ISO 14000 for our subsidiary company in China.

Peter was appointed General Manager of Ronacrete’s operations in China during 2008 taking on the full responsibility for all day-to-day operations in China.

Peter has been instrumental in setting up and managing our operations in China taking a leading role in product research and development, production, quality control, marketing and our technical service support.

Peter has almost 15 years experience working within Ronacrete, diligently contributing to successfully expand and enhance our operations in the Far East. Peter's mind set and experience is a very welcome addition to the board of directors in Hong Kong.

“I am delighted to welcome Peter to the Board of Directors in the Far East. Peter has played a key role in the development of our Far East operation for over a decade and his promotion is well deserved.”
Simeon Osen, Chief Executive Director, Ronacrete

2012/07/19

Ronacrete Success at Build-4-Asia 2012

The Build 4 Asia Exhibition is held every 2 years in the HKCEC and this year Ronacrete used the event to launch the Ronadeck Resin Bound Surfacing (RBS) and Tree Pit Systems (TPS) for permeable flooring into Asia. With an estimated attendance of over 1,500 interested visitors, the Ronacrete stand was, to say the least, busy for the entire 3 days. The attraction was due in the main to the bespoke installation of the resin bound systems on to the floor of the stand. The natural stone appearance and open texture lead people to the stand with many visitors removing their shoes to appreciate the somewhat surprising comfort underfoot! The decoration of the stand including the laying of the Resin Bound Surfacing (Sesame Gold 12.35) can be seen in about 3 minutes here. The mixing and laying of 2 packs of RBS taking just a matter of seconds (ahem) showing clearly what can be achieved quickly from a professional installer using a well designed product. A few hours later and the foot traffic had reached Christmas Eve shopping proportions. Three days later it was completely unmarked and it was shame it had to be taken up. Developed and manufactured in the UK by Ronacrete, both the RBS and TPS systems have been successfully used since 2007 in a wide variety of applications from high street footpaths to high street shop floors, carriageway drainage to private driveways. Look on the website at www.ronacrete.com.hk or contact Ronacrete directly for more information.

2011/05/04

Ronacrete Careers

Ronacrete Careers
The following career opportunity is currently available:
Position: Product Development Engineer / Chemist
Ronacrete (Guangzhou) Construction Products Ltd, Guangzhou, China

Company
Ronacrete Ltd is a successful British company with operations in the UK and Asia. Ronacrete (Guangzhou) Construction Products Ltd is a busy manufacturing and sales base in Southern China close to Guangzhou. We specialise in pre-packed technical and decorative construction products which are distributed in China, Hong Kong and across Asia.

Responsibilities
Reporting directly to the General Manager the successful candidate will be responsible for developing new products to meet various performance standards, the maintenance and improvement of our existing product range and providing technical advice regarding product quality control.

The products involved are pre-packed high performance cement based powders, polymer dispersions and liquid admixtures used in the construction industry including:

•Repair mortars and concretes
•Self levelling screeds
•Waterproofing membranes and treatments
•Tile adhesives and bonding agents
•Renders and fairing coats

Requirements
A working knowledge of formulating and testing the aforementioned products or relevant experience in a related field.
Self motivated, hardworking and diligent.
Flexible and team orientated.
Full command of spoken and written English
Cantonese / Mandarin not essential but would be an advantage.

Benefits
Benefits are negotiable depending on relevant experience and ability but include:

•Attractive salary:
•Medical cover:
•Accommodation:
•Transport subsidy:

Background
The company has grown over the last several years and our staff and facilities operate at a high standard which now demands the attention of a full time R&D professional based in China. We are now looking for someone to focus on product development locally in Guangdong. A rewarding position with excellent career prospects awaits the right candidate.

Contact
Send your application to careers@ronacrete.com.cn.

2010/11/17

Building Surveyors Conference 2010

Ronacrete is proudly to be invited by the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors to participate in the “Building Surveyors Conference 2010 - The 21st Building Maintenance Trend” on 30th October 2010. More than 200 professionals in the industry had participated and Ronacrete is proudly to be the “Diamond Sponsors” for the event.

Ronacrete had displayed various building maintenance systems in the conference including concrete repair systems, tile bonding systems, flooring systems and anti-slip systems. Ronacrete had successfully drawn the attention of all participants on the trend of new materials applying in building maintenance.

2010/06/15

The Philippine Partnership – HPFI and Ronacrete

Ronacrete entered the Asian market in 1984 supplying Ronafix to the construction of HSBC HQ in Hong Kong. Production in Hong Kong commenced in 1996. Ronacrete now employs 40 people and have become market leaders in tile bonding, concrete repair mortars and waterproof membranes. Offices, a product development laboratory and manufacturing opened in Panyu, China in 2000, where today there are over 40 employees.

During the last 25 years our sales have expanded from Hong Kong and China into Macau, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. In the Philippines, our new partnership with flooring specialist High Performance Floors Inc, Ronacrete products are marketed, supplied and supported by their professional technical sales team and, in combination with High Performance Floors Inc’s own installation services, Ronacrete products and systems can be supplied and laid by a single source.

The official launch on 27th May 2010 was attended by around 100 construction industry guests. Ronacrete’s Managing Director for Asia, Brian Clements, announced that: "With this new partnership between High Performance Floors Inc and Ronacrete, Ronacrete's range of technical mortars and waterproof membranes are now available in the Philippines, backed, supported and promoted by commercially sensitive and technically aware managers. This is a new and exciting development, not just for HPFI and Ronacrete but for the Philippines construction market, which has the same needs and demands as every other technical market in which we operate".

High Performance Floors Inc’s National Sales Manager - Geno D. Villa, welcomed Ronacrete to the HPFI family and spoke of projects where Ronacrete materials have already been used, for waterproofing, floor screeds and concrete repair. Geno Villa declared that "We have discovered that there is a terrific amount of synergy between our two companies - HPFI and Ronacrete - and we are proud to be the exclusive distributor for Ronacrete’s products in the Philippines".

Following the formal presentation launch, our guests were able to mingle, inspect product samples and enjoy a buffet dinner and drinks. The evening closed with a raffle prize draw for 2 return flights to Hong Kong which was presented by Ronacrete’s UK Managing Director, Simeon Osen, to the winner, Architect Eddie B. Hontiveros.