GigaCrete has had a product under development for a long time called BallistiCrete, a Company registered trademark. Ballistic resistant plaster or stucco is an unusual product to find but was actually one of the very first products to be developed by GigaCrete as a Hurricane resistant stucco when the Company was first founded. Now the [...]
Category Archives: Industry News
BallistiCrete is presented at the JETC Military Expo in Atlanta Georgia May 7th
May 10, 2010 – 9:47 pm
Another Worlds first for GigaCrete
May 10, 2010 – 9:30 pm
On April 26th, GigaCrete completed a revolutionary fire test at Interteks testing facility in Coquitlam Vancouver in Canada. PlasterMax had previously passed NFPA 286, a test proving equivalency and replacing gypsum board over ICF construction. This test was for Plastermax Base Coat, 3/8″ thick, replacing 1/2″ and 5/8″ drywall, the only other means of fire [...]
New thin coat PlasterMax EIFS under development for interior and exterior applications
January 12, 2010 – 6:05 am
Exterior Insulated Finishing Systems (EIFS) have not changed a great deal for some time and have some inherent weaknesses, mostly from impact. GigaCrete PlasterMax is well known for its high strength, indent and impact resistance and a natural for the EIFS industry. Typical EIFS coatings are thinner than regular stucco and consist of layers of [...]
GigaCrete installs new Green materials at the 2009 NextGen Home in Las Vegas to rave reviews
January 29, 2009 – 3:50 pm
Almost everyone that walks into the new 2009 state of the art NextGen Home Experience in Las Vegas says “Wow, what’s that finish on the walls” and they go up to it and touch it. The new material is called PlasterMax-IND™ by GigaCrete Inc., a leader in “green” building materials technologies. Read More
GigaCrete Hires Intertek
August 20, 2006 – 11:43 am
For Immediate Release GigaCrete, Inc. Retains Intertek, a Leading International Testing Firm Intertek to Handle Product Testing and Code Approvals GigaCrete, Inc. officially retained the world renowned firm, Intertek (www.intertek-etlsemko.com), to handle all of the company’s testing needs and building code approval submittals. “Intertek has the track record and the technical expertise to service GigaCrete’s [...]