EMC – Development history

The development of EMC technology started in 1992, when Dr Vladimir Ronin – a guest researcher at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden initiated a scientific project dealing with intergrinding Portland cement with different supplementary materials in vibrating mills. The first EMC patent was filed in 1993. Additional patents have been filed, the latest in 2004, granting extensive intellectual property protection so far until 2024. Further research is expected to result in additional future patents.

Experience with EMC products

At present there is over 10 years experience with use of EMC products in concrete. EMC products have been the subject of extensive testing by leading experts both in Europe and The USA. An overview of these tests can be found here

A pilot EMC plant has been in operation since 1994 and a number of reference deliveries have taken place, including cement for two bridges in the far north of Sweden (projects with Swedish State Road Construction Commission) with very severe climate conditions with summer temperature up to +30 and winter temperature as low as -30 degrees C. A report on that project can be found here

A pilot plant has also been in operation in Texas for approximately 12 months. During this period extensive testing has been done both by EMC and by The Texas Department of Transportation. These tests resulted in the issuing by TexasDOT of a new specification especially designed for EMC CemPozz^®. See more here

EMC has also received significant support from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation which is looking to EMC provide superior performance and environmentally friendly products. See more here

No Department of Transportation has refused to work with EMC.

An industrial scale plant with 150,000 tons capacity has been in operation since the fourth quarter of 2004.Projects to which EMC CemPozz^® is delivered includes road work for TexasDOT. Pictures can be found here.