SA Affordable Housing March - April 2020 // ISSUE: 81 | Page 23

CEMENT, CONCRETE AND BRICKS/ADVERTORIAL
FEATURE
Skilled labour can be developed during commissioning and training period once the tile plant is installed.
With over 42 years of industry knowledge and over 125
concrete roof tile plants installed world-wide, Jessop &
Associates is able to regularly offer the industry an
opportunity to add new products to their existing product
range though the company’s continuous innovation and
R&D, or to start up a concrete roof tile manufacturing
factory in any selected market area. The year of 2019 was
no different, with another two new PROTILE turnkey
experience of the Redland Group from the UK was
instrumental in this during the 1970s, having been
intimately involved in developing not only the British
standards, but also the Australian, American and many
European standards for concrete tiles and roofing practices.
Today this knowledge and experience has been used to
develop and refine the concrete roof tile, resulting in a
successful industry in South Africa.
High speed extrusion of concrete roof tiles relies on good raw material controls and good synchronisation of conveyor system with
extruder.
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