Trade Journals for the Concrete Industry

For two days the town of Cannes was the European capital of the precast concrete industry as all those involved in the European concrete industry gathered for the BIBM Congress under the banner ‘Life is so concrete’. Manufacturers, suppliers, specifiers, buyers, users, and all interested parties flocked to the prestigious Carlton Hotel on June 16 and 17, 2011. More than 400 participants–not just from every corner of Europe but also from Brazil, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia–took part in debates and round tables. This three-yearly congress run by BIBM since the 1950s takes place in a different European country every time: the 2011 congress was organized in France by the Fédération de l’Industrie du Béton (FIB), with the scientific support of the Study and Research Centre for the French Precast Concrete Industry (Centre d’Études et de Recherches de l’Industrie du Béton – CERIB).