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§ 04 / Services Catalog

New Product
Development.
Spec. Mix. Ship.

Formulation, lab validation and scale-up support for dry-mix mortars, grouts, plasters, HPC, precast and repair products — built to your specification, verified to a standard you can quote.

CATEGORIES

8

From masonry to UHPC

LEAD-TIME

6–10 weeks

Spec → pilot batch

VERIFICATION

IS · EN · ASTM

In-house + third-party

Start a Formulation Project See the Product Catalog
250 FRM-A · 01 FRM-B · 02 FRM-C H · 90 mm FORMULATION LAB · NPD SPEC.004 · REV.A

FIG. 04 — Lab Formulation · Binder / Additive / Aggregate

8
Product Categories in Active R&D
25+
Pilot Batches Validated (2022–24)
6–10 wk
Spec → Pilot Batch Lead-time
3×
Cost Cycles Before Lock-in
§ 01 / Product Catalog

Eight categories, one method.

Whether the brief is a tile adhesive, a marine-grade repair patch or an UHPC mix, the development workflow is the same: brief → lab → pilot → plant. What changes is the binder system and the test panel.

RATIONALE
Spec-led, not "lab hero recipe"
CYCLE
Brief → Lab → Pilot → Plant → Field
VERIFICATION
In-house + third-party as required
COST
Target-cost locked at pilot stage
IP
Formulations licensed to client, signed off
CAT · 01 Cementitious

Dry Mix Mortars

Masonry, plastering, rendering — pre-blended factory-batched mortars with controlled water demand and consistent strength.

CAT · 02 Cementitious

Non-Shrink Grouts

Structural base-plate grouts, equipment grouting, post-tension duct grouts — designed for positive expansion and pumpability.

CAT · 03 Polymer-Modified

Tile Adhesives & Jointing

C1 / C2 tile adhesives per EN 12004, epoxy joint fillers, decorative grouts — for ceramic, vitrified and large-format tiles.

CAT · 04 Cementitious

Dry Mix Plasters

Internal and external plasters — single-coat and two-coat systems, gypsum-based and cement-based, with crack-control additives.

CAT · 05 High-Performance

HPC · UHPC · SCC

High-performance, ultra-high-performance and self-compacting concrete mixes — for precast, infrastructure and architectural elements.

CAT · 06 Precast

Precast Concrete Products

Customised formulations for pavers, blocks, kerbstones, façade panels, drainage — adapted to client's mould and demould cycle.

CAT · 07 Specialty

Special Concretes

Lightweight, fibre-reinforced, marine-grade, abrasion-resistant — for applications where standard grades do not survive.

CAT · 08 Repair

Repair & Rehabilitation

Patch mortars, bonding agents, corrosion inhibitors, micro-concrete — formulated for substrate, exposure and traffic class.

§ 02 / Methodology

Brief to first commercial batch, in four moves.

Lab formulation → trial mixes → strength testing → plant trials → optimization → production. IS 10262 · ACI 211.1.

No "lab hero" recipes that fall apart at scale. Each phase gates the next — if pilot doesn't hit cost and performance, plant scale-up is not authorised.

01
PHASE · BRIEF

Spec & Constraint Capture

Use-case, performance targets, exposure conditions, target cost, raw-material preferences, regulatory standards — all locked before any mixing starts.

02
PHASE · LAB

Formulation & Lab Trials

Binder system, additive package and aggregate grading are explored in 5–10 candidate mixes. In-house tests verify fresh, hardened and durability properties.

03
PHASE · PILOT

Pilot Batches & Verification

Two to three cost-optimised variants are produced at pilot scale. Third-party tests run in parallel — pilot only advances if both cost and performance are met.

04
PHASE · PLANT

Plant Scale-up & Handover

Production process documented, QC spec written, batch sheet drafted, plant crew briefed, first commercial batch supervised on site.

§ 03 / Deliverables

What every NPD project ships.

The deliverable is the product. Everything else is the paper trail that lets your plant reproduce it a year from now without calling us.

DOC · FRM · 001

Master Formulation Sheet

Binder system, additive package, aggregate grading and water demand — locked and signed off.

DOC · RMD · 002

Raw Material Datasheet

Approved suppliers, acceptance ranges and test frequency for every input — including substitutions.

DOC · LAB · 003

Lab Trial Record

All candidate mixes, results, observations and why each was kept or rejected — defensible if challenged.

DOC · PIL · 004

Pilot Batch Report

Pilot batches produced, results versus spec, cost analysis and go / no-go for plant scale-up.

DOC · QC · 005

QC Specification

Acceptance limits for fresh and hardened properties, sampling frequency, retest rules and rejection criteria.

DOC · SAF · 006

Safety Data Sheet

SDS per GHS — handling, storage, PPE, first-aid and disposal for the finished product.

DOC · TRI · 007

Third-Party Test Reports

IS / EN / ASTM test results from accredited labs — useful for tender submissions and approvals.

DOC · APL · 008

Application Guideline

Substrate prep, mixing, application, curing and protection — written for the applicator on site.

DOC · PAC · 009

Packaging & Logistics Note

Bag / bulk options, shelf-life, storage conditions and pallet / dispatch logistics recommendations.

§ 04 / Why ConcreteInfo

Formulations built to survive the plant, not just the lab.

We design for the bagging line, the mixer operator and the applicator's wrist — not just the cube compression result.

01

Spec-led, not lab-hero

We start with the brief — performance, cost and plant constraints — and design backwards. Recipes that win the lab but lose the plant are not recipes; they are prototypes.

02

Honest cost cycles

Cost optimisation is run three times before lock-in — binder, additive package, and finally raw-material sourcing. We will not hand you a recipe that breaks your target cost the week after launch.

03

You own the formula

All formulations, trial records and cost sheets developed specifically for your product are delivered to you on closure — signed off, no retainership hidden in fine print. Pre-existing ConcreteInfo IP — testing methodology, baseline data and lab protocols — stays with ConcreteInfo.

§ 05 / Frequently Asked

Pre-project questions, answered.

Q.01

Can you match an existing competitor product?
Yes — that is one of our most common briefs. We start with a reverse-engineering pass (binder, additives, grading), confirm target properties against a benchmark sample and then build a cost-aware formulation. We don't copy trade secrets; we deliver functionally equivalent performance.
Q.02

What is the minimum engagement size?
A single product category, one grade, one specification — typically 6–10 weeks from kickoff to pilot batch. Smaller "one-property tweak" jobs are scoped on a consulting basis. Multi-grade / multi-category briefs are scoped as a programme.
Q.03

Who owns the formulation after the project?
You do — in full. On closure, all formulations, trial records, cost sheets and supplier data are transferred with a signed IP assignment. We retain no rights to reproduce, sell or licence the formula.
Q.04

Do you do third-party certification?
We arrange accredited third-party tests on request — IS, EN or ASTM panels depending on the product and target market. We coordinate sample preparation, test witnessing and report handover. Costs are itemised and passed through at actual.
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