What's New
Ancon's UK business wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation
Ancon's UK business has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Innovation for its ground-breaking lockable dowel system used in post-tensioned concrete buildings. Read more
Unicon joins Ancon
Ancon Building Products is pleased to announce its merger with Unicon, a supplier of lifting and anchoring systems to the Australian precast concrete market. Read more
Patented Ancon system for contraction joints in ground bearing floors
The latest addition to the Ancon shear load connector range is the Ancon MultiJoint which transfers load and allows movement to take place at joints in ground bearing slabs. Read more
Ancon at the Concrete Exhibition 2011
Ancon exhibited at the Concrete Institute of Australia's 25th Biennial Conference in October 2011. Ancon’s stand highlighted two new products which provide solutions for suspended and ground bearing concrete slabs. Read more
Shear Connector Design Program
Free software is available from Ancon that simplifies the design of movement joints in reinforced concrete. For a given application, Ancon’s design program will calculate the size and quantity of shear load connectors required, the edge distance and spacings at which they should be installed, and details of the local reinforcement. Read more
Ancon recognised for innovative thinking
CONSTRUCT, an association of concrete specialists in the UK dedicated to improving the efficiency of building in-situ concrete frames and associated structures, highly commended Ancon for its pioneering Lockable Dowel system. Read more
KS Threaded Anchors
Use of the new Ancon KS Threaded Anchor with BT threaded reinforcing bar can simplify concrete design at construction joints, typically in wall-to-slab applications. Read more
Ancon awarded ASSDA Accredited Fabricator Status
Ancon has been awarded Accredited Fabricator status from the Australian Stainless Steel Development Association; a mark of knowledge, experience and quality in stainless steel fabrication. Read more
New CD to simplify punching shear reinforcement design
Shearfix consists of double-headed steel studs welded to flat rails. The optimum stud centres and rail layout can be determined by calculation or more easily with Ancon’s free design software, available on CD. Read more