PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
ORIUS is a company with know how in light materials used in industry. The general headquarters and two plants are located about 16 miles from Lyon (southeast of France). It is a privately owned company having partnership with French institutional investors. The partnership allows the company to confirme strong research and development projects through a pilot plant specialised in glass environment. This new factory will produce a premix of Pierre Syntactiqueâ made from glass waste. After four years of research and development in partnership with major public French laboratories, ORIUS is now able to provide a new range of products in Pierre Syntactiqueâ. This is a light high performance concrete using technical materials based on hydraulic binders such as cement, plaster and lime. The strength of this concrete is its capacity to resist the damage of the propagated vibrated energy 10 to 20 times more than traditional concrete. In addition to these acoustic properties, Pierre Syntactiqueâ has a low density and a very fine texture offering interesting characteristics in architecture. It also presents very good thermic-proofing (2 to 3 times better than traditional concrete). It is totally uninflammable, light as plastic material (density between 1 and 1.4), strong as stone and concrete (350 to 450 kg/cm2). It can take on all surface aspects (granite, marble, stone, smooth, polished, etc.) and can be coloured from the block with all colours possible and can be used in building decorations (external and internal), acoustic roof coverings, hanging ceiling with stone effect, soundproofing walls, protection. Not only is it a technically beneficial invention, it enables the re-use of large amounts of glass waste. Pierre Syntactiqueâ has won the European award for inventions in 1996.