Admixtures By CIC Consulting

• The use of superplasticizer for concrete mix in Indonesia is currently growing quite rapidly, including the use of chemical additives (admixture) in construction and infrastructure concrete. The purpose of using superplasticizer is to improve the quality of concrete and improve workability, but this use also requires better quality control. The use of superplasticizer especially with basic material of Sulphonate Naphthalene Formaldehyde Condensates (type N) and Polycarboxylate Ethers (type P) on workability, flowability, mortality strength development and compatibility with two types of local cement.
• Currently, the latest development of polycarboxylate-based superplasticizer has been widely used in concrete work especially on precast concrete, readymix and other cement-based materials because it can accelerate the hydration process in concrete to obtain high concrete strength value with reference to concrete age in days even in hour.
• In Indonesia, the use of chemical additives (admixture) developed quite rapidly. Even the volume of superplasticizer supplements imports during 2010-2016 grew rapidly with an average growth rate of 14.8% per year, from 15,868 tonnes in 2010 doubling to 33,013 tonnes with a value of US$ 56.7 million or peaking at in 2012- 2013 or 37,818 tons ? 37,735 tons and the highest import value in 2014 reached US$ 80.8 million. In this special report, Indochemical is focused on the market of chemical substances for additives used by cement-based and concrete-based industries in Indonesia.