Peikko delivers concrete floor solutions to a large automotive factory in Slovakia

Peikko’s Slovakian subsidiary Peikko Slovakia s.r.o. has received a substantial order of TERAJOINT® Free Movement Joints for the concrete floor of an automotive factory located in Nitra, Slovakia. The order comprises of 7 kilometers of TERAJOINT®. The deliveries started in March 2017 and will continue until the end of 2017. An additional 4 kilometers will be delivered later for the factory’s assembly shop.

The developer of the project is Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, a subsidiary of TATA Motors. The current project is one of the largest industrial investments currently under construction in Slovakia. The total area of the factory is approximately 300,000 m2 and all its industrial floors will be constructed as jointless steel fiber reinforced concrete floors using Peikko’s prefabricated contraction floor joints. The first phase of the project started in 2016 and the entire project will be completed by 2018.

“This project is so far one of Peikko’s largest flooring projects in 2017, and we are delighted to see that our solution has once again been successful in the European construction market. Our TERAJOINT® enables flat floor construction for heavy duty concrete floors and is easy and fast to install, which was essential in this project”, states Topi Paananen, CEO of Peikko Group Corporation.

 

Further information:
Topi Paananen, CEO, Peikko Group Corporation,
mobile: +358 50 384 3001, email: [email protected] 

Milan Ďurčovič, Sales Director, Peikko Slovakia s.r.o.
mobile: +421 911 969 608, email: [email protected]

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Peikko Group in brief:
Peikko Group Corporation is a leading global supplier of concrete connections and composite structures. Peikko’s innovative solutions make customers’ building processes faster, easier, and more reliable. Peikko has subsidiaries in 30 countries in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, with manufacturing operations in 9 countries. Peikko’s turnover in 2016 was EUR 173 million. Peikko is a family-owned and run company that employs over 1,500 professionals. Peikko was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Lahti, Finland. Further information: www.peikko.com.