American Post Tension Enters Commercial High-Rise Market.HENDERSON, Nev. -- American Post Tension, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : APTI APTI Association for Preservation Technology International APTI Air Pollution Training Institute ) has launched a new marketing effort to provide its advanced building products to the commercial construction industry. APTI is using the experience of its operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. , 20-year-old Post Tension of Nevada, Inc. (PTNV), which has worked primarily in the residential construction industry. Currently, PTNV manufactures and installs the majority of its projects in markets local to its four locations in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Phoenix, Tucson and Denver. PTNV manufactures, in their Post-Tension Institute-certified facilities, advanced post-tensioning products and systems that create cost-effective, strong, and light-weight concrete floors for the construction industry. The post tensioning process allows for stable construction of floors on shifting soils and for light-weight strong floors in high-rise buildings high-rise building Multistory building taller than the maximum height people are willing to walk up, thus requiring vertical mechanical transportation. The introduction of safe passenger elevators made practical the erection of buildings more than four or five stories tall. . Special cables manufactured by PTNV are laid into concrete floors. After the concrete has cured, tension is applied to the cables, which places the concrete in a state of compression. In the application of this technology to commercial high-rise construction, this technology provides for wider spans and thinner slabs, as compared to a conventional reinforced slab for these high-rise structures. With the advent of the commercial marketing effort, APTI is positioned to ship its products nationwide for installation by other contractors. "I am pleased to announce the formation of our Commercial effort," said Edward Hohman, President of APTI. "It is important for our Company to diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. its customer mix by deploying our post-tensioning products into the growing commercial construction market. Las Vegas, alone, has commercial projects planned and being built valued at over $10 billion in commercial construction over the next few years. We are positioned to take advantage of these opportunities and to supply our products to those projects. Nationally, this market segment represents over $100 billion in annual construction according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group's Dodge Forecast." About American Post Tension, Inc American Post Tension, Inc (OTCBB: APTI) is a 20-year-old company headquartered in Henderson, Nevada Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, seven miles southeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 175,381, with a 2006 Census estimate placing the population at 240,614. that manufactures, markets and installs post-tensioning systems, creating light-weight, high-strength concrete flooring systems for the construction industry. Management believes that APTI is one of the largest domestically owned post tension companies. APTI provides, through its subsidiary, PTNV, full service for residential home building. It now also provides freight-on-board components for the commercial construction market. The products are manufactured in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson and Denver, in PTI-certified manufacturing facilities, and can be shipped cost-effectively anywhere in the USA. |
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