Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC)

AAC is a very strong but lightweight and easy-to-use construction material for outdoors and indoors alike. The production process involves curing aerated concrete in a pressurised steam chamber, known as an autoclave, to give AAC its strength.

Produced for more than 80 years, AAC offers considerable advantages over other construction materials:

• Great energy efficiency - AAC has excellent thermal insulation properties, reducing the need for space heating or air conditioning
• Excellent fire resistance - AAC provides the ultimate security against fire, resisting even intense heat and easily fulfilling all fire safety standards
• Outstanding structural performance - AAC has an extremely high strength to weight ratio and is stable, making it the construction material of choice for all buildings including earthquake zones
• High resource efficiency - AAC is much lighter than brick or concrete and does not usually need to be combined with insulation materials, so it is extremely cost-effective
• Low environmental impact - AAC is a natural product made from lime, cement, fine sand, other siliceous materials, water and small amounts of aluminium powder. No raw materials are wasted in the production process, and AAC from demolition sites can be reused or recycled
• Sound insulation - AAC has excellent sound insulation properties compared to other building materials with the same weight

Managing board

Chairman

• Ir. Jos Cox
  CEO Xella NW Europe
  www.xella.be
  
  

Vice Chairman/Strategy Committee Chairman

• Cliff Fudge
  Technical Director H+H UK Limited
  www.hhcelcon.co.uk
  
  

Secretary General and Chairman Technical Committee

• Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Schoch
  CEO Xella Group R&D Department
  Germany
  www.xella.com
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Strategy Committee Member

• Józef Kostrzewski
  Dyrektor Biura/Office Director
  Stowarzyszenie Producentów Betonów/Poland
  www.s-p-b.pl
  
  

Strategy Committee Member

• F. Fethi Hinginar
  Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı/Chairman
  Türk Ytong Sanayi A.Ş.
  www.ytong.com.tr

Members and membership

The European Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Association promotes the interests of producers of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) and their national associations across all of Europe. Today eaaca's members operate more than 100 production sites in 18 countries producing around 16 million m³ of AAC per year. From 2013 there are also associated members of eaaca accredited.

A list of our current members can be found here.