Cement News tagged under: INSEE Cement
INSEE Cement offers cement to war veterans and their families19 July 2023, Published under Cement NewsSri Lanka’s INSEE Cement has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the country's Ministry of Defense to provide cement at a concessionary price to families of war veterans who have been disabled or killed in combat. The MoU forms part of a broader initiative by the cement producer launched earlier this year to provide lower-priced cement to all Tri-armed forces personnel in recognition of their services to Sri Lanka, reports ColomboPage. Under the agreement, each family will be e... |
INSEE Cement appoints new CEO06 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsSri Lanka’s INSEE Cement has appointed Jan Kunigk as its new chief executive officer, effective from 1 January 2023. Mr Kunigk replaces Nandana Ekanayake, who is retiring from the role of CEO but will continue as chairman of the company. Mr Kunigk has previously held the positions of executive vice president at INSEE, as well as commercial director, responsible for marketing, sales, products and solutions, innovation and external affairs. Prior to joining INSEE Cement, he worked at Hol... |
INSEE Cement extends biodiversity MoU with IUCN08 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsSri Lanka’s largest cement producer, INSEE Cement , has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), according to The Colombo Post. The agreement will extend their long-standing partnership to continue INSEE’s biodiversity projects for a further three years, from 2022 to 2025. The MoU was signed by Nandana Ekanayake, chairman and CEO of INSEE Cement, and Anshuman Saikia, coordinator of regional portfo... |
INSEE Cement starts production of Portland composite cement13 July 2022, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement (Lanka) Ltd has extended production of its Portland composite cement (PCC) to its Ruhunu cement plant , increasing production of the new SLS 1697 product to meet the growing demand of the local market. Engineered with INSEE’s trademarked SmartAct Technology, PCC's unique composition of multiple minerals addition undergoes a triple reaction consisting of hydration, pozzolanic and nucleation that increases strength build-up at each level of maturity. The triple reaction also... |
INSEE Cement ups its game to ease Sri Lankan cement shortages09 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsOperating at maximum production capacity with optimised distribution channels for a number of weeks, INSEE Cement claims it has successfully helped to mitigate the cement shortage that was prevailing in the Sri Lankan market. INSEE Cement’s concentrated and immediate contingency measures across its entire operation at the onset of the shortage ensured an uninterrupted market supply of cement, while also logging a record-high 700,000t production output during the 3Q21 for the company. ... |
INSEE Cement adds import vessels to address cement scarcity in Sri Lanka05 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement has added two more import vessels to its operations in order to increase cement supply across Sri Lanka, according to the Daily Mirror. "INSEE Cement continues to operate at maximum production capacity to ensure the Sri Lankan construction industry remains on its path to a successful recovery," said Gustavo Navarro, INSEE Cement’s CEO. "What the domestic market is experiencing is an artificial scarcity that was first created by importers refusing to release their stocks to... |
Loesche completes INSEE Cement maintenance at Galle grinding plant20 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement has completed a week-long scheduled maintenance of its Galle grinding plant in Sri Lanka. The inspection was carried out by Loesche. "As Sri Lanka’s only fully integrated cement manufacturer, we are stepping up to meet the growing demand of the local market by increasing our reliability and improving operations by up-keeping our plants and machinery to globally benchmarked standards," said Gustavo Navarro, CEO at INSEE Cement. "By carrying out preventive maintenance we ensure... |
Insee Cement steps up raw material unloading27 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Hambantota International Port (HIP) recorded its highest discharge levels of bulk cargo recently, when a shipment of gypsum consigned to Insee Cement was unloaded at a rate of 24,000tpd by port operations. Thusith Gunawarnasuriya, director procurement and logistics of Insee Cement, says this was an extraordinary achievement for a Sri Lankan port in terms of speed and efficiency. "As the No 1 cement manufacturing company in Sri Lanka, we import raw materials in large vessels. B... |
INSEE Cement (Lanka) holds child career guidance programme27 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement (Lanka) Plc has held a ’Find Your Spark', an interactive virtual career guidance programme. The objective of the programme was to equip the children of employees with the right knowledge and skills to grow their talent, choose their future career wisely and achieve their best. The programme included a series of workshops conducted by a panel of renowned professionals, whom the children could look up to as role models. Gustavo Navarro, CEO of INSEE Cement (Lanka) s... |
INSEE Cement Sri Lanka signs environmental MoUs06 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement Sri Lanka, has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Ministry of Environment and the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka to support the government’s sustainability agenda. INSEE Cement, under the patronage of Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Environment, has formalised two private-public partnership (PPP) projects supporting the government’s sustainability agenda under the theme 'Vistas of Prosperity and Splendor' specially targeting circular ec... |