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ABB wins major control system contract from Jura Cement

04 September 2006, Published under Cement News

For more than 20 years BBC/ABB‚s process control system Procontic has been operating successfully at Jura Cement Fabriken, Wildegg. Now ABB has been chosen to update the installation with the most modern process control technologies. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today that is has won an order worth more than two million Swiss Francs for the replacement of a complete control system at Jura Cement ’s  cement production line No. 5. This major ...

FLSmidth wins contract in Egypt

25 August 2006, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth & Co A/S reports that it has secured a Euro 43m contract from Sinai Cement Company in Egypt.  The contract covers the delivery of equipment for a new cement production line at Sinai Cement Company’s plant on the Sinai Peninsula. The plant was built by FLSmidth and ASEC Engineering in 1998-2001.  The new production line will have a daily capacity of 4200t.  The new production line is scheduled to go on stream already in May 2008. FLSmidth will supply all machines and auxiliary equip...

Florida Rock Chooses US LEC

25 August 2006, Published under Cement News

US LEC Corp a full-service provider of IP, data and voice solutions to businesses and enterprise organizations throughout the Eastern United States, today announced Florida Rock Industries, Inc has chosen the company as its communications partner to implement a combined data networking and disaster recovery solution.    Florida Rock is one of the nation’s leading producers of construction aggregates; a major provider of ready-mixed concrete and concrete products in the Southeastern and Mid-...

Argos selects i2 Solutions to drive supply chain

24 August 2006, Published under Cement News

i2 Technologies, Inc has announced that Cementos Argos S.A has selected i2 supply chain planning and  transportation management solutions. The company intends to implement these solutions to drive overall supply chain efficiency, reduce transportation  costs as the transportation world presents unprecedented complexity and challenges to shippers, and seize the untapped growth potential in global markets. "We chose i2 for its user-interfaces, functionality, scalability and speed to impleme...

Pavilion Technologies Awarded Fifteen New Patents

09 August 2006, Published under Cement News

Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in model-based software, today announced that it has been awarded fifteen new patents for innovations in the field of modelling, optimisation and control. Pavilion’s new patents enable manufacturers to further improve manufacturing production processes and thereby increase production, enhance in-process quality and reduce variable costs. These patents also extend the application of Pavilion’s modelling technology to the enterprise, generating additional ...

Savinsky Cement begins installing new filters

24 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Savinsky Cement Mill (Eurocement Group) has begun installing a Swedish-made unique horizontal filter.  The contract for the delivery of the filter was signed with France’s ALSTOM Power Stavan. The equipment costs Euro 1.3 million. Environmental measures have been enforced by Savinsky Cement Mill since the company joined the Eurocement holding in 2002.   In 2005, the Savinsky plant manufactured 710,000t of cement, an eight per cent increase from 2004. This year’s plans call for raising output...

Kawasaki wins order in Vietnam

12 July 2006, Published under Cement News

Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan has just won a nearly EUR77.4m contract to supply design, equipment, material and technical services for the second production line of But Son 2 Cement Plant in central Vietnam.   The contract was signed in Hanoi between the Japanese contractor and Vietnam’s But Son Cement Joint Stock Company.    Construction of the cement production line is scheduled to start later this year for completion in early 2009.    The line, which is expected to turn out 4000t...

New orders for KHD Humboldt Wedag

30 June 2006, Published under Cement News

KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH, Cologne, Germany was awarded the contract for revamping the kiln line at Cementir´s cement production plant Arquata with the installation of a new PYROFLOOR® clinker cooler as highlight. Under a contract with Redecam Group S.p.A., as General Contractor, KHD Humboldt Wedag will supply engineering and equipment for the revamping of the kiln line at Arquata cement plant with a capacity of 1200tpd clinker. Meanwhile, KHD has received the order for design and supply of ...

Neoris awarded Cemex contract

27 June 2006, Published under Cement News

Neoris, the 4th largest IT consultancy in Latin America, has recently announced  that it has been awarded a contract to support Cemex in the implementation of its SAP-based business process management solution throughout Cemex’s European operations. This implementation, led by key consultants from Cemex’s Information Technology and Business Process Evolution team (IT & BPE) and Neoris, will help accelerate the integration of Cemex’s European operations, acquired through the acquisition of R...

FLSmidth & Co wins Iran kiln order

23 June 2006, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth & Co AS said it has won a Euro 35m order from Fars & Khuzestan Cement Co’s Abyek Cement unit to expand and modernise a cement production line in Iran. Capacity at the cement plant will increase to over 8500tpd from currently 4000tpd.