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Cemex UK invests in packaging technology13 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsCemex has confirmed an investment of over GBP5m into two new plastic packing lines for packed cement at its Rugby Cement plant. This will significantly increase its capacity for producing packed cement and allow the business to provide long term surety of supply to its customers, said Cemex UK. Since Cemex entered the plastic packed cement market in 2011, it has seen demand greatly increase YoY, and this investment will enable the company to meet existing and future customer requiremen... |
Hoffmann Green Cement Technologies signs low-carbon cement supply agreement13 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsHoffmann Green Cement Technologies has signed a partnership contract with French property developer Ouest Réalisations. From 2021 and for the next five years, Hoffmann Green will supply Ouest Réalisations with its clinker-free low-carbon cement resulting from H-UKR technology for the construction of collective housing and commercial buildings. This amounts to a total volume of 75,000m 3 of concrete manufactured by concrete plants distributing Hoffmann Green cement, equivalent to 2... |
UK Concrete appoints new Chair13 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsJeremy Greenwood has been appointed Chair of UK Concrete to work with Director Chris Leese to marshall the collective resources within MPA in The Concrete Centre, MPA Cement, BRMCA and British Precast as part of the roadmap the sector is implementing to go 'Beyond Net Zero by 2050'. MPA CEO, Nigel Jackson, said: "I am delighted that Jeremy is joining the MPA team as Chair of UK Concrete. Whilst at Tarmac he played a major role in developing the thinking within the sector on the promotio... |
Breedon appoints Managing Director of GB Contracting12 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsBreedon Group has appointed James Haluch as managing director of its GB Contracting business. He will join in March and will report to the group's chief executive. Mr Haluch has been MD of Highways & Waste Collections at Amey for the last five years. In all, he has nearly 30 years' experience in the contracting and highway services industry, including senior positions with Mouchel and EM (Kier) Highway Services, where he established and led the strategic highways business. Pat Ward... |
Inform appoints four new co-CEOs to further company expansion12 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsInform has announced four new co-CEOs to join Adrian Weiler, the company's CEO since 1986, who continues in his leadership role. Dr Andreas Meyer, Matthias Berlit, Peter Frerichs and Dr Jörg Herbers have assumed their new roles effective 1 January 2021. Inform develops software for the optimisation of business processes using digital decision making based on artificial intelligence and operations research. In addition to ensuring continuity in its customer and employee relations, the ex... |
Swiss cement demand falls 3% in 4Q2011 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, slipped 3.1 per cent YoY to 1,002,614t in the 4Q20, down from 1,034,914t in the 4Q19, according to cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. In 2020 deliveries were down by 1.5 per cent YoY to 4.151Mt from 4.215Mt in 2019. Switzerland transported 37.5 per cent of its cement via rail in 2020. Domestic cement producers delivered 74.2 per cent of its product to ready-mix concrete producers, while 19.1 per cent was supplied to building ... |
Reel International acquires FLSmidth Hamburg31 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsFrance’s Reel International, which specialises in industrial lifting equipment, has announced the acquisition of FLSmidth Hamburg GmbH. FLSmidth Hamburg, operating under the Möller brand, installs and maintains complex handling equipment for the energy, cement and aluminium industries. The company will be integrated into the French group on 1 January 2021, and will operate as Reel Möller GmbH. |
FLSmidth enters fabric filter technology agreement with Simatek24 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsFLSmidth has agreed to sell its fabric filter technology, a non-core business of FLSmidth's advanced filter technology (AFT) to Denmark-based industrial filter producer, Simatek A/S. Under the agreement, Simatek will supply FLSmidth with fabrick filters while FLSmidth will become a supplier of filter bags and filter cages to Simatek. Through the transaction, FLSmidth will retain its core AFT operations, which continue to be key in delivering the company's MissionZero strategy while Simate... |
Spanish cement demand up 4% in November23 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain has increased by 3.8 per cent YoY to 1,204,590t in November, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. Exports edged up 1.6 per cent YoY in November. In the January-November period, Spain’s cement market contracted by 1.5Mt, or 10.9 per cent to 12.265Mt. Exports declined by 5.5 per cent to 5.852Mt from 6.193Mt in 11M19. "We value positively the approval of the Statute of the electrointensive industry, a resource that we have been demanding for ... |
Spain’s cement sector targets 43% emissions reduction by 203023 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe Spanish cement industry has set a target to reduce its carbon emissions by 43 per cent throughout its entire value chain by 2030 when compared with the 1990 baseline, according the sector’s “Roadmap of the Spanish cement industry to achieve climate neutrality in 2050”. The target sets an intermediate objective to achieving climate neutrality by 2050. To date the sector has reduced carbon emissions by 27 per cent since 1990. To achieve this goal, Spanish cement association Oficemen has... |