Cement News tagged under: western europe
Mannok Cement secures Green Energy funding12 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsMannok Cement , located in Fermanagh, is one of two companies in Northern Ireland to secure funding in a new GCP240m (US$298.4m/EUR273.4m) UK Government Green Energy Scheme. The funding will support Mannok in the first vital phase of its energy transformation programme. The first phase of the programme, which the funding will support, is the generation of onsite green hydrogen (H 2 ), a more sustainable, zero-emission fuel created using renewable energy, to replace the use of diese... |
Swiss market contracts by 10% in 1Q2312 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsDeliveries of cement in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, were down 10 per cent YoY to 855,144t in the first quarter of 2023 from 950,556t, according to data published by cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. CEM II/B-M (T-LL) 42,5 N accounted for 32.5 per cent of deliveries while CEM II/A-LL 42,5 N had a 24.5 per cent of the market. CEM II/B-LL 32,5 R accounted for 23.5 per cent of deliveries. CEM I types covered 4.3 per cent of Swiss cement sales. Sales to ready-mix concrete com... |
Gareth Meese promoted to Eriez-Europe MD12 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsMagnet specialist, Eriez ® has promoted Gareth Meese to Managing Director of Eriez-Europe. In this key leadership role within the company’s global group, Mr Meese will be responsible for driving the growth and development of Eriez-Europe, ensuring that its plans align with the organisation’s worldwide corporate strategies. Mr Meese began his career with Eriez as an export sales engineer at the company's Cardiff operations. Over time, he progressed to various other roles within Eriez and... |
Titan reports on record 202211 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsTitan Cement Group has published its 2022 Integrated Annual Report, which outlines the group’s financial, as well as environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. According to the company, 2022 was a year of record sales and strong profitability growth in all markets and significant progress towards the group’s ESG targets for 2025 and beyond. In terms of its financial performance, 2022 was the second consecutive year of record group sales at EUR2282.2m, up 33.1 per cent YoY... |
Samson Materials Handling Ltd appoint new MD11 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsMartin Dummigan has been appointed Managing Director of SAMSON Materials Handling Ltd, Ely, UK, member of the AUMUND Group of companies, effective from the 1 April 2023. He brings with him more than 30 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and business development with global organisations. "I am delighted to welcome Martin Dummigan to the AUMUND Group. He will be a tremendous asset to AUMUND and SAMSON with his extensive knowledge of manufacturing and his international expe... |
Cementos Molins acquires Tecnoresil11 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsCementos Molins has acquired 100 per cent of Tecnoresil, a company that manufactures and distributes chemical products for industrial and decorative flooring, through its construction solutions subsidiary Propamsa. With this acquisition, Cementos Molins strengthens its strategy of expanding its range of construction solutions. With the acquisition of Tecnoresil, a company with over two decades of experience in the sector, Cementos Molins has expanded its range of continuous flooring sol... |
Hanson Padeswood to form part of new UK CCUS clusters06 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe UK Government has confirmed Hanson ’s Padeswood carbon capture and storage project, based in north Wales, UK, as one of eight projects to be taken forward to negotiations to form the basis of the UK’s new carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) clusters. This announcement follows the confirmation in the government’s spring budget of GBP20bn (US$25bn) investment for research into CCUS. Hanson UK is constructing a carbon capture facility at the Padeswood cement works, throug... |
Holcim acquires Sivyer Logistics06 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has acquired Sivyer Logistics, a leading producer of recycled construction and demolition waste (CDW) for the London construction market. Sivyer currently handles around 1Mta of materials, using state-of-the-art recycling and recovery technologies to recover over 500,000t of recycled aggregates and manufactured soils. The acquisition represents a further step toward driving circular construction to make cities more sustainable, according to Holcim. Miljan Gutovic, region head Eu... |
Flender Group appoints new CEO06 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsGerman drive specialist Flender has announced that Christian Terlinde will take over the company’s Group CFO position starting 1 July 2023. Terlinde is currently Group CFO at German commercial vehicle supplier Jost Werke SE. Flender Group CEO, Andreas Evertz, said: “I am very happy that we could win Christian Terlinde for Flender. He is the finance and controlling expert that we have been looking for. His strong experience as CFO in international industrial and automotive companies as... |
Italian cement output advances 4% in January 202305 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsItalian cement production increased by four per cent YoY in January 2023, according to the country’s construction chamber, Federbeton. When compared with the 2015 base index production the value slipped from 69 in December to 66 in January. Cement prices in January 2023 edged up MoM to 212 from 210 in December 2022 when compared with the base year of 2015 (=100). Federbeton reported a 39 per cent increase when compared with January 2022. External trade Grey cement imports in December 202... |