East Africa Portland Cement Company, Kenya, has appointed Mr Albert Sigei as Chief Operating Officer, effective 24 August. Mr Sigei will be responsible for Production Operation, Production Engineering, Supply Chain Management and Sales and Marketing. .
Mr Sigei joins EAPCC from Lafarge, Nigeria, where he was Vice-President of Business Support & Ready-Mix operations.
EAPCC is in the process of upgrading its main Athi River plant, with an investment of Sh1 billion. The upgrade will improve reliability, increase production and improve energy efficiency.
WCT2020 provides a unique online forum for cement industry professionals to hear first-hand from experts through a series of exclusive presentations from cement producers and industry experts.
World Cement Editor, David Bizley, sat down with Michael Tay, Advanced Analytics Product Manager at Rockwell Automation to discuss his recent article in World Cement.
Entitled ‘Smooth Sailing’, this article explains how machine learning can help save energy, reduce downtime and predict equipment failures, thus enabling the smooth running of cement plant operations.
There is no shortage of challenges when it comes to any cement silo cleanout project. Mole•Master Services Corporation was contracted to resolve a number of issues at a large cement producer in northeastern Missouri, US.
East African Portland Cement Company is partnering with the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations to launch a forum to help prevent shoddy construction.
The shutdown of East Africa Portland Cement Company’s clinker and packing units resulted in a pretax loss of KES124 million in the six months to 31 December 2014.
East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is planning to set up a KES800 million power generation plant in Kenya. The unit will run on waste gases generated by its Athi River cement facility.
