Lafarge India has announced the appointment of Mr Ujjwal Batria as CEO, effective 22 June. Mr Batria succeeds Martin Kreigner, who has been appointed future Area Manager Central Europe of Lafarge Holcim.
Mr Batria joined Lafarge in 1999 and has held different positions across the company since then. Prior to this appointment, Mr Batria was Managing Director of Lafarge India Pvt Ltd, managing the company’s cement business. The company reports that he brings a rich and diverse experience in the construction material industry to the role.
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.
In GlobalData’s recent quarterly construction update, the forecast for Argentina’s construction industry was revised downwards, with output now expected to contract by 23.5% in 2020 and -5.4% in 2021.
