Hanson UK has appointed Daniel Cooper as its chief executive officer, replacing Patrick O’Shea who stepped down at Christmas, having spent eight years as head of the construction materials business.
Daniel was previously northern regional manager for Hanson Australia. Following his graduation from Murdoch University in Perth with a double major in commerce and economics, he joined Pioneer Concrete in Australia in 1993. In 2000, Hanson acquired Pioneer and Daniel held a number of operational, commercial and customer service management roles, including regional general manager for Western Australia.
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.
