Europe & CIS

Sales were up in 1Q18 at LafargeHolcim on the back of rising cement volumes and despite challenging winter weather conditions in key markets.

USD Groundworks & Civil Engineering, a leading groundworks company in southeast England, has received ISO 9001:2015 accreditation.

HeidelbergCement swung into profit and provided a picture of strong underlying demand for its cement in 1Q18, despite the challenges of a long winter and early Easter holiday in Europe.

Cementir Holding reported a fall in like-for-like earnings in 1Q18, as the company outlines a three-year plan to 2020 concentrated on reducing debt.

CEMEX has announced that CEMEX Croatia is contributing building materials to Montenegro’s infrastructure boom.

Hallamshire Engineering Services has won a contract with Roltech Mechanical Ltd in Newcastle-under-Lyme to supply pulleys for conveyors on a new 2000 TPH ballast washing system.

German companies HAVER & BOECKER and WINDMÖLLER & HÖLSCHER plan the founding of a joint company specialising in filling and palletising.

Vicat reported rising sales volumes and revenues in 1Q18, despite the continued appreciation of the euro.

German company, DURAG, has completed the acquisition of AP2E, a developer and manufacturer of industrial gas analysis systems.

Year-on-year cement production jumped by almost 45% in January 2018, according to statistics from the Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association.

Former Executive Chairman of Hope Construction Materials, Amit Bhatia, has been appointed non-executive Deputy Chairman of Breedon Group.

Prolonged and severe winter weather hit CRH’s 1Q19 performance in both Europe and the Americas, as like-for-like sales fell 2% on the previous year.

Claudius Peters has comissioned a turnkey silo and discharge equipment solution for the Port of Klaipeda in Lithuania.

FLSmidth is restructuring around two industries – cement and mining – a new regionalised structure for sales and services, and a centralised digital organisation

Prices for traded portland cement and clinker in the Mediterranean Basin and Persion Gulf-Arabian Sea regions are up slightly in April.