Europe & CIS

The Titan Group has released its results for 1H14, with both turnover and EBITDA increasing.

Virginia Zuloaga, Social Media Manager, Loesche GmbH, Germany, discusses the company’s approach to social media and the experiences and opportunities that have arisen from using online platforms.

Italcementi has announced that the ratings agency has confirmed the Ba3 corporate family rating and revised the outlook to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’.

Cementir Holding saw improvements in Scandinavia, Turkey, China and Egypt, but growth in revenues was offset by currency depreciation against the euro.

According to the IET’s latest Engineering and Technology: Skills and Demand in Industry Report, more than half of employers are concerned about the skills shortage and the number of women in engineering remains low at 6%.

Eurocement’s Pikalevsky Cement produced 822 700 t of cement in the first half of 2014, a 6.2% (47 862 t) increase compared to the same period last year.

Italcementi’s cement and clinker sales totalled 21.7 million t in 1H14, in line with the corresponding period in 2013.

The Italian cement company has transferred ownership of the Cadola cement plant to the Austrian building materials company in exchange for a 25% stake in two Wietersdorfer subsidiaries.

Since the Health and Safety at Work Act was introduced 40 years ago in 1974, fatal and major injuries in the workplace have dramatically reduced.

The European Commission has pushed its deadline back by 5 working days in the matter of the proposed acquisition by Cemex of Holcim’s Spanish assets.

The company has put in an application to replace its existing paper packaging line with plastic at the Padeswood cement plant in North Wales.

In 2Q14, HeidelbergCement witnessed strong operating performance compared with the previous year, with increased sales volumes in all business lines.

Cement giant Holcim increased sales of both cement and aggregates in the first half of 2014, with particularly strong performances in North America, Africa Middle East and Europe.

Slingsby remind workers to keep their PPE on, even during the hot weather.

The Turkish building construction cost index increased by 1.7% in 2Q14, while the seasonally adjusted construction confidence index decreased by 1.7% in July 2014.