Europe & CIS

QuvasoyCement JSC, part of United Cement Group, has replaced compressors at its production facility to save up to US$25,109 annually on electricity costs.

The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, the UK, and select US states, have all been identified by the World Economic Forum and Global Cement and Concrete Association's Mission Possible Partnership Report as nations prioritising green procurement.

Bekabadcement, part of the United Cement Group holding, has become a partner of the key project to build the International Transport Corridor connecting Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

An important milestone towards green transformation, RHI Magnesita will make the CO2 footprints of its around 200 000 products transparent and comparable.

Hanson has opened a new ready-mixed concrete plant in Birmingham, increasing the company’s footprint and capabilities in the key West Midlands market.

ERIKS, the leading UK and European specialised industrial service provider, has been appointed by SKF as a Certified Gearbox Rebuilder.

In the autumn of 2022, BekabadCement JSC, part of United Cement Group, is going to launch own customer support service.

Kant Cement Plant, JSC, part of United Cement Group, upgrades its equipment to increase thermal efficiency.

Menzel Elektromotoren launched the construction work for its new plant in Hennigsdorf on the outskirts of Berlin with the laying of the foundation stone on 11 June 2022.

The FAM Group of Magdeburg, a supplier of conveyor systems and loading technology, is now wholly owned by the BEUMER Group, Beckum.

In the Karsdorf plant of OPTERRA Zement GmbH, the 'small' complete filling and packing plant for bagged cements has been proving its huge advantages since March 2021.

The materials technology company Betolar has been granted a patent for a method and arrangement for treating and converting waste material into a reinforcing binder. In the future, the binder can be utilised commercially. Hence it creates value for the waste material now generating costs.

Representatives of Re-Gen Waste have visited Holcim in Spain to see the process behind the ECOPlanet range of green cement.

After two years of social distancing, the members of EUROSAC got together for a physical congress on 20 May in Bilbao. Under the theme “Paper sacks on the move!”, around 130 participants discussed recent developments for the fast-developing paper sack and sack kraft paper industry.

The research company CI4C has commissioned Thyssenkrupp's Polysius business unit to build a polysius pure oxyfuel kiln system on the site of the Mergelstetten cement plant in southern Germany.