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May 2015

The May issue begins with a focus on Africa and the Middle East, looking at improvements at Savannah Cement and solutions to the energy crisis in Egypt. The issue also features a very special tour of the Devnya Cement plant in Bulgaria, which features a new, state-of-the-art production line. The latest developments in cement packaging are discussed by some of the leaders in the field, and clean-out and level measurement solutions are covered in our storage solutions feature.

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Keynote: The Concrete Initiative: Solutions for Europe’s Future
Koen Coppenholle, Chief Executive of CEMBUREAU.

Savannah Cement: Streamlined
Brian Wamwenje, ICT Manager at Savannah Cement, Kenya.

Sustained Growth
Ahmed Methlouthi, Ministry of Trade, Tunisia.

Energy Crisis in the Egyptian Cement Sector
Ibrahim Ismail, Hesham E. Abdel Hafiez, Asmaa S. Hamouda and Ahmed Soliman.

Alternative Fuels in the Arab World
Dirk Lechtenberg, MVW Lechtenberg, Germany.

Plant Tour: Devnya Cement
Louise Fordham visited Italcementi’s Devnya Cement plant.

A Compact System for Croatia
Andre Tissen, Beumer Group, Germany.

Scaling Up: Sacks and Skills
Sigrid Eder, Starlinger & Co. GmbH, Austria.

Transforming Product Perception
David Khanna, Commercial Director, bpi.visqueen, UK.

Bagging & Packing Round-up
News from Windmöller & Holscher and Haver & Boecker.

Premium Packaging
Graham Rawlings, Concetti SpA, Italy.

Cement Silo Optimisation
Peter King, Australian Silo Clean, Australia.

Bulk Materials Management
Robin Shepherdson, Scale-Tron, Canada.

Assuring Accuracy
Armin Waibel, UWT GmbH, Germany.

Experience for Good Measurement
Graham McGregor, Siemens AG, Canada.

Good Vibrations
Karl S. Gugel, Ph.D., Digital Control Lab, LLC, USA.

Modern and Energy Efficient
Wang Xuemin, Wang Qianqian and Chen Daiyan, CNBM (Hefei) Powder Technology Equipment Co., Ltd, China.

Total Recall
Roberto Ebrase, Eldir System, Italy.

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