Special reports

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

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

Portland Cement Association, a policy, research, education, and market intelligence organisation, has announced the winners of its recent awards ceremony in the category of Energy and Environment (E&E).

Allen Hamblen, CEO of CalPortland Co. and Chairman of the Portland Cement Association, argues that it is time resiliency was taken into account during discussions about sustainability.

Raluca Cercel, CW Group, discusses the predictions for the future of the US cement and construction industries.

Emir Adiguzel, World Cement Association, argues that overcapacity is a still a major problem for the global cement industry.

Portland Cement Association announced the winners to its awards in the area of plant safety.

CarbonCure has announced a collaboration with Airgas to adopt CO2 utilisation technologies for concrete production within the US Gulf Coast.

Graphene, which is stronger and more water resistant than existing concretes, has been produced using new nanotechnology.

GE are to provide Power Cement Limited with a a 132/6.3 kilovolt (kV) air-insulated switchgear (AIS) grid station in order to increase capacity.

Barbour ABI has announced that infrastructure construction contract figures hit an all time low in March.

World Cement talks to John Stull, CEO of US Cement at LafargeHolcim about his career, the challenges facing the cement industry, the importance of sustainability - and the most interesting place he's visited.

Bulent Kolanci, ABB, describes the upgrade of Cement Knowledge Manager and LIMS at The Monarch Cement Co.

World Cement asked three leading companies how trends in automation and Big Data were impacting the bagging, packing, and dispatch of cement.

William Jerald, CalPortland, discusses the drive to achieve energy efficiency at the company's Rillito and Ore Grande cement plants.