Month: May 2012

Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Stronger than expected job creation and the beginning of a construction industry recovery means gains in real construction spending will materialize this year—after seven years of consecutive declines. According to the new forecast from PCA, increases in cement consumption will follow. PCA revised its fall forecast upward from 1.1 percent, to a modest 3.7…

Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Four cement plants received special recognition for their commitment to improving the environment and their communities at the 11th Annual Cement Industry Environment and Energy Awards, sponsored by PCA and Concrete Products’ sister publication Cement Americas at the association’s recent spring meeting in Chicago. Of the six total top awards, Cemex’s Louisville facility took…

To mark the 100-year anniversary of parent company Holcim Ltd., the Waltham-based headquarters of Holcim (US) Inc. is participating in a year-long community service initiative called Together for Communities, in which Holcim employees lead local volunteer projects around Massachusetts.

Source: CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp., Cypress, Calif. Putting an end to a 10-year-old patent litigation brought by Ultimax, Hassan Kunbargi, Heartland Cement Sales Company and the K.A. Group against CTS Cement Manufacturing, manufacturers of Rapid Set Cement, its Chairman Edward K. Rice, and a number of CTS customers, Judge Andrew J. Guilford of the U.S. District Court for the Central…

Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. Meeting in Chicago recently, the PCA Board of Directors elected Cary Cohrs, president of American Cement Company, vice chair of PCA. Cohrs has been a member of the PCA board since 2008 and serves on the Executive Committee, Government Affairs Council, and as co-chair of the Manufacturing Technical Committee. Aris Papadopoulos of Titan America…

Source: Portland Cement Association, Skokie, Ill. PCA recognized four cement terminals that had the best safety records in North America during PCA’s Spring Meeting in Chicago last week. For U.S. operations, three categories of terminals, based on employee work hours, were considered for this prestigious award.