Mondi launched a bag that offers weather protection and significantly extends the shelf life of its contents. The patent-pending HybridPro is a technically demanding combination of paper and plastic, and is suitable for many industries and applications, particularly construction materials.
Read MoreCemex LatAm Holdings (CLH) announced that its consolidated net sales reached $394 million during the second quarter of 2015, a decrease of 11 percent versus the second quarter of 2014. This decline is mainly explained by currency fluctuations and lower sales in operations in Colombia, noted the company. Operating EBITDA, adjusted for the currency fluctuations, increased by 2 percent during…
Read MoreBy a bipartisan vote of 65 to 34, the U.S. Senate passed a six-year surface transportation authorization. Passage of the “Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act” or the DRIVE Act represents a major step toward completion of a robust highway bill this fall. Co-sponsored by Senators James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), David Vitter (R-La.), and…
Read MoreIn the first half of 2015, Holcim generated higher cash flow from operating activities and increased net income supported by the gain from the divestment of the group’s minority shareholding in Siam City Cement (Thailand) in March. However, Holcim was faced with an overall challenging development as lower than anticipated demand in some markets caused volume declines in cement and impacted…
Read MoreThe Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court overturned a San Pedro Civil Court ruling which ordered Cemex to pay the municipality of Quisqueya RD$893 million ($19.8 million), or 3 percent of the company´s gross income from 2011 to 2013, reported the Dominican Today.
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Martin Engineering designed an innovative solution to address ratholing and clogging of limestone dust in the main hopper at CRH Roadstone’s Waterford facility in Ireland. Before implementing the changes, limestone dust extracted from the quarry was screened and loaded into the hopper, where gradual build-up left just a center hole for discharge, seriously affecting production. Regular clearing of the obstruction…
Read MoreCemex announced a $6.0 million investment to increase the packing and palletizing capacity of its cement plant in San Pedro de Macoris (east), according to Dominican Today.
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Hansford Sensors, the leading manufacturer and global supplier of industrial accelerometers, released a free white paper that offers cement manufacturers valuable advice on using vibration monitoring to enhance the efficiency of production machinery. The paper begins by looking at the challenges posed by cement manufacturing and why these challenges demand predictive maintenance, especially vibration monitoring. It then goes on to…
Read MoreHolcim Ltd. and Lafarge SA officially launched their new combined building materials company – LafargeHolcim – on July 15 after overcoming a series of regulatory hurdles and challenges since announcing the planned merger in April 2014. Combined, LafargeHolcim is an operator of 2,500-plus cement, concrete and aggregate plants in 90 countries.
Read MoreWith more than 30 years of experience in dispatching and Cloud-based information logistics, Paradigm Shift Logistics, Inc. (PSL Inc.) announced that it has entered the construction materials marketplace with an “unprecedented technological advancement.”
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