Europe

Safety is intrinsic to every EPC-UK operation. With a strategic goal of creating a 'Zero Harm' environment, the company kicks off every year with a series of Safety Briefings to review and reinforce its safety messages. To make this year's briefings more memorable during these challenging times, EPC-UK decided to add a touch of magic in the form of performing duo, Fifth Dimension.

Tarmac is marking National Apprenticeship Week (8 to 14 February) by allowing its current group of apprentices to take over its social media channels to share first-hand insights into what life is like as an apprentice working within the construction industry.

Volvo Group says it has created a "business area" to offer its clients battery life-cycle options including disposal and repurposing and to develop charging infrastructure.

Major off-highway diesel engine maker Cummins expects good growth in key regional market sales in 2021 after reporting resilient trading in COVID-19-hit 2020.

Aggregates producer Hanson is marking 20 years of its wetland project with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) at Ouse Fen in Cambridgeshire, UK with the transfer of a further 80 hectares of restored land from its Needingworth quarry to the nature reserve.

Metso Outotec has convened local trade unions to negotiations concerning the restructuring and operational reduction of its operations in Sweden.

Major UK construction materials supplier Aggregate Industries has been re-certified for another three years of ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS), after being recognised for continually improving effectiveness and efficiencies across the business.

The market for mineral products including aggregates, concrete, asphalt and mortar saw a sustained recovery in Great Britain during the fourth quarter of 2020, although full-year sales volumes were down on 2019.