Herbst Tiefbau is a civil engineering business run by Christian Herbst and his six-man professional team – the company operates in Epfach, which is one of the most beautiful landscapes in Germany. "Your civil engineering partner in the foothills of the Alps," is how Christian Herbst describes his business.
Innovandi - the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network (GCCRN) - is this week staging the first of a series of events for the rest of the year to accelerate the development of research projects to lower the CO2 footprint of cement and concrete.
German building materials giant HeidelbergCement has unveiled its new strategy 'Beyond 2020' at this year's Capital Markets Day. Key elements of the strategy are new medium-term financial and sustainability targets that the company aims to achieve by 2025.
LafargeHolcim is taking part in Europe's largest hackathon HackZurich and challenging technical and data experts to provide innovations in sustainability to support cities as they face the task of housing two billion more people over the next 25 years.
Marshalls chief executive Martyn Coffey is confident of a market recovery from COVID-19-induced disruption which impacted on the group’s first-half 2020 trading.
French construction chemicals company CHRYSO is collaborating with Solidia Technologies, a US-based 'green' cement and concrete tech start-up, to improve the sustainability performance and material properties of Solidia's ultra-low CO2 concrete.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has indicated it will approve Breedon Group's acquisition of CEMEX assets in the UK, providing certain requirements are fulfilled.
Total UK Limited – Bitumen Division, one of the market-leading manufacturers of bitumen and speciality bitumen products, has launched a new version of its online ordering platform to simplify the purchasing process and provide greater management information.
Cement industry companies are less likely to enter new markets through mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the near future and will look to consolidate their positions in existing markets, according to an analyst at Bank of America.
Doosan Infracore Europe has appointed Leicester, central England-based Pioneer Plant as the new authorised Doosan dealer for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and the PE and NG postcode areas of South Lincolnshire in the UK.
Mexican building materials giant CEMEX has revealed the framework of 'Operation Resilience', its medium-term strategy, that incorporates the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and lays out a plan to enhance EBITDA growth over the next three years.
