News

The regional asphalt business of US-based contractor Pace Construction has been purchased by Fred Weber also of the US for an undisclosed sum.

As a result of the deal, Fred Weber is able to “solidify its capacity to deliver the highest quality materials for projects.”

According to Fred Weber, the acquisition will also help boost revenue.

Dutch concrete plant Excluton says it is focussing on sustainable innovation to remain competitive in the market.

The company claims its concrete absorbs water better, breaks down CO2 and reflects light which makes the road more visible in the dark.

Excluton was the first to receive a cradle-to-cradle certificate for sustainable flooring and now considers transporting more over water instead of roads.

Some 60% of the raw materials will be gathered within 10km of the plant and 28% of the raw materia

The system integrator 1C-Rarus has installed the 1C: Document Management 8 Corp. IT solution at the Novosibirsk Quarry administration in Russia.

The project has created a single document registration and storage system for all of the company's divisions; reduced the number of paper documents; eliminated the risk of document loss; accelerated the finalisation of documentation, and reduced costs.

SSAB says its University Challenge is an opportunity for students to present their ideas for new, innovative solutions using high-strength steels.

Applications are now being accepted for the annual competition, with a deadline of 15 October.

Happening in conjunction with the Swedish Steel Prize Competition, the winner of this year’s University Challenge will be announced in November in Stockholm, Sweden.

For the competition entry, students (groups or individuals) can submit a design study; a produc

The Greek cement industry has been directly hit by the country's debt crisis, reflected by Titan Cement's 30 June 2015 announcement that it cannot pay a shareholder dividend due to the government's capital controls.
Titan Cement saw the first improvements in its operating results in seven years and a profit in 2014, while other cement producers Halyps Cement (Italcementi) and Heracles General Cement (Lafarge) reported rising cement volumes in 2014 with an improved construction market.
However, Lafarge sai

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is reportedly planning to invest US$150.29 million in a second cement factory in Cameroon, a plant which will have annual production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes. The new site will be in the suburbs of Yaoundé. Chinese group Sinoma are due to carry out the works which are scheduled to last 20 months. Dangote is said by local media to have also have expressed interest in investing in the fields of hydrocarbons, rice and sugar in Cameroon.

Leading infrastructure services company FM Conway has been named UK Construction Recycler of the Year at the Materials Recycling World (MRW) National Recycling Awards. The National Recycling Awards is the only cross-sector recycling and waste management event, designed to recognise and reward recycling best practice across the breadth of British industry. The Construction Recycler of the Year award recognises companies in the construction sector who champion the careful use of resources, and have embedded

The foundation stone for Deutz’s new shaft centre has been laid by Dr Helmut Leube, chairman of the Board of Management of Deutz, together with Jürgen Roters, Mayor of Cologne. This ceremonial act to mark the official start of construction of the German off-highway equipment diesel engine manufacturer’s new facility was watched by Dr Margarete Haase and Michael Wellenzohn from Deutz's board of management, Werner Scherer, chairman of the Deutz general works council, and the employees from the shaft productio

The impact of the use of digital technologies and new business models on the construction equipment industry within Europe, and the design of suitable EU regulations to cater for it, will be discussed at the CECE CEMA Summit in Brussels, Belgium on 23-24 September 2015.

Construction machines are getting smarter with every generation, supporting what today is called ‘smart construction jobs’. In a networked world, construction machines, operations, services and people are connected. ‘Big data’ has made

Canadian off-road equipment manufacturer Camoplast Solideal has changed its name to Camso. Following a transition period, the new name will become the master brand for the firm’s off-road tyres (OTR), tracks, and track systems.

“The launch of Camso highlights the success our company has achieved in just a few years. We have become the world's second-largest specialised player in the manufacturing of tyres, tracks, and track systems for off-road vehicles,” explains Camso chairman of the board and CEO Pie

Caterpillar and Barloworld Power have launched a combined initiative to assemble Cat electric power generators in South Africa to meet rising demand, reduce unit cost and promote localisation.

As the first Cat equipment assembly unit to be established in South Africa, the new facility marks a significant milestone in the partnership between Caterpillar and Barloworld Power, its southern African dealer for Energy and Transportation.

The generators are supplied in kit form and assembled locally from sc

Komatsu has warned that a scam website is posing as part of its group and asking for personal information from people hoping for a job within the company.

The scam site is for a fictitious company in Ghana. “Komatsu Ltd does not have a subsidiary or affiliate called ‘Komatsu Global Mining And Construction Company Ghana’ and has no connection with such company,” the Japanese construction equipment manufacturing giant said.

“The website mentioned above is using data copied from Komatsu's official websi

More than 100 delegates and exhibitors from across the UK’s quarrying and aggregates sector gathered earlier this week for the 2015 British Aggregates Association AGM and Dinner.

The event at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel in Birmingham, county Warwickshire, England on Monday 29 June included a number of morning presentations from, among others, Joseph Mankelow, of the British Geological Survey, on the importance of delegates’ contributing to the next Minerals Survey for England and Wales; Brian Duth

Jarmo Jonninen has taken up his duties as a new CEO at ALLU Group having worked as financial and human resources director at the group where he has been employed since 1989.
Since 1999 the ALLU concern CEO has been Kauko Pylväs who retired on30 June.
During his career all ALLU companies have grown steadily, especially internationally, and today ALLU has offices in Sweden, Germany, France, USA, UAE and China. In addition, ALLU dealer distribution network covers about 30 countries and over 90% of own produc

The board at Spanish cement company, Cementos Molins, has approved the appointment of Julio Rodriguez in the post of managing director, replacing Juan Molins Amat who stepped down in order to become first vice-president of the board.

Rodriguez was until now executive vice president of operations at Schneider Electric and a member of the company’s global management committee.

The shareholders at Cementos Molins also approved the appointment of Andrea Kathrin Christenson as an independent board member.