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UK-based Hanson Cement has appointed Claire Philliskirk as field sales manager of its packed products business. Philliskirk reports to Andy Simpson, national commercial director – packed products, and will coach and support its national sales team as it adopts a new sales programme designed to add value to customers and the service they receive. Previously at O2, Philliskirk has a proven track record in using technology to analyse and transform the sales process and won the Best Woman in Technology Sales

CP Ptuj in Slovenia has been working with the RM 100GO! mobile crusher together with a mesh deck screen and pivoting refeeding belt since 2016. As they appreciate the quality of the RM impact crusher, the Slovenian road construction company has decided to purchase a tracked mobile post-screen from RM just one year later. The combination crushes extremely abrasive rock from the River Drau which is then used as high-quality value aggregate in road construction. "We have been working with the RM 100GO! since

An MB Crusher BF90.3 crusher bucket has been deployed day and night crushing over 60,000m³ of limestone in the latest stage of the construction of the Oryx International School in Qatar, an Orbital Education Group school for Qatar Airways (QA) employees’ children. The construction of Oryx International School in Doha consists of two stages. The first stage (Oryx Minor) was completed in November 2016, when the first buildings were opened. Today, the school is operational. The second project stage

Two new A45G haulers from Volvo Construction Equipment are working at a major new aggregates plant in Gimhae, South Korea, where the local area’s fast-growing industrial landscape means demand for building materials is on the up. One of South Korea’s biggest aggregate producers, Kyung Boo Corporation Inc., has built a new crusher plant in Gimhae, a fast-growing city in the country’s South Gyeongsang province. Opened on October 31, the plant is the biggest in South Gyeongsang province and a newly-arrived

A CECE Skills Breakfast Debate held in the European Parliament tackled some of the key issues affecting the construction and construction equipment sectors. Demographic change, too few women on jobsites, lack of engineers, fierce competition, little interest in STEM disciplines, a bad image of the sector and growing demand for digital skills were among the subjects covered during the event held on Wednesday 22 November. “CECE is determined to address the skills gap by providing a comprehensive review of

The winners of the BRMCA’s Award for Excellence and Customer Service, which recognises ready-mixed concrete companies for high quality, efficient and professional service, have been announced. The overall winner was Hanson UK for two complex concurrent contracts with Story Contracting: Eden Brows and Merseyside Loop. Two companies were awarded Highly Commended; CEMEX UK for 60-70 St Mary Axe, the ‘Can of Ham,’ with A J Morrisroe & Sons Ltd as the contractor and Tarmac for the London Bridge Station Redevelop

Breedon Group, the UK’s largest independent construction materials group , delivered a solid performance in the 10 months to 31 October 2017. Both volumes and revenues were ahead of the prior year, including a full 10-month contribution from the former Hope Construction Materials business, which was part of the Group for only three months in the corresponding period of 2016.

The Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the French President Emmanuel Macron have signed a strategic partnership between their two countries for innovation, digital transformation and green solutions during a ceremony at the Volvo Group HQ in Gothenburg, Sweden. During the event they also met with Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO of the Volvo Group, and viewed some of the company’s latest innovations – including the EX2 all-electric compact excavator, an autonomous refuse truck and an electric bus.

CRH, the global building materials group, said its Q3 2017 trading benefited from continued growth in the Americas. The sector giant reported cumulative sales of €20.7 billion for the first nine months of 2017 – up 2% over the same period of last year. In an interim statement, the company said that while underlying growth in the Americas boosted its trading levels, some operations were impacted by adverse weather and hurricane activity. Momentum remained positive in Europe, it reported, while in Asia,

Powerscreen’s Premiertrak 400X jaw crusher is proving its worth at Casey’s Quarry in Wexford, Ireland.

The Premiertrak 400X range of high performance primary jaw crushing plants are built for medium scale operators in quarrying, demolition, recycling and mining applications. The range includes the Premiertrak 400X with hydraulic adjust and the Premiertrak R400X with hydraulic release. User benefits are said to include track mobility for a quick set-up time (typically under 30 minutes,) hydraulic crusher