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Hire company HSS Hire is the latest company to become tenants of the successful Sisk Marlin Developments’ Hanworth Trade Park on the Hanworth Trading Estate, some 6km from London Heathrow Airport.

Due to its location, and the other attributes, the park is rapidly becoming a hub for building supplies, DIY and other trade companies, who are keen to utilise features of the site, which includes Sunday opening.

Phase 2 of the letting of Hanworth Trade Park started with almost immediate success with Bathroo

Holcim Indonesia plans to capitalise on the growing demand for cement to fuel infrastructure projects in the eastern part of Sumatra by setting up a new mill in Lampung.

Its president director Eamon John Ginley would not to reveal the investment value to construct the new mill as well as the mill's capacity.

Holcim is scheduled to open the new mill in April-June 2015.

Thomas Lehmann, the CEO of Libet, a Polish leader in the paving stone market, has said that in the next few years the company plans to take over three or four factories in areas of the country where it does not currently have a presence.

A new element of Libet's strategy is also investing in gravel production, this being a major raw material for the company, which aims to buy its first pit before the end of 2014, expecting to spend around PLN 100mn (€23.87 million) in all on factories and gravel pits in

Tata Steel in Europe has been recognised with its first supplier award from Joy Global (Tianjin) Mining Machinery, China, one of the world leaders in underground mining equipment, for the supply of its branded abrasion-resistant steel, Abrazo.

Joy Global (Tianjin) selects two suppliers each year from the 50 key suppliers it works with, on the basis of a combination of delivery, quality and value.

Tata Steel, via its Dalzell site in Scotland, was the only steel mill this year to receive recognition fr

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)/(HCME) has announced a change in structure for its official distribution network of Hitachi construction equipment in Spain.

In order to provide its customers with one dedicated point of contact, HCME has appointed HJM as its sole distributor for the Spanish market. With its headquarters located in Ponferrada, north-east Spain, HJM will also have a new 18,000m² branch office for central Spain, located in the outskirts of Madrid.

Previously, the company had succe

Bruno Rodique has been appointed general manager of the Saran engine factory, near Orleans, France, where he will be in charge of all operations at the site, which has almost 1,000 employees. He will take over production of Final Tier 4 engines. He will also become the new CEO of John Deere France.

He held various posts at the Saran factory then at John Deere’s European headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, for three years. In May 2011, he took over as factory manager at Arc-lès-Gray, France, before his la

A special British Precast 50th Anniversary Awards dinner has celebrated winners of the British Precast Best Practice Awards and also 50 years of the association.

“These Awards have showcased outstanding examples of our members’ tireless work in health & safety, sustainability, projects and innovation,” says Andrew Dix, president of British Precast.

“We had over 30 entries this year from a wide range of member companies, both large and small. These Awards demonstrate the best of ingenuity and forward-t

FLSmidth has received orders worth approximately US$£43 million (approximately DKK 231 million/€31 million) from the Mongolian company, Mongolyn Alt (MAK) Group, to supply engineering, procurement and site construction services for the Tsagaan Suvarga copper-molybdenum concentrator project.

This greenfield plant, with a capacity of 40,000tonnes/day of ore, will be located in the central part of the proven Oyu Tolgoi south Gobi porphyry copper belt in south-east Mongolia.

Lafarge's net loss has grown by 15% year-on-year for the first quarter of 2014, from €117 million in 2013 to €135 million in 2014 with the company blamed the result on the 'seasonality' of its business and the effect of the variations of the net-of-tax gains and losses on divestments.

"Our first quarter results confirmed the positive trends experienced at the end of 2013. Our volumes were supported by continuing growth in emerging markets and the progressive improvement in several European markets. North

Cemex’ consolidated net sales reached US$3.6 billion (€2.6 billion) during the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 8% versus the comparable period in 2013, due to the higher prices of products in local currency terms in most of the company’s operations as well as higher volumes in its regions.

Operating EBITDA increased by 3% during the quarter to $535 million versus the same period in 2013 while operating earnings before other expenses, net, in the first quarter increased by 12% to $268 million.

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Heidelberg Cement’s revenue and sales volumes increased in the first quarter of 2014, although it still made a loss for the period.

The German-based global group says that revenue was up by 5.7% year-on-year for the quarter at €2.75 billion compared to €2.6 billion in the first quarter of 2013. Operating income before depreciation (OIBD) was €229 million, a 15.6% increase from €198 million.

The group reported successful price increases and improved cost control as reasons behind the improved takings.

CNH Industrial has announced the appointment of Andy Blandford, who is taking responsibility for Case and New Holland Construction in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. He brings more than 25 years’ experience in sales and operations to his new role which he developed while working with major players in the industry.

Mario Gasparri leaves his position to take responsibility for all group brands and segments of CNH Industrial in South Africa.

The CEO of Italcementi, Carlo Pesenti, revealed the Italian cement producer is set to establish a new grinding facility at Solapur in the Indian state of Maharashtra as part of the company's expansion in India. Pesenti recently attended the ground-breaking ceremony of Zuari Cement's port-based terminal with a capacity of 1 million tonnes in Kochi.