Heidelberg investment boosts UK’s Padeswood cement plant

Production at Hanson Cement's Padeswood cement plant will increase after an investment by Heidelberg. The firm is looking to reinstate a railhead and develop a new packaging production line at the plant near Mold, North Wales. The development, which awaits Flintshire council approval, will create 35 jobs. The plant currently operates at half capacity, with Hanson Cement optimistic the plant will return to full capacity.
July 31, 2014 Read time: 1 min

Production at 1343 Hanson Cement's Padeswood cement plant will increase after an investment by Heidelberg. The firm is looking to reinstate a railhead and develop a new packaging production line at the plant near Mold, North Wales. The development, which awaits Flintshire council approval, will create 35 jobs. The plant currently operates at half capacity, with Hanson Cement optimistic the plant will return to full capacity.

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