Sika Serbia posts higher sales in H1, 2015

Sika, the international construction chemicals and products giant, saw its H1 2017 net profit rise by 16% to CHF 285.7 million (€254.6mn). Global sales were also up 8.1% over the same period to CHF 2.994.9 billion (€2.669bn). In the first half of the year, Sika’s sales in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa) increased by 7%. A new factory for concrete admixtures was opened in Tanzania and a further national subsidiary was founded in Senegal. In Kazakhstan, concrete admixture and mortar production i

Sika has introduced its new Sika Concreto Forte and Sika 3 Plus concrete aggregates during Feicon 2014, a construction industry event held in Brazil. These aggregates make concrete used for residential construction as strong as concrete used for civil engineering works.

The Swiss company has also said it intends to launch two more plants in Russia in the near future, according to CEO Jan Jenish.

Currently, Sika has three plans of dry mortars and concrete admixtures in Russia located in the cities of R

Construction and building materials company Holcim Srbija says it has opened its new concrete factory in Dobanovci, Serbia. Holcim Srbija invested €2 million in the new plant, and will invest a further €4 million by the end of 2013. The factory's capacity will be 100,000tonnes per annum, the majority of which will be launched on the domestic market. In the last decade, the company has invested €131 million in the Serbian market.

Foreign trade in construction machinery and equipment held up in the first six months of 2015, confirming a positive balance of trade for Italian industry coming to €950.8 million, posting substantial stability (+0.1%) compared to the same period in the previous year.

Exports of earthmoving machinery and equipment, road machinery; concrete plant; tower cranes; aggregate preparation machinery, and drilling machinery in the period January-June came to a total of€1.242 billion, up by 5.9% compared to the fi