Holcim inaugurates Schifflange, Luxembourg, production site

Holcim has inaugurated a new production site in Schifflange, Luxembourg, the company's first site in the country. The company invested €6 million at the site, which created 40 direct and indirect jobs. It was designed to minimise the environmental footprint. The concrete production capacity will reach nearly 150,000m³/year. One or two more sites may be opened in Luxembourg in the future with the second site located in the country's centre.

September 30, 2013 Read time: 1 min

680 Holcim has inaugurated a new production site in Schifflange, Luxembourg, the company's first site in the country.

The company invested €6 million at the site, which created 40 direct and indirect jobs. It was designed to minimise the environmental footprint. The concrete production capacity will reach nearly 150,000m³/year.

One or two more sites may be opened in Luxembourg in the future with the second site located in the country's centre.

HeidelbergCement inaugurates new plants in Africa

HeidelbergCement has inaugurated the new greenfield Scantogo clinker plant in Togo. The new US$ 250 million (€236 million) plant possesses an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes (5,000tonnes/day) and is located at Tabligbo, some 80km north-east of the capital city Lomé. More than 2,000 guests attended the ceremony, among them the president of the Republic of Togo; the president of the National Assembly, and the German ambassador in Togo. With the Scantogo investment, HeidelbergCement has become the larges