New service for Lafarge customers

For the first time in its history, the French building materials group Lafarge held a global supplier competition in 2014: the Lafarge Global Supplier Award. A total of seven categories were...

Most businesses strive to achieve economies of scale – the point at which the cost of producing each unit of value decreases as the volume of units increases. Economies of scale mean greater...

In anticipation of the next round of global competition and new environmental regulations to go into effect worldwide, Siemens is taking steps to ensure that customers are ready. With the right...

In Austrian Styria, the small village of Retznei lies directly on the Mur river. Many inhabitants in this area make a living from growing grapes, fruit, pumpkins and beans. However, the most important...

The main burner of the modernized kiln line at Wössingen (Fig. 1) was ignited for the first time on 20.03.2009. The new plant produced its first cement clinker only two days after the kiln start-up....