In the area of concrete admixtures for ready-mixed and site-mixed concrete (Fig.), the Sika ViscoFlow product group opens up new possibilities for retention of the consistency of concrete and thus for...
Claudius Peters Brasil has been awarded a multi-million € contract to supply four complete mixing chamber silo systems to Votorantim Cimentos (VC), one of the largest cement producers in the...
The motto of the traditional seminar on blastfurnace cement, organized by the CEMEX HüttenZement GmbH, on 12.04.2011 will be “Environmentally Efficient – Powerful – Durable”. The...
KHD was one of 11 German companies to sign cooperation agreements during the two-day Chinese delegation to Berlin, headed by Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who many predict will be the future leader...
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16) in Cancún/Mexico, held from 29.11.–10.12.2010 ended with the adoption of a balanced package of decisions that set all governments more firmly on the path...
Since November 2010 Lafarge Zement has been a member of the German Association for Sustainable Construction (Deutsche Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen – DGNB). The non-profit organization...
At the anniversary celebration, the CEO Arthur Loibl thanked his family, all the present and former employees, the city of Straubing as well as all suppliers, customers and friends for their...
Holcim, together with a partner, acquired eight aggregates pits and quarries and four ready-mix concrete plants in Alsace/France and four ready-mix concrete plants in the Basle area/Switzerland from...
The European Union locked all accounts in its carbon market on the 19.01.2011 after a security breach, seeking to protect the battered reputation of the EU’s main weapon against climate change. The...
As of January 14, 2011, Ravindra Vithal Phadke (Fig.) took over the management of Intensiv-Filter India Pvt. Ltd. He follows Rammesh Rathi who died suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of 2010....
