02 October 2015
Former Lafarge HQ bought by insurer 02 October 2015
France: The French insurer of health professionals MACSF has announced that it has paid Euro150m to real estate agent Eurosic to buy the office building in Paris that is the former headquarters of cement group Lafarge. Lafarge left the building after its merger with Swiss peer Holcim as the headquarters of the combined group was moved to Switzerland.
The building was constructed in 1993, covers a surface of 12,000m2 and is situated in the 16th Arrondissement in central Paris.
Ahangarancement hits record production in August 2015 02 October 2015
Uzbekistan: Ahangarancement, which is owned by Russia's Eurocement Group, achieved record production figures in August 2015. The company said that it produced 164,000t of cement from 127,205t of clinker in August, rises of 2.5% and 12.2% compared to the same month of 2014. The enterprise shipped 164,863t of cement to consumers in August 2015, a 1.2% year-on-year rise.
Egypt reports September 2015 cement sales 02 October 2015
Egypt: Egyptian cement production hit 969,403t in September 2015 and the total amount put forth for sale by the producing companies was 945,315t, according to a Ministry of Supply statement. The amount of cement distributed the domestic market amounted to 1.02Mt and the amount exported came to 8260t.
ThyssenKrupp merges plant technology businesses in France 02 October 2015
France: The industrial and technology group ThyssenKrupp is has announced that it is 'strengthening its plant technology capabilities in France' by merging the formerly separate entities Polysius and KH Mineral to become ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (France). The step came into effect on 1 October 2015.
The group said that the strategic move is another 'milestone' for the plant engineering and construction company in its efforts to further promote the integration and regionalisation of its plant technology business worldwide. It said that the move pursues ThyssenKrupp's overriding goal of integrating its businesses more closely to create sustainable value as a diversified industrial group. As of today, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (France) employs around 300 employees at two locations in Aix-en-Provence and Sarreguemines.
Samir Abi Ramia, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (France), said, "On the basis of decades of experience in European, Middle Eastern and African markets, excellent engineering skills and proven technologies, we can now offer tailor-made solutions for the cement, mining and raw materials industries in general from a single source. Joining our forces in France, while at the same time benefiting from the global network of one of the world's leading engineering and construction specialists, will enable us serve our customers' needs even better."