Ireland: Quinn Cement and the Warrenpoint Harbour Authority (WHA) have signed contracts to build five cement silos at Warrenpoint Harbour with a total storage capacity of 7500t dedicated to the export of bulk cement from Quinn Cement to the UK market. The 10-year deal will see WHA invest Euro3.2m into the project. Work on the project is due to commence immediately, with completion expected in September 2016.
"This is a very significant development for the business, which will allow us to provide an even stronger service offering to our UK customers as well as creating additional local job-opportunities servicing the growing UK construction sector,” said Liam McCaffrey, CEO of Quinn Industrial Holdings Limited, the holding Company for Quinn Cement.
Quinn Cement is currently in the process of extending its storage and distribution centre at Crown Wharf in Rochester, UK where it is constructing two additional storage silos to bring its total capacity at Rochester to 7400t. Construction of that extension is due to be completed at the end of March 2016. Additionally, Quinn Cement is in discussions with regard to setting up a second import facility on the UK mainland.
