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Claudia Emmanuel appointed director of Trinidad Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
03 October 2018
Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad Cement has appointed Claudia Emmanuel as a director of the company to fill a casual vacancy. Emmanuel will hold the position until the company’s next annual general meeting, whereupon she will be eligible for re-election.
Denis Mercier appointed Deputy General Manager of Fives
Written by Global Cement staff
03 October 2018
France: Fives has appointed Denis Mercier in the newly created role of Deputy General Manager. He will start working for Fives on 15 October 2018. Directly reporting to Frédéric Sanchez, chairman of the executive board, he will join the Group’s Executive Committee.
Mercier’s main duties will be supervising all Fives functional departments involved in group transformation: operational performance, human resources, communication, innovation, strategy and marketing, international development and information technology.
Between 2012 and 2015, Mercier was Chief of Staff of the French Air Force. Since 2015, he has been North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, a role that ended in September 2018. Born in 1959, Denis Mercier has received the awards of Grand Officier de la Légion d’honneur and Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite.
Dangote Cement appoints Brice Houeto as new country director for Ghana
Written by Global Cement staff
26 September 2018
Ghana: Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has appointed Brice Houeto as its new country director for Ghana. He replaces Tor Nygard who has retired after two and half years of managing the business, according to the Daily Graphic newspaper. Houeto holds over a decade of management experience in the cement industry across Africa. Previously, he was the country managing director of Lafarge Cement, Guinea.
Matthias Erdmannsdoerfer appointed managing director of Max-AI by Bulk Handling Systems
Written by Global Cement staff
26 September 2018
US: Bulk Handling Systems (NHS) has appointed Matthias Erdmannsdoerfer as managing director of Max-AI. Prior to this new role, Erdmannsdoerfer worked for more than six years as the president of National Recovery Technologies (NRT), a developer of optical sorting technology and subsidiary of BHS. In his new role Erdmannsdoerfer will be responsible for the Max-AI product line including sales, business development and product and application development.
Launched by BHS in 2017, Max-AI technology powers robotic sorters, optical sorters and reporting systems, and will continue to be integrated into new and existing equipment throughout material recovery facilities (MRFs). Since its inception, more than 50 Max-AI AQC (Autonomous Quality Control) robotic sorters have been sold in quality control (QC) applications of both fibre and containers.
Jenny Larsson appointed district manager for Cementa south region
Written by Global Cement staff
19 September 2018
Sweden: Cementa has appointed Jenny Larsson as the district manager for its south region. She succeeds Lars-Åke Andersson, who has held the role for 20 years. Andersson will retire in the spring of 2019 and the pair will work together until this time.