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Eliza Suk Ching Yuen to leave board position at KHD
Written by Global Cement staff
26 April 2017
Germany: Eliza Suk Ching Yuen has decided to step down from the position of Supervisory Board Member of KHD Humboldt Wedag International (KHD). The resignation will take effect from the end of the next Annual General Meeting on 23 May 2017. Yuen was elected to the board in 2012.
Chief financial officer of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua dies
Written by Global Cement staff
26 April 2017
Mexico: Martha Soledad Rodríguez Rico, the chief financial officer of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) has died. The company is conducting a succession process that will appoint a replacement in due course.
Bunting Magnetics appoints Tom Higginbottom and Gordon Kerr to sales team
Written by Global Cement staff
19 April 2017
UK: Bunting Magnetics Europe has appointed Tom Higginbottom and Gordon Kerr to its sales team. Higginbottom joins Bunting’s external sales team and has an engineering background, with particular knowledge of hydraulics. Kerr will be responsible for business development in a new internal role. He previously held a sales and marketing position at Anglian Home Improvements before becoming a project manager at Ceramica & Stone.
Bunting Magnetics supplies magnetic separators and metal detectors. The European manufacturing headquarters are based in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. In January 2017, the company acquired Master Magnets.
Micheál Mckittrick appointed as Managing Director of Ecocem Ireland
Written by Global Cement staff
12 April 2017
Ireland: Ecocem Ireland has appointed Micheál McKittrick as its Managing Director for Ireland and the UK. His role involves the management of all aspects of the Irish and UK operations. McKittrick is a Chartered Engineer and graduate of Trinity College Dublin. He previously worked in several senior roles with Atkins Consulting Engineers.
Mauricio Doehmer appointed president of Mexico’s National Chamber of Cement
Written by Global Cement staff
12 April 2017
Mexico: Mauricio Doehmer has been appointed as the president of the National Chamber of Cement. He is Cemex’s corporate affairs and business risk management executive vice-president, according to the El Financiero newspaper. He succeeds Billy Alvarez, an executive with Cementos Cruz Azul.