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UK: Aggregate Industries has signed a Euro3.3m deal with Siemens for technology and training services.

The agreement positions Siemens as Aggregate Industries’ preferred technology supplier across the company’s 330 UK sites. The partnership is intended to improve efficiency, make maintenance savings, and reduce the company’s carbon footprint. Siemens technology solutions include inverter drives, gearboxes, motors and control panels.

Siemens will also provide access to training and education facilities for all Aggregate Industries apprentices at Stephenson College in Coalville, Leicestershire. The focus on training will be supported regionally with Siemens supplying safety panels, which are to be utilised for staff training sessions across Aggregate Industries’ regional site network.

“This agreement positions Siemens as our preferred UK technology supplier, ensuring that we benefit from enhanced operational efficiencies over the long-term. This will deliver cost savings and improve system reliability. The technology solutions we will install will also help us reach our sustainability goals, as we seek to reduce the impact we have on the environment,” said Gerard Cantwell, Head of Procurement Europe at Aggregate Industries.

UK: Aggregate Industries has appointed Pablo Libreros as the managing director of its aggregates division. Libreros joined Aggregate Industries in 2017 as Director of Growth and Innovation from the LafargeHolcim Group, where he was previously chief executive officer (CEO) for its Costa Rica business. Prior to this he held various senior roles, including Logistics Director and Supply Chain Director, within the group’s Brazil division.

UK: Aggregate Industries has appointed Pablo Libreros as its Growth and Innovation Director. He will be responsible for developing, recommending and delivering growth and innovation opportunities for the business. This will include facilitating greater cross promotion of products both in the UK business and in the wider group.

Libreros joins the UK subsidiary of LafargeHolcim after working for the parent company in Latin America since 2011. Most recently he was the chief executive officer (CEO) for Holcim Costa Rica. Prior to this he held various senior roles, including Logistics Director and Supply Chain Director within the business’ Brazil division. He has also worked in a number of ecological public sector positions in Paris, most notably as an advisor to the Minister for sustainable development in France.

UK: Aggregate Industries' new cement division will be led by Joe Hudson as managing director of cement and concrete products. He joins Aggregate Industries from Lafarge, where he has worked in a number of key functional and operational roles since 2001. Hudson was heavily involved in preparations for the LafargeHolcim merger as group senior vice president for organisation and development at Lafarge and has experience of running a cement business, having previously worked as managing director / CEO for Lafarge Wapco Plc in Nigeria.