US: A new Martin Engineering conveyor belt cleaner will remove the need for customers to stock multiple blades for different belt widths, according to the manufacturer. Sliding blade holders lock on a guide rail, making blade length fully adjustable. Adjustments can be performed by a single worker in minutes. Martin Engineering conveyor products manager Dave Mueller said that this will deliver ‘the cleanest belt and the longest blade life – at the lowest cost.’

Spain: Asociacón Española de Pavimentos Continuos (AEPC), the body which represents manufacturers and maintainers of cement-based and other related flooring, has welcomed LafargeHolcim Spain as a new member. AEPC states its aims as ‘promoting and demanding the highest levels of safety, quality and integrity in all paving sector activities.’

LafargeHolcim Spain operates an installed capacity of over 7.0Mt/yr across five integrated plants. In 2019 it announced an investment of Euro20m in upgrades aimed at reducing its net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 90,000t/yr by the end of 2022.

UK: Quinn has announced that it will proceed with the exclusive supply of its Master Grade cement to the UK-based wholesale builders’ merchant National Buying Group (NBG) until the end of 2021, extending the term of the companies’ 2018 agreement. “Our partnership with NGB has made a significant contribution to the success of our bagged cement range, so we’re delighted to agree an extension to our exclusivity deal with NBG for supply to their merchant members,” said Lee Gillman, Quinn’s Great Britain Sales and Marketing Director. Quinn’s bagged range also consists of Premium Grade and General Purpose cement.

Germany: Gebr. Pfeiffer has appointed the current head of its Malaysia office Timothy Burden as president of its US subsidiary Gebr. Pfeiffer Inc., effective 1 January 2020. Burden brings 15 years’ materials handling and crushing engineering and sales experience to the role. He studied at Queen’s University Belfast and attained his Masters in engineering from the University of Southhampton in 2004.

Gebr. Pfeiffer will replace Burden in the Malaysian office with Vesa Peurakari, an experienced project and service manager and sales professional with a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Gothenburg.