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HeidelbergCement AG announces Fritz & Maczoil as ‘Preferred Supplier’

26 November 2014, Published under Cement News

The VAS IT-Logistic solution of Fritz & Maczoil has become an integral part of HeidelbergCement AG’s “Logistic Efficiency Optimization” (LEO) initiative. A considerable cost reduction in the fields of logistics for the corporate group is the aim by introducing an integrated material-flow management system. Globally several plants in the business lines of cement, aggregates (sand and gravel) as well as concrete will be equipped with VAS from Fritz & Maczoil. In this context Fritz & Maczoil ...

Fritz & Macziol supplies CIMAT's Moroccan plants with VAS logistics solution

27 February 2014, Published under Cement News

Fritz & Macziol has supplied Ciments de l’Atlas (CIMAT) with its VAS® IT-Logistic solution, to continuously automate the processes at the company’s Moroccan cement plants. The implementation is carried within the scope of a KPI-Project, in which all processes were initially analysed. VAS is used to identify and eliminate weak spots by illustrating the potentials of optimisation. This can be achieved by detailed VAS reports about, for example, the length of stay of trucks at all kinds of lo...

Phoenix Cement selects VAS IT logistics system, Germany

16 May 2013, Published under Cement News

Phoenix Cement has opted to introduce the VAS IT logistics system by Fritz and Maczoil at its cement plant in Westphalia, Germany. “Until now, we have had to manage the processes manually and on paper,” Kai Wagner, Phoenix plant manager said while explaining the company’s reorientation. “With the aid of the VAS IT logistics system, the processes within the cement works are now to be automated gradually and unmanned loading implemented across the plant.” The next step will be the integr...

VAS Template successfully implemented at Lafarge Emirates Cement

17 April 2013, Published under Cement News

Fritz & Macziol has reached another important milestone in the rollout of the logistics system VAS with the final acceptance at the Lafarge Emirates cement plant, UAE. The launch was realised in a short time using a template, which has been specially modified to Lafarge's processes. The cooperation between Lafarge and the Fritz & Macziol project team made a critical contribution to this fast implementation. "We were able to start the further optimisation process with the demonstrably test...

Fritz & Macziol wins another Southeast Asia order from Holcim

28 March 2013, Published under Cement News

Fritz & Macziol have received an order from Holcim Indonesia for its VAS logistic solution to be implemented at its new Tuban cement works. The order follows a contract awarded to Fritz & Macziol by Holcim last summer for the implementation of its VAS system in five plants in the Philippines. Further orders in Indonesia, Thailand and also in Myanmar are on the horizon. Because of this strong demand, the Industrial Applications & Services Division has now decided to set up a separate te...

Recent orders for Fritz & Macziol from Holcim Russia

13 December 2012, Published under Cement News

Following the implementation of the VAS logistics solution in two cement plants belonging to Holcim Russia, Fritz & Macziol has strengthened its position in the Russian market. VAS systems have been in operation at the Volsk Holcim plant since summer 2012, and now the Shurovskyi plant at Kolomna is following suit. Holcim is also beginning to implement real time monitoring in the form of VAS 5, through which truck routes can be traced through various stops, drop-offs and pickups. ??The ext...