Cement News tagged under: Germany
RDF – stored and delivered14 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsWhen Cementos Molins Industrial of Spain needed a new RDF preparation, storage and transport facility, the cement producer turned to Vecoplan FuelTrack. The German firm put its 15 years of experience to good use in a design that not only allowed for current requirements, but also for future needs as described in this article by Boris Sassenrath, Vecoplan FuelTrack GmbH of Germany together with Ferran Griera and Gonzalo Lopez of Cementos Molins Industrial SA, Spain. Figure 1: bridge cr... |
New POLAB Shuttle system for Solnhofen, Germany05 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Solnhofer Portland-Zementwerke, Germany, contracted ThyssenKrupp Polysius to install a state-of-the-art laboratory automation system in the existing laboratory rooms. For the Solnhofen plant laboratory, the solution is POLAB Shuttle, the new laboratory automation generation. In addition to the mobile robot, the system will include a capsule receiving module, two POLAB APM sample preparation devices, an XRF sample analysis spectrometer, an XRD X-ray diffractometer and an automatic B... |
HeidelbergCement ahead in 2011, but margins narrow09 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe preliminary figures from HeidelbergCement show a 9.7 per cent advance in turnover last year to €12,902m, but the EBITDA was improving at a more modest 3.6 per cent to €2,321m. The trading profit was up by 3.0 per cent to €1,474m, or by 3.2 per cent adjusting for currency movements and changes in the scope of consolidation. Margins declined as the rise in energy costs could not be passed on in their entirety and the contribution from the sale of emission rights dropped from an adjusted €1... |
Dyckerhoff advances in Poland, the Ukraine and Russia07 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsPreliminary figures from the Buzzi Unicem subsidiary Dyckerhoff show a 13.2 per cent increase in turnover to €1600m in 2010. Of this, 38 per cent was generated in Germany, 37 per cent in Eastern Europe and Russia, 14 per cent in the Benelux and 11 per cent in the United States. Group cement deliveries rose by 14.9 per cent to 15.91Mt and the ready-mixed concrete volume advanced by 19.2 per cent to 7.89m m³. Aggregates deliveries, on the other hand, were weighed down by reduced volumes in Th... |
Germany: stable market growth forecast01 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsLatest forecasts for the German cement industry show that the market is expected to remain stable this year, underpinned by growth in the residential market. Boosted by a continued progress of the overall economy, the German Cement Works Association (VDZ), has said that the relatively high level of cement consumption achieved in 2011 is set to be repeated again this year. After growth in all market segments, domestic cement demand last year reached 28Mt, a 13 per cent YoY advance (201... |
Deutsche Bank maintains “buy” rating on HeidelbergCement23 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsDeutsche Bank has retained its “buy” recommendation on HeidelbergCement and affirmed the EUR42.00 share price target. |
Germany: VDZ and BDZ combine operations18 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe German Cement Works Association (VDZ) and the Federal Association of German Cement Industry (BDZ) are combining operations and merging into the German Cement Works Association. The newly-formed body will represent 23 domestic companies and about 95 per cent of the German industry with a turnover of approximately EUR2.1bn. "The merger gives us significantly greater clout and reach," said chief executive Dr Martin Schneider, who will lead the new organisation. Overall, the new structur... |
The Scheifele interview26 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsA series of major deals, culminating in the UK£8bn acquisition of Hanson (UK) in 2007, saw HeidelbergCement emerge as a global market leader in cement and aggregates. As with many companies in the sector, the financial crisis brought with it a series of challenges, resulting in the substantial restrucuturing of the company, transforming it from a largely private company, closely held within the Merckle empire, into a publically listed company listed on the DAX 30. Dr Bernd Scheifele, CEO, ta... |