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Beumer appoint new centre of competence divisional director

23 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Since the beginning of the year, Kay Wieczorek has headed BEUMER’s Centre of Competence (CoC) Product Business as divisional director. CoC Product Business is responsible for the cement, building materials, chemicals and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) divisions. The 38-year-old studied Sales Engineering and Product Management at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany. He has been with the BEUMER Group since 2014. Until the end of last year, he was responsible for cement division sales. E...

Dangote Cement appoints new CEO

20 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Dangote Cement Plc has named Arvind Pathak as the company’s new chief executive/managing director.  Mr Pathak will replace Frenchman Michel Puchercos, who will leave his position at the end of February after three years at as CEO. Arvind Pathak starts in his new position from 1 March. Mr Pathak led India’s Birla Corp, a cement producer, before he became the chief operating officer and deputy managing director of Dangote Cement. He formerly served at Mumbai-based Associated Cement Co L...

Fortera appoints new chief financial officer

10 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Scott Healy has been appointed as Fortera’s new chief financial officer. The addition of a senior leader from the financial energy sector to the Fortera team will hone strategy and promote the various value streams present in the portfolio of CO 2  reduction solutions available from Fortera, said the company. Mr Healy brings to Fortera a proven history of successfully completing complex, finance and strategic transactions in clean energy, including over US$4bn in mergers, acquisitions and...

American Gypsum announces new president

10 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Steven L Wentzel has announced that he is retiring as president of American Gypsum Co LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Materials Inc , effective from 1 June 2023. Mr Wentzel has been with the company for 28 years and served as president for the last three. Succeeding him will be Eric M Cribbs, the company’s current executive vice president of concrete and aggregates, advanced cementitious materials, logistics, and procurement and materials, a role he has held since Janua...

INSEE Cement appoints new CEO

06 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Sri Lanka’s INSEE Cement has appointed Jan Kunigk as its new chief executive officer, effective from 1 January 2023. Mr Kunigk replaces Nandana Ekanayake, who is retiring from the role of CEO but will continue as chairman of the company. Mr Kunigk has previously held the positions of executive vice president at INSEE, as well as commercial director, responsible for marketing, sales, products and solutions, innovation and external affairs. Prior to joining INSEE Cement, he worked at Hol...

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe appoints new Acting CEO

13 December 2022, Published under Cement News

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe Ltd has appointed Innocent Zulu Chikwata as Acting Chief Executive, effective from 1 December 2022. Mr Chikwata has 16 years experience in the fast-moving consumer goods and construction materials industries and has worked for Colcom, Innscor Africa Group and LafargeHolcim. He has held various positions in sales, marketing and operations with PProfit & Loss oversight and has worked with start-ups and global branding organisations. Having joined Lafarge in Novemb...

INFORM to open new office in Singapore

17 November 2022, Published under Cement News

INFORM is expanding its international sales activities and services. With INFORM Software Pte Ltd, based in Singapore, the optimisation expert is expanding its presence in Asia. The partner organisation will take over sales and consulting as well as providing support for INFORM software for this region. With the new location in Singapore, opening on 23 November 2022,  the software company is continuing on its international expansion journey. "We are further expanding our global network...

New president of Saint-Gobain's North American construction materials division

21 October 2022, Published under Cement News

Following the acquisition of GCP Applied Technologies by Saint-Gobain, GCP’s Specialty Construction Chemicals (SCC) segment will integrate with Chryso within the new Construction Chemicals Business Unit, part of the High-Performance Solutions division of Saint-Gobain.   Steve Williams, formerly president of Chryso North America, has been appointed president of the Construction Chemicals Business Unit for North America and will run the combined North American business.  As part of the ...

Titan appoints new Group Executive Committee Chairman

21 October 2022, Published under Cement News

Marcel Cobuz has been appointed  the new chairman of Titan’s Group Executive Committee.   “As I take leadership of Titan Group , I would like to thank Dimitri Papalexopoulos for the excellent transition and look forward to working with him as Chair of the Board of Directors,” said Marcel Cobuz. “Big thanks to all my new colleagues around the world for making me feel at home. Together, we will continue the great work started in digitising and decarbonising the business and seize new op...

ENVEA Global appoints new CEO

07 October 2022, Published under Cement News

ENVEA Global, ambient, emissions monitoring and proces system manufacturer, has appointed Trevor Sands as its new CEO. Trevor has extensive senior leadership experience in global industrial businesses. He was most recently Global President of Servomex Group, the global expert in gas analysis.    Prior to this he ran the Control Valves business for IMI plc, he was Chief Executive of Cosalt plc and also spent 13 years with Emerson, including leading the Fisher Valves European business and ...