Cement News tagged under: packaging

RSS feed

Bangladesh: MI Cement will package growth

16 March 2015, Published under Cement News

MI Cement Factory Ltd plans to grow on the back of higher domestic cement demand. Bangladesh is expecting rapid development in terms of new public infrastructure, communication and housing facilities. At present, MI Cement Factory’s total cement production capacity is 5800tpd, or 1.74Mta. The plan is to install a new cement packaging facility to help meet demand. "We have decided to set up another packing unit and 1500t capacity ordinary Portland  cement silo to enhance the delivery capaci...

Future-proofed packaging

14 October 2014, Published under Cement News

With US cement demand back on an upward trend, domestic producers are keen to capture a larger share of the expanding market. In anticipation of growing demand, associated rises in production costs and changing production mix requirements, Ash Grove Cement’s packaging arm has invested in new automated bagging and palletising solutions at two of its packing plants, positioning the US producer for future growth. By Premier Tech Chronos, USA. Neatly-palletised bags produced by the Premie...

Nigeria’s SON starts cement standards enforcement

30 September 2014, Published under Cement News

Concerned by the high rate of building collapse across Nigeria in recent times, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)  held a zonal stakeholders' forum on blocks and allied products in southwestern states to begin implementation of the cement standardisation and reclassification scheme. This follows a directive of the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment (FMITI) to immediately commence the full enforcement of the policy across all segments of the cement and allied products...

Home clean and dry

12 May 2014, Published under Cement News

Cement by its very nature requires safe, waterproof and dust-free storage solutions. Modern bagging techniques offer all three. Ahead of processing and packaging trade fair interpack 2014 – to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, over 8-14 May – ICR takes a look at the latest technologies on offer. The Arodo Arovac vacuum bagging system produces fully de-aerated plastic packs without any perforations, which allows each individual pack to be stored or placed in the most arduous of wea...