September 2024
China: Anhui Conch Cement has appointed Yu Shui and Wu Tiejun as assistants to the general manager of the company. The postings have been made to strengthen training of junior management. They will replace Chen Yongbo in the role.
Yu graduated from Anhui University with a bachelor degree in economics. He joined the company in 1997 and has held various positions such as deputy director of the control room of the company’s sales department, assistant to director, deputy director and executive deputy director of the sales department, and in some of the company’s subsidiaries, such as executive deputy general manager of Bengbu Conch Cement, Huainan Conch Cement and Anhui Changfeng Conch Cement, general manager of Conch South Kalimantan Cement and deputy director of Wanbei Regional Management Committee. Yu is currently a director of the company’s sales department.
Wu graduated from Wuhan University of Technology with a bachelor degree in inorganic non-metallic materials. He joined the company in 2001 and has held various positions such as director of the production branch of the subsidiary, Anhui Chizhou Conch Cement, assistant to general manager, deputy general manager, executive deputy general manager and general manager of Chizhou Conch, general manager of Yingde Conch Cement and executive deputy director of the Guangdong Regional Management Committee. Wu is currently a director of the Guangdong Regional Management Committee and officer of the production control and craft management centre of the Company.
Hanson appoints Paul Lacey as packed products general manager 01 November 2017
UK: Hanson has appointed Paul Lacey as the general manager of its packed products business. Lacey, who was previously head of sustainability and marketing for Hanson, has also worked for Ronseal and Crown Paints and has extensive experience in commercial and business development. He will be responsible for sites across the country producing packed cementitious products such as Postfix, as well as decorative and construction aggregates.
Eagle Materials appoints Margot Carter to its board of directors 01 November 2017
US: Eagle Materials has appointed Margot Carter to its board of directors. She currently serves as the lead independent director, Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of Installed Building Products, an installer of building products, and a director of Freeman Company, a brand experience business. Carter has previously worked as the executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary of several public companies, including RealPage, a global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry.
Franz-Josef Paus elected as chairman of VDMA 01 November 2017
Germany: Franz-Josef Paus has been elected as the chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) for the next three years. Paus, aged 55 years, is an executive at Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik. He succeeds Johann Sailer, a managing partner of GEDA-Dechentreiter, who has decided to step down after a six-year tenure. The appointment of Paus was formerly announced at the association’s General Assembly in Dusseldorf. Joachim Strobel, the sales director of Liebherr Emtec, and Hermann Weckenmann, a managing partner at Weckenmann Anlagentechnik, will act as his deputies in the role.
Sweden: The board of directors of BillerudKorsnäs has appointed Petra Einarsson new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. She succeeds Per Lindberg, who leaves the company after 12 years in the role. Einarsson will assume her new position at the start of 2018.
Since 2013 Einarsson has been the president of Sandvik Materials Technology and a member of the Group Executive Management of Sandvik. Prior to that she has held a number of senior positions within the Sandvik group, including president of product area Tube, president of product area Strip and Financial Manager at Sandvik Materials Technology. Einarsson was born in 1967 and holds a BSc in Business Administration and Economics.
Sweden: Sandvik has appointed Göran Björkman as its new president of business area Sandvik Materials Technology and member of the Sandvik Group Executive Management Team. He succeeds Petra Einarsson, who is leaving the company for an external assignment. The change is effective from 1 November 2017.
Björkman, aged 51 years, has been with the company since 1990, of which almost 20 years has been spent at the materials technology operations. Most recently he has held the position as Vice President Production at Sandvik Coromant and Vice President Production Strategy, Sandvik Machining Solutions.
Jim Williams elected as president for Power Transmission Distributors Association in 2018 01 November 2017
US: Jim Williams, the vice president (corporate purchasing and supplier relations) of Motion Industries, has been elected as the president of the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) in 2018. He will assume the role in January 2018. He succeeds Tom Clawser.
Williams has been a PTDA volunteer since 2005 when he joined the Motion Control Task Force. A past chair of the Programs and Products Committee, he has served on the Board of Directors since 2015.
US: Geoff Hynes has been appointed as the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Rexa. He succeeds Sam Lalos who will retire at the end of 2017. Lalos has held the post for five years. Rexa produces actuators for a variety of industries, including the mineral processing and mining sectors.
Loma Negra to launch initial public offering 01 November 2017
Argentina/US: Loma Negra has set the price of its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. It plans to raise about US$954m from the sale. Most of the proceeds will go to InterCement Brasil, Brazil’s second-largest cement producer, which owns 99% of Loma Negra, according to Reuters. The rest will go to Loma Negra.
Founded in 1926, Loma Negra is vertically integrated cement and concrete company based in Argentina. It also owns a 51% stake in a cement plant in Paraguay.
European Commission clears acquisition of Fels-Werke by CRH 01 November 2017
Germany: The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Fels-Werke by Ireland’s CRH. Fels-Werke is active in mining, processing and distribution of lime and limestone products, gypsum and mortar in Germany, the Czech Republic and Russia. The commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns because there is limited geographic overlap between the companies' activities. It described them as ‘remote’ competitors. Fels’ owners Xella agreed to sell the business to CRH in August 2017 for an undisclosed sum.