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Sweden: Germany-based Continental has signed an agreement to acquire belt systems supplier and service company NorrVulk. NorrVulk employs 16 people and is focused on the Northern Swedish market. It will join Continental’s 16-country, 5800-employee conveying solutions unit.

Australia/Canada: Fortex and Nidus3D have won contracts to become Denmark-based COBOD’s distribution partners for the Australian and Canadian markets respectively. Nidus3D previously printed a multi-unit residential building, the first of its kind in North America, using COBOD’s 3D printing equipment. Meanwhile, the supplier says that its first BOD2 3D printer available on the Australian market will arrive there in late 2022.

Regarding the Australian contract with Fortex, COBOD noted that it will make its equipment available on six different continents.

China: Mudajaya Group Berhad has concluded a deal to acquire Real Jade Limited for US$51m. The deal marks the Malaysia-based conglomerate’s first expansion into the Chinese market. Real Jade Limited operates the 1Mt/yr Shandong integrated cement plant. It employs 50 people in Shandong Province.

Asia: FLSmidth says that it has won a contract to supply its low-NO_x ILC preheater, an OK raw mill, an OK cement mill and other equipment to a cement plant in Asia. FLSmidth will deliver the equipment in 2023. The total value of the deal is US$56.1m.

FLSmidth’s cement industry president Carsten Riisberg Lund said "This project showcases FLSmidth’s ability to deliver energy efficient technologies across the full cement flowsheet, and thereby support our customers in both increasing capacity and their sustainability efforts.”

Azerbaijan: Turkey-based Dal Machinery & Design has successfully delivered a ball mill and drive set to Holcim Azerbaijan’s Garadagh cement plant. The supplier says that the equipment will serve cement grinding operations at the plant.

UK: Judges at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards sustainable innovation award ceremony have named Carbon Clean chair and CEO Aniruddha Sharma as Entrepreneur of the Year. The judging considered innovators from across UK business. Carbon Clean said that the award is testament to Aniruddha’s vision and achievements, along with those of co-founder Prateek Bumb and the team that they have built.

The company said “At Carbon Clean, we are at the forefront of CCUS innovation, delivering products that can genuinely change the world. Under Aniruddha's impactful leadership we are taking major strides towards our goal of delivering industrial decarbonisation on a gigatonne scale by the mid-2030s.” It added “Congratulations to our fellow BusinessGreen Leaders Awards winners!”

Indonesia: The Indonesia Ministry of Environment & Forestry and the provincial government of Aceh have awarded Solusi Bangun Indonesia’s Andalas cement plant a Green PROPER rating. Green is the highest rating in the PROPER awards scheme, which assesses businesses’ environmental and social impacts.

In June 2022, Solusi Bangun Indonesia won the Sustainable Business Awards 2022 award in the category Global Initiatives for Significant Achievement in Sustainability Strategy. The group says that its focus remains on providing sustainable solutions, managing its climate impact, developing the circular economy, preserving water, protecting nature and supporting people and communities.

Cameroon: Cimencam has purchased two vertical roller mills from Germany-based Gebr. Pfeiffer. The order consists of an 80t/hr MVR 2500 C-4 and a 90t/hr MVR 2500 R-4, which will grind clinker and raw materials respectively. When operational in early 2023, the supplier says that the pair will increase the 1.6Mt/yr Figuil plant’s capacity by 150,000t/yr.

China-based CBMI will handle the order.

UK: Tarmac has successfully produced lime at its Tunstead, Derbyshire, plant using net zero hydrogen to fuel its kiln. The achievement was the culmination of a series of trials substituting various proportions of hydrogen for natural gas.

Tarmac’s lime director Graham Cooper said “Lime has been manufactured in the Peak District for centuries and this forward-thinking project aims to ensure the future of this nationally significant industry as the UK transitions to net zero.”

Germany: Certification body TÜV Rheinland Group has awarded INFORM with ISO 27001 accreditation. The certificate signifies that the company operates with secure data handling, transparent internal processes and systematic risk management. INFORM thanked its employees, whose support made the achievement possible.