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Uzbekistan: Construction has begun at Russia’s Eurocement’s 2.0Mt/yr integrated Ankhangarancement plant in the Tashkent region of a facility to house the limestone and clay used in cement production. When the installation is operational, the materials will be relayed from it to the plant’s four wet lines by a conveyor belt and 1400t/hr stacker, whence the mixture is conveyed by 600t/hr-capacity truck to one of the vertical roller mills.

UK: Fuchs Lubricants is building a new Euro5.5m raw materials warehouse at its headquarters in Staffordshire. Work on the project started in August 2019 and it is due for completion in the second quarter of 2020. Once completed it will ‘significantly’ increased the amount of raw materials the business can store on-site.

The warehouse will have a capacity of approximately 4000 pallet spaces, with ability for automatic or manual storage place allocation. Two wire-guided driverless Very Narrow Aisle trucks will operate in the unit. Warehouse Control and Warehouse Management Systems will streamline the process, with benefits including goods receipt entry and booking, a paperless put away process, inventory support and batch traceability.

US: Sempertrans USA has officially opened its new Atlanta warehouse in Georgia. The event was attended by distributors and end-customers. The Sempertrans USA team which includes sales, customer service, technical management and finance moved into the new location in December 2017. At the beginning of June 2018 Sempertrans USA was able to process, cut and slit to order and distribute heavy-duty textile belts from the unit. Sempertrans belts from the site can be slit within 24 hours and then distributed across North America.

“Our North America Team is ready to tackle any challenge. From impact and abrasion resistant belt solutions, our wide product portfolio ensures safe and highly efficient conveying even under the most demanding conditions,” said Wes Tyre, Head of Sales North America.

Sempertrans is a conveyor belt manufacturer. Its portfolio includes textile belts and steel cord belts for applications in the cement, mining and steel industries as well as other applications such as ports, quarries and the chemical industry.