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Austria: Wietersdorfer Group has appointed Tanja Pfaff-Röders as Head of Global Human Resources.
Pfaff-Röders previously worked for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in human resource roles from 2018. Her final position was as the lead on International Strategic HR Projects / Diversity & Inclusion. Before this she worked for Xerox, Hoerbiger, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) and Sparkasse Baden. She is a graduate of the Vienna University of Economics and Business with additional qualifications from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Austria: Rail logistics company ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) says that its haulage of 80,000t/yr of granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) and clinker to and from w&p Zement's Wietersdorf cement plant in Carinthia by rail has removed 3200 trucks/yr from the road since its start in 2019. RCG's trains deliver the plant's clinker to the Peggau-Deutschfeistritz railway station in Styria, and return to the plant laden with GBFS from steel producer Voestalpine's nearby Leoben refinery.
RCG said that w&p Zement is currently working to increase its operations' reliance on rail, adding "Further innovative transport solutions are already being worked on."
Austria: Stefan Schriebl has been appointed as Head of Corporate Development for Wietersdorfer Group. He will be responsible in his new role for the sustainability and digitisation management of the company. Prior to joining the Wietersdorfer Group, Schriebl worked at the former BASF subsidiary MBCC Group in Austria as technical manager for concrete admixtures and at the refractory manufacturer RHI Magnesita as senior vice president for research and development in Europe.
W&P Cementi and Friulana Calcestruzzi grow in 2018
14 February 2019Italy: W&P Cementi and Friulana Calcestruzzi’s turnover grew by 12% year-on-year to Euro35m in 2018. W&P Cementi produced around 0.35Mt of cement and binders, according to the Il Friuli newspaper. Friulana Calcestruzzi produced around 0.12Mm3 of ready-mix concrete. The companies are part of Austria’s Alpacem brand bringing together cement and concrete subsidiaries of Wietersdorfer Group in Austria, Slovenia and Italy. The group has a cement production capacity of 2Mt/yr and a concrete production capacity of 0.3Mm3 across 19 sites with over 640 staff.