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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.

Italy: 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.

Italy/Slovenia: Buzzi Unicem has completed a strategic agreement with Austria's Wietersdorfer & Peggauer, which was initially announced in February 2014. Under the terms of the deal, W&P Cementi, Wietersdorfer & Peggauer's Italian subsidiary, has acquired Buzzi Unicem's 0.3Mt/yr cement plant in Cadola, Belluno Province, Italy. W&P Cementi has also won the right to purchase Buzzi Unicem's 0.4Mt/yr cement plant in Travesio, Pordenone Province, Italy within the next five years for Euro22m. At the same time, Buzzi Unicem has paid Euro22m for a 25% stake in W&P Cementi and a 25% stake in Salonit Anhovo, Wietersdorfer & Peggauer's Slovenian subsidiary.

Italy: Buzzi Unicem has agreed to sell its 0.3Mt/yr cement plant in Cadola, Italy, to a subsidiary of Wietersdorfer for Euro22m. Under the terms of the agreement, Austria's Wietersdorfer will be also entitled to buy, within five years and without additional payment, Buzzi Unicem's Travesio 0.4Mt/yr cement plant.

Italian cement producer Buzzi Unicem has also agreed to buy 25% in two Wietersdorfer facilities. In particular, the company will acquire shares in W&P Cementi and Salonit Anhovo Gradbeni Materiali for Euro22m. W&P Cementi currently has a grinding plant in Pordenone, Italy with a production capacity of 0.3Mt/yr. Salonit owns an integrated cement plantin Slovenia with a production capacity of 1.3Mt/yr.

With these transactions, Buzzi Unicem expects to strengthen its production and sales structure by improving its procurement logistics, it said adding that the deals will result in technological integration between the two companies aiming to develop new products. The transactions are expected to close on 30 June 2014.