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Paolo Zugaro appointed General Manager of Cementir Holding
Written by Global Cement staff
17 May 2017
Italy: Paolo Zugaro has been appointed as the General Manager of Cementir Holding. He has also become the group’s chief operating officer with effect from 1 May 2017. Zugaro, aged 52 years, holds a degree in electrical engineering from Tor Vergata University, Rome. He has worked in a variety of managerial roles for both Caltagirone Group and Cementir Group since 1997. Notably he has been the head of the Nordic & Baltic Region of Cementir Group, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Aalborg Portland and CEO of Unicon. In his recent posting as the head of the East Mediterranean Region, he was the CEO of Cimentas in Turkey, Vice President of Sinai White Portland Cement in Egypt and the CEO of Recydia, a company which operates in the waste and recycling management business in Turkey and the UK.
Fuchs opens US$26m grease plant near Chicago 16 May 2017
US: Fuchs Petrolub has opened a US$26m grease manufacturing plant, research laboratory and warehouse near Chicago. The 3150m2 unit in Harvey, Illinois will supply lubricants to the automotive, heavy-duty truck, construction, rail, and off-road markets in North America.
The expansion of the Chicago-area site is part of a US$330m investment by the company in 2016 to 2018 in its manufacturing and research and development facilities. The company also expanded its facilities in Mannheim and Kaiserslautern, Germany, and is opening new plants in Wujiang, China, Australia and Sweden. The Harvey facility is Fuchs' second grease plant in the US with the other in Kansas City, Missouri.
Pakistan: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has ruled out the option of using waste heat from cement plants as surplus energy for the national grid. The body had started investigating using waste energy from cement plants but decided that high-energy consumption at the plants minimised the possibility of any excess power.
Sandvik hit by WannaCry computer virus 16 May 2017
Sweden: Sandvik has been affected by the WannaCry computer virus. The engineering company said that the ransonware worm had hit its office and production environment on 12 May 2017. The company has focused on mapping the impact and executing recovery measures. It expects to deliver on customer commitments as planned and no major financial impact is currently expected.
US: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined the Nevada Cement Company US$0.5m for violating the Clean Air Act. According to a legal complaint the cement producer made ‘major’ modifications to its plant in Fernley, Nevada that led to significant increased emissions of NOx, without first obtaining a permit required by the Clean Air Act and without installing necessary pollution control equipment. Nevada Cement has agreed to install new air pollution control technology replace a heavy-duty diesel truck and a diesel railcar mover at the facility with clean emissions vehicles.