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Donald McGovern Jr to join board of CRH
Written by Global Cement staff
26 June 2013
Ireland: Donald A McGovern, Jr will join the board of CRH as a non-executive director effective from 1 July 2013.
McGovern, a US national aged 62 years, is currently Vice Chairman for Global Assurance at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a position he has held since July 2008. McGovern will retire from PwC on 30 June 2013, following a 39 year career with the firm, during which time he directed the US firm's services for a number of large public company clients. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds a Master's Degree in Business.
Irene Scheidweiler of Vecoplan awarded medal for outstanding commitment to economy
Written by Global Cement staff
26 June 2013
Germany: Minister Eveline Lemke has presented a medal for outstanding commitment to the economy in Rhineland-Palatinate to Irene Scheidweiler, one of the joint founders of Vecoplan. Lemke described Scheidweiler as a model for younger generations.
Scheidweiler founded the recycling technology firm based in Bad Merienberg in 1969, when she was aged 22. In 1995 Vecoplan AG became a subsidiary of MAX Automation AG of Dusseldorf. Today the company employs more than 400 staff at locations in Germany, the US, UK, Austria and Spain.
Carlos Gonzalez sworn in as president of Dominican Association of Cement Producers
Written by Global Cement staff
26 June 2013
Dominican Republic: The Dominican Association of Cement Producers (Adocem) swore in Carlos Gonzalez as its president for 2013 – 2014. Gonzalez, who is also president of Cemex in the country, joins Gabriel Ballestas of Cementos Argos as treasurer and Jose Caceres of Cementos Cibao as secretary.
Germany: Haver & Boecker has successfully completed the first international orders for its new stocking and conveying subsidiary, Haver Intra Logistics Systems (Haver ILS). The subsidiary company, based in Bad Oldesloe in northern Germany, was created earlier in 2013.
Previously Haver produced chain conveyors, roll conveyors, rotary tables, pallet magazines, lifts and other intra-logistical system solutions via Feige Filling, another Haver subsidiary for filling liquid and pasty products. The development, engineering and production areas of all the group members were recently centralised so that the new company could operate as a full-liner within the entire group. The entire conveyor technology for empty and filled package units – including buckets, canisters, drums sacks and empty or full pallets with palletised products – is now supplied by Haver ILS.
Kaluga Cement Plant secures Euro25.2m loan 26 June 2013
Russia: The State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) has agreed with HSBC Bank to extend additional credit facilities worth up to Euro25.2m for the construction of a cement plant in the Kaluga region by the Kaluga Cement Plant company. Credit facilities are to be extended for a total period of up to eight and a half years against insurance coverage of Denmark's Export Insurance Agency, EksportKreditFonden. This project will help to develop production facilities and create new jobs.