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David Heron - Previously Head of Strategy Development at LafargeHolcim
Talk of offsite & modular manufacturing still triggers thoughts of 1960’s “prefabs” and Soviet era “Plattenbau”. However, the reality is that although absolute levels of output remain low, offsite and modular solutions are beginning to transform construction in several important markets, including the USA, UK, China and Australia.
Silvia Petroni – Petroni and Partners Business Consultants
After two decades in the cement industry, I must admit: I just don’t like marketing cement - I am passionate about it! It is such a broad, multi-faceted domain, which guides companies to successfully navigate increasingly challenging markets and times.
New York, 23 September 2019 - Last month, at the UN Climate Summit in New York, the problem of how to decrease industry emissions from the most energy intensive and hard-to-abate sectors was hotly discussed. Decreasing emissions from these sectors, including cement, steel, aluminium, chemicals, aviation and shipping is crucial, since these are forecast to be responsible for 15.7Gt of CO2 by 2050.
By Mark Doyle, Founder & Principal Consultant, IntSaf - International Safety
Often, people who work with cement do not fully appreciate the hazardous environment they work in every day. After all, it’s not like oil and gas... there’s less likelihood of a catastrophic explosion, but the cement industry is no stranger to fatal incidents.
London, 24 September 2019 - The World Cement Association announced today that it has appointed two new Joint Chairmen, Mr Cui Xingtai of China United Cement Company (CUCC), China and Mr Vincent Lefebvre of Cem’In’Eu, France.
London, 12 September 2019 – The World Cement Association (WCA) is urging the global cement industry to more effectively embrace decarbonisation and to increase efforts to adopt new technologies faster and put greater focus on innovation in order to make crucial progress on reducing CO2 emissions.