
Amrize have announced the following changes to its Board of Directors:
Robert S. Rivkin has been appointed as the Chair of the Audit Committee after serving as a member of the Audit Committee since June 2025. Holli Ladhani has been appointed to the Audit Committee as a qualified audit committee financial expert. She continues to serve as a member of the Nomination and Governance Committee.
Theresa Drew steps down from the Board and her resignation is not related to a disagreement on any matter relating to the company’s operations, policies or practices. The Board sincerely thanks Ms. Drew for her service and many contributions to the company’s success.
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Amrize have announced the following changes to its Board of Directors: Robert S. Rivkin has been appointed as the Chair of the Audit Committee after serving as a member of the Audit Committee since June 2025. Holli Ladhani has been appointed to the Audit Committee as a qualified audit committee financial expert. She continues to serve as a member of the Nomination and Governance Committee. Theresa Drew steps down from the Board and her resignation is not related to a disagreement on any matter relating to the company’s operations, policies or practices. The Board sincerely thanks Ms. Drew for her service and many contributions to the company’s success. A podcast series for professionals in the cement industry featuring short, insightful interviews. Subscribe on your favourite podcast app to start listening today. (copy the HTML code below): This article has been tagged under the following:


The VAIA (Vicat Advanced Industrial Alliance) project has been awarded a GPID grant by the French government. This recognition follows on from the public support obtained after the project was selected by the European Innovation Fund programme in November 2025. This new grant marks a key milestone in the development of the VAIA project. Studies are ongoing and the final investment decision is scheduled for 2027. The VAIA project aims to capture and store 1.2 million tpy of CO at the Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant, the largest in France. It also enables the creation of a unique value chain, serving as the initial anchor point in the Rhône Valley for a complete sector covering the capture, transport, use, and liquefaction of CO for storage. The GPID grant is part of the French government's Major Investment Plans to accelerate the country's ecological and industrial transition. This programme aims to support innovative and structuring projects, particularly those that contribute to t


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Fuller Technologies announce its headquarters will be located in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. Last year, Fuller opened a 122 000 ft factory in the Lehigh Valley, in Allen Township. Fuller is looking to expand its workforce there, with experienced manufacturing professionals and those seeking careers in industrial equipment production. Fuller Technologies was created last year when Pacific Avenue Capital Partners purchased FLSmidth Cement, which was operating as a division of FLSmidth. FLSmidth Cement was then rebranded as Fuller Technologies. Since the acquisition, Fuller has reorganised its holdings, including the decision to locate its global headquarters in Allentown, in the same location where FLSmidth Cement had its US headquarters, just outside of Allentown. FLSmidth Cement’s global headquarters was in Denmark. The company has about 200 workers in total in the Lehigh Valley, at its headquarters and manufacturing location. “Lehigh Valley has the workforce to fuel global compa


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Philipp Habjanic succeeds Florian Salzer and assumes responsibility for the operational management, production processes, and further development of the Peggau site. In his new role, Habjanic is responsible for the operational management of the site, production processes, and the further technical and organisational development of lime and cement production. A native of Styria, Habjanic completed his studies in raw materials processing at Montanuniversität Leoben. He has been working at the Peggau site since February 2020. He began his career there as a project engineer in the mining and processing area. Over the past two years, he has served as Head of Process Engineering and Project Development. The Peggau site is an important production and development location within the Alpacem and InterCal Group. In recent years, extensive measures have been implemented to increase energy efficiency, reduce CO emissions, and digitise production processes. These include, among other initiatives,


Global Concrete1 min readResearchers at the University of Stuttgart have developed a novel cement-free bioconcrete using human urine. DPA Trends News has reported that the team’s recipe mixes sand and a bacterial powder in moulds, where it is rinsed with urine for a period of days. This converts the urine’s urea content into calcium carbonate crystals. This reportedly results in faster hardening than concrete produced using conventional cement, ending in a block with a compressive strength of 60MPa. This makes the resulting bioconcrete blocks suitable for use in load-bearing masonry or as paving materials. 26,000l of urine produced 1m³ of bioconcrete. Toilet systems producers Arwinger and Kompotoi supported the research, with prospective partners for collaborations including Stuttgart Airport and local festivals in Baden-Württemberg.


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On 18 and 19 March 2026, Dortmund will become the meeting place for the bulk solids, process and recycling industry. Over two days, the trade fair duo SOLIDS & RECYCLING-TECHNIK Dortmund will bring together all the expertise in the processing, handling and recycling of fine- to coarse-grained materials and waste streams. Trade visitors will receive practical solutions from experts and a top-class supporting programme. With the new process automation exhibition area, the trade fair duo is providing additional impetus for digitalised, transparent and energy-efficient production and recycling processes. SOLIDS Dortmund, the trade fair for granulate, powder and bulk solids technologies, will celebrate its 20 anniversary in 2026 under the motto "Ideas that move. Solutions that last." Exhibiting companies will be showcasing the entire range of mechanical process engineering. At the same time, RECYCLING-TECHNIK Dortmund will be presenting machines, systems and components for reprocessing


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