The iconic Prahran Hotel, a corner pub located outside of Melbourne, Australia, was renovated last year to include an eye-catching art deco façade created from 17 oversized stacked concrete pipes. The 2.5- to 7.4-ton precast pipes were provided by Humes, a division of Holcim Austraila.
Read MoreSources: Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico; CP staff
The Cemex Board unanimously appointed Rogelio Zambrano chairman and Feranando Gonzalez chief executive officer four days after the death of Lorenzo H. Zambrano, 70, who held the titles, respectively, since 1995 and 1985.
Read MoreLafarge SA and Holcim Ltd. officials see financial benefits and integration possibilities in their proposed “merger of equals,” netting LafargeHolcim—present in 90 countries with $44 billion in sales; 470 million and 384 million tons of cement and aggregate shipments, respectively; plus, 90 million yd. of ready mixed production. The strategy they outlined in Zurich and Paris last month leads to a mid-2015 1:1 share exchange, the merged business operating under executives and directors drawn equally from both companies.
Read MoreSources: Holcim Ltd., Zurich; Lafarge SA, Paris; CP staff
Holcim and Lafarge officials outlined in April 7 presentations to European Union analysts the financial rationale and integration strategies behind a “merger of equals,” netting LafargeHolcim—present in 90 countries and accounting for $44 billion in sales; 470 million and 384 million tons of cement and aggregate shipments, respectively; plus, 90 million yd. of ready mixed production.
Read MoreSources: Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Milwaukee; CP staff
Organizers of the ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014, March 4-8 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, cite an expanded educational offering with 120 sessions across concrete and nine other tracks.
Read MoreSources: Holcim Participations (US), Waltham, Mass.; CP staff
After receiving Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice clearance, Holcim Participations has entered a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire a remaining 51 percent stake in McKinney, Texas-based Lattimore Materials Co. A key Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex player, the family-operated business spans 35 concrete plants on 26 sites, a 400-plus mixer and dump truck fleet, seven aggregate operations, and four rail terminals.
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