Lafarge North America has opened a state-of-the-art
cement
distribution terminal in Detroit.
The facility is expected to reduce loading times for cement trucks and enhance the firm's ability to supply environmentally friendly blended cements to the region. It allows the company to create precisely proportioned and fully blended products on demand to meet virtually any specification, including high-performance ternary and quarternary blends. The new center features North America's largest cement silo, with fully automated blending and truck-loading operations. It also includes an automated truck delivery system, a high-speed vessel receiving system for faster unloading of barges and ships, and a 35,000-square-foot packaged-product warehouse, where a high-speed packaging and palletizing operation can produce up to 2,500 bags per hour.
For more about Lafarge North America, visit the Lafarge North American Web site.
Cemstone has promoted Mark James to the position of credit manager.
James will supervise the company's customer credit and collection operations for both ready-mixed concrete and contractor supply stores. He previously served as assistant credit manager at Cemstone.
Based in Mendota Heights, Minn., Cemstone operates more than 40 ready-mix concrete plants, sells contractor supplies and materials through 16 stores, and is the nation's largest distributor of insulated concrete forms.
For more, visit the Cemstone Web site or call (800) 642-3887.
Dumond Chemicals Inc. has added Frank Ritter and Hans Klinck to its sales management staff. The two new hires follow the appointment of John J. Petroci III as vice president, sales and business development.
Ritter was named director of sales for Northeast and target markets. He most recently served as director of commercial sales for Zinsser Co. Klinck was named regional sales manager, Western region. Prior to joining Dumond, he worked for Pratt & Lambert.
Dumond Chemicals Inc. manufactures paint and coating removal products.
For more, visit the Peelaway Web site or call (212) 869-6350.
A new building for concrete coating manufacturer Super-Krete International Inc.
is near completion.
The structure, adjacent to Super-Krete's corporate headquarters in San Diego, will contain more than 7,000 square feet for inventory storage, plus a 3,000-square-foot indoor hands-on training classroom. The new training space will accommodate more than twice as many attendees as the company's older facilities. High demand for Super-Krete training seminars helped prompt the expansion.
For more details, visit the Super-Krete Web site or call (800) 995-1716.
Multiquip Inc. has added dealers in Chile and South Africa
to its international network.
AMECO Chile, a Santiago-based branch of South Carolina-based AMECO, is a full-service equipment, tool and supply dealership involved in capital construction projects and ongoing mining operations throughout Chile, Peru and Argentina. The dealership currently stocks Multiquip light towers and will start offering Multiquip rammers, plate compactors and welder/generators.
Rockcrete Equipment, in Alberton, South Africa, supplies wet and dry shotcrete pumps, concrete pumps and grout pumps.
Multiquip now supplies products to dealers on six continents and in more than 60 countries. Information about Multiquip can be found at www.multiquip.com or by calling (800) 421-1244. More information can be from by visiting the AMECO Chile Web site can and the Rockcrete Web site.
Colormaker has opened a new distribution center in Cranbury, N.J., to better serve its customers in the Northeast.
The facility is stocked with the complete range of Colormaker products, including all 20 colors in the solvent-based Decographic Dye family.
For more information, visit the Colormaker Floors Web site or call (888) 875-9425.
Nick Di Tempora, president of MAPEI Americas, has been named to the Dean's Executive Council at the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) School of Business.
In addition to sitting on the Council, Di Tempora will serve as a guest lecturer at the MBA Executive Forum this fall and address the Executive MBA class.
For more about MAPEI, visit the MAPEI Web site or call (800) 426-2734.
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