India: BTL EPC, a division of engineering firm Shrachi Group, has been awarded a US$51m synthetic gypsum, limestone and coal handling equipment contract for Telangana State Power Generation Corporation’s proposed 5X800 MW Yadradri Thermal Power Station Thermal Power Station, according to the Economic Times newspaper. The contract includes the provision of a 21.8km-long conveyor.
Eagle Materials to call Light Materials spin-off business American Gypsum Company
US: Eagle Materials will call its Light Materials business the American Gypsum Company when it is spun-off in the summer of 2020. It has appointed Dave Powers, former Eagle Materials chief executive officer (CEO), will become the chairman of American Gypsum. Craig Kesler, current chief financial officer (CFO) of Eagle Materials, will become the president and CEO of American Gypsum.
The Light Materials business will continue as a producer of gypsum wallboard and recycled paperboard. It includes an integrated paperboard mill that supplies wallboard plants with facing paper as well as raw material reserves.
Saint-Gobain to use shipments logistics software from Sixfold
Germany: Logistics visibility provider Sixfold says that Saint-Gobain Rigips will use its Sixfold’s logistics software to enable the firm’s sales teams and planners to provide customers with real-time data on shipments. Customers will be provided with live data on the status of shipments through Sixfold’s product and be able to track the status of goods in transit without calls to carriers, with the potential to gain savings of up to 30%.
Saint-Gobain Rigips’ is a joint customer of Sixfold and Transporeon, a major European logistics network. Sixfold is the exclusive shipments visibility provider for the Transporeon network and provides shipment information on over 50,000 shipments each day. The network comprises more than 1200 shippers in the manufacturing and retailing industries.
Alphaplatre delivers gypsum kiln to Algeria
Algeria: France’s Alphaplatre has delivered an AP400 vertical kiln for a gypsum project in Algeria. The kiln has a plaster capacity of 400t/day. Alphaplatre's work on the project includes supplying equipment for gypsum preparation, calcination, grinding and bagging.
