Aggregate Industries

Aggregate Industries has signed a £3 million deal with Siemens, making Siemens its preferred UK technology supplier. The partnership includes inverter drives, gearboxes, motors, and control panels, as well as training for apprentices.

SigmaRoc conditionally agreed to acquire Ronez Ltd, a subsidiary of Aggregate Industries (part of LafargeHolcim), for £45 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to complete on 5 January 2017.

Aggregate Industries invested £15 million into a manufacturing facility at Drax Power Station in Selby, North Yorkshire, dedicated to producing Lytag lightweight aggregate from pulverised fly ash.

Simon Gibson Transport has secured a five-year contract worth £8 million with Aggregate Industries to transport bulk cement from six UK import terminals, including Chatham and Ridham Docks. The contract will create about 50 new jobs and increase the fleet from 85 to 147 trucks.