As part of one
of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and
solutions, Heidelberg Materials North America has access to a broad range of
technical resources across the globe. This provides us with a knowledge and
talent base that is one of the best in the industry.
We are pleased
to be able to leverage the knowledge and experience of our team members to
provide learning opportunities and training events for our employees and
customers to help them achieve their goals and be more successful at what they
do.
A great example
of this in action is our annual Tech Week, where our Cement Technical Services
and Material Quality Control teams from across North America meet to learn
about emerging trends and technologies, discuss sustainability and digital
innovations and share best practices.
This year, the
meeting was kicked off by Phil Redmond, Senior Vice President, Global
Competence Center Aggregates & Asphalt, and was hosted at the new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana. The agenda for the week included
codes and standards developments, digital opportunities, sustainable product developments
and marketing, recycled aggregates, an overview and outlook on SCMs (slag, fly
ash and emerging technologies) and future-proofing our business through a focus
on sustainability & digitalization. The team also toured the new Mitchell
cement plant and learned about transformational projects underway throughout
the company.
“Tech Week is a
great opportunity for our technical services and quality control experts across
our product lines to meet, learn and collaborate with their peers and colleagues
from other areas of the business,” said Lori Tiefenthaler, Sr. Director of Marketing
for Heidelberg Materials North America. “This year was especially rewarding
with the strong focus on transforming our business through our digital and sustainability
initiatives and challenging our teams to further engage with each other, sales
and operations and our customers.”