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Birkenhead Plant News

13 Dec 2011

Siwertell Shiploader Keeps Cement Handling Clean

 Siwertell totally enclosed loading system for a dust free operation.

Adelaide Brighton Cement's new enclosed Siwertell system from Cargotec will ensure minimal environmental impact when loading cement and clinker at its plant in South Australia. Cargotec has won an order to supply Adelaide Brighton Cement with a Siwertell SSL 700 screw-type shiploader. A leading supplier of cement, lime and pre-packaged dry blended products into the South Australian market, and an exporter of cement to Victoria and clinker to Queenland, Adelaide Brighton Cement, specifically requested the Siwertell unit for its environmental credentials.

02 Aug 2001

Cammell Laird Continues To Struggle; Cuts 330 More Jobs

Struggling shipbuilder Cammell Laird Plc is to cut a further 330 U.K. jobs on top of over 600 job cuts set in motion earlier this year after it entered into receivership following a series of cancelled orders. Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), acting as receivers for the group, said on Thursday that 153 jobs would go at Cammell's Birkenhead plant in northwest England. It said 166 job cuts will also take place at the company's Tyneside plant in northeast England, while 11 workers will also be made redundant at the nearby Teesside yard.

07 Aug 2001

Cammell Laird Cuts 42 Jobs

Cammell Laird Plc is cutting a further 42 jobs on top of the more than 930 it has already axed this year after it entered into receivership following a series of cancelled orders, a company spokeswoman said The cuts at the company's Birkenhead plant in northern England, will leave 150 workers at the yard. Cammell plans to mothball all three of its British yards. At its Tyneside and Teeside yards there are 70 workers and one worker left, respectively. - (Reuters)