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June 18, 2012
Irish Cement first introduced CEM II cements to the Irish market in 2007 to reduce the carbon footprint and improve the sustainability of our product range. In...
March 7, 2012
Let’s speak sustainable construction
“Sustainable construction” is a term that is widely used; however, the concept often suffers from misuse of terms in describing various aspects of sustainability. Three European organizations have co-operated in...
February 28, 2012
President of Institute of Civil Engineers visits Platin Works
The President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Mr. Richard Coakley, accompanied by twenty members of the Institution’s Republic of Ireland branch, visited Platin Works in January 2012. They were...
September 26, 2011
Record number of students visit Irish Cement Limerick Works
Over the past few years we have invited pupils from the neighbouring schools to visit our Cement Manufacturing operations in Castlemungret. In 2011 a record number of over 200 students...
September 26, 2011
First Delivery of Alternative Fuels at ICL Platin
Irish Cement has taken delivery of its first load of Solid Recoverable Fuel (SRF) at Platin Works. SRF is a specially prepared clean dry blend of fragments of plastics, paper, cardboard...
January 26, 2011
I.S. EN 206 -1 Concrete Specification – Revised National Annex
A revised National Annex (NA+2) to I.S. EN 206-1:2002 was published mid 2010. This revision was introduced to align recommendations of I.S. EN 206-1 NA with the National Annex of...
January 25, 2011
Two trainee accountants from CRH China, Alice Sheng and Kevin Liu, spent six months working in Irish Cement’s Finance department , as part of a CRH training programme....
January 25, 2011
Engineers Ireland Accreditation
Engineers Ireland re-accredited Irish Cement as a ‘CPD Accredited Employer’ in 2010 in recognition of the good organisational practice in the professional development of engineers and technical staff in the company....
December 1, 2010
Drogheda Chambers Business Awards
Platin Works sponsored ‘Manufacturering / Exporter of the Year Award’ at 2010 Drogheda Chambers Business Excellence Awards. This award was won by Killeen Steel Wool. Irish Cement also entered and won...
September 30, 2010
Irish Cement Limerick Works collaborated with Ms. Elizabeth Hatz from Sweden, the curator of ‘Open / Invited ev+ a 2010 Matters’ visual art exhibition, to invite Mr. Staffan Nihlen to...