Building materials company Cemex appoints new director at its flagship cement plant in Rugby.

Building materials company Cemex has appointed a new director at its flagship cement plant in Rugby, Warwickshire, UK.

Brian Southam was previously in charge of engineering and maintenance at the plant, and joined the company 29 years ago. He takes over from Luis Galan Domingo, who has decided to leave the company.

Southam moved to Rugby in 1998 to assist and oversee the building and commissioning of the new Rugby plant, which, based on its annual capacity of 1.8 million tonnes of cement, is the biggest cement plant in the UK.

He said: “I have followed this plant from planning stage to the world class plant it is today, and am delighted to take up this position. My key challenge will be to further improve on the performance that the plant has achieved over the past few years.”