Lafarge's modernisation of the production facilities at its plant in the town of Wössingen, Germany, also included an existing belt bucket elevator that feeds limestone to the mill bunker. Thanks to a new technology, the existing bucket elevator could be easily altered and his service life considerably be increased.
The supplier of cement and aggregates is understood to have met with UGT and CCOO labour unions to discuss its ‘workforce adjustment plan’, set to affect 151 out of 352 workers.