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Sika commissions new mortar factory in Cameroon
Himonsa Director Lydia Garcia (Centre) cutting of ribbon for the new office in Morocco
HIMOINSA opens a subsidiary in Morocco After 18 years operating in the Moroccan market, HIMOINSA has decided to open a sales office in Casablanca, with a local technical team and a warehouse area for stocking generator sets, lighting towers and spare parts in order to offer an even faster response to the market. The inaugural event, held at the new facilities located in Zenata (Casablanca), was attended by part of the HIMOINSA executive management team, as well as Moroccan companies which the company has been working with within the country for several years. The event was also attended by authorities from the Spanish diplomatic offices in Morocco, as well as specialised press from the industrial and energy sector. Lydia Gracia, Executive Director of HIMOINSA, says the opening of the Moroccan subsidiary is a strategic project for HIMOINSA. “The new facilities will allow us to support not only the Moroccan market but also the West African countries with whom we have been working for almost two decades,” she adds. This is the company’s third sales office in the African continent, following the opening of HIMOINSA Angola in 2012 and HIMOINSA Southern Africa in 2016.
Vectorworks announces 2020 Version of BIM and Design Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has announced the 2020 release of Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well as 2020 versions of Vision and Braceworks. This newest release brings improved software performance, quality enhancements and new data-driven work-flows.
Sika is expanding its presence in West Africa and starting operations in a new facility for mortars in Cameroon. Following the foundation of the national subsidiary in 2016 and the opening of a concrete admixture plant in 2017, the company is now investing in a new mortar manufacturing facility. In total, Sika has 22 factories on the high-growth African continent. The current business year has already “Data and usability are the seen investments in new facilities in cornerstones of this year’s Egypt and Senegal. product line enhancements,” said Vectorworks CEO Dr. Biplab Sarkar. Sika will use its new mortar products “When we looked at the future of the factory, located in the major city of industry and what our customers’ Douala, to expand its product portfolio needs were, we kept coming back to data, particularly data-driven and supply customers in Cameroon’s insights. Vectorworks 2020 is construction market with locally centered around providing our manufactured products. customers with intuitive ways to use the powerful tools of our products, “We are continually expanding our while also offering more practical business on the African continent and ways to incorporate the use of data are recording the strongest growth for an improved and insightful design work-flow,” he added. rates in the EMEA region,” said Ivo Schädler, EMEA Regional Manager. With this focus on insightful design, Vectorworks 2020 extends the “Over the past four years, we have existing Data Visualization feature increased sales by an average of 22%/ to the design layer environment. year. Our investments in expansion This lets customers change objects’ attributes using data parameters to will create the basis for further market visualize data for error checking, penetration in Africa, where the boom work validation and quality control. in the construction industry is being driven by high population” he added
K-Tec signs MOU with JDC Corporation of Japan to promote earth-moving scrapers K-Tec Earthmovers Inc. has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with JDC Corporation of Japan for promoting K-Tec’s efficient earth-moving scrapers in ASEAN Countries. The agreement with JDC Corp, signals K-Tec’s business strategy to geographically diversify and partner with forward-thinking, global enterprises.
JDC Corporation whose headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan, aims to pursue a better relationship between people and the environment to embody its corporate mission ‘For the Better, For the Brighter’. JDC Corporation takes on challenges in every field of construction, based on improving the Earth and creating comfortable environments. JDC Corporation has expertise in Civil construction projects and Solar Fields. JDC Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Takeo Asakura noted that JDC had been seeking a scraper with high-speed performance to achieve a major breakthrough in large earthworks, and finally found that K-Tec is the solution.
Signing of K-TEC and JDC MOU
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“JDC was established in 1951 and since then, we have been developing our skills with highly efficient machines in earthmoving. We are going to reinforce K-Tec’s performance in
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Japan and will expand it into Asian countries shortly. The alliance between JDC and K-Tec makes me sure that it will lead us to our great success,” he added. K-Tec Earthmovers Inc. Chief Financial Officer, Mike Palitsky stated that K-Tec is extremely excited to partner with JDC Corporation of Japan and have worked diligently to nurture our relationship. “We believe that the signing of this MOU is a major step for our mutual goal to further earthmoving technology in Japan and the ASEAN countries which will greatly benefit both of our organizations now and for the foreseeable future,” he affirmed. K-Tec Earthmovers stands behind its scrapers with a market leading 3-Year structural warranty on new scrapers, and can provide convenient and affordable overseas shipping of scrapers inside a sea container.
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