Alfran Participates in the XXXIV Technical Congress of FICEM. Guatemala

During the past months Alfran-HTR, our subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates, made the main shutdown at Unit 2 of Fujairah Cement Industries. In this project, 65 meters of bricks were installed in the rotary kiln, 138 tons of dense concrete in different units of the plant and 120 tons of our Lite LW 23 AS insulating concrete. The entire ALFRAN-HTR team was congratulated by the client for the prompt and perfect execution of the work. The outcome of a good job is a satisfied customer!

On September 2, 3 and 4, the XXVI FICEM Technical Congress was held in the city of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. During these days we had the opportunity to share with our clients, as well as explore strategies of our competitors.

FICEM 2019

FICEM 2019 was an opportunity to deepen relations with our clients in the Americas.

In Alfran we continue betting on the importance of expanding the technical knowledge of our collaborators, as well as sharing our offer of products and services in a necessary Networking, in this type of Congress, of recognized prestige.

One more year, Alfran will participate in the Technical Congress of FICEM (Interamerican Cement Federation). This will be the fifth consecutive year in which Alfran attends the Congress.

It is the most important meeting between producers and suppliers of the cement industry in Latin America. Additionally, it is the only event in the region where the main cement companies of the continent seek the best offer of equipment aimed at optimizing the costs and efficiencies of their plants.

On this occasion, the Congress will be held at the Megapolis Convention Center in Panama City on September 3, 4 and 5.

Come visit us at stand #20!

During the 2017 FICEM Technical Congress, Alfran did a technical presentation. You can read about Alfran‘s participation in the 2017 event here.

You can check the full schedule of this year’s Congress here.

Once again, Alfran was the company in charge of carrying out the refractory maintenance repair at the Cementos Portland Valderrivas plant, located in Alcalá de Guadaira (Seville).

Although a smaller repair was initially arranged, the scope of the work was increased both in terms of the installation of brick in the rotary kiln and the installation of concrete in different areas. Finally, the following areas were repaired:

• Arch and Smoke Chamber
• Inlet cone
• Tile
• Nose Ring
• Kiln Hood
• Rotary Kiln Brick

The work was performed during 10 days working in double shift, which made it possible to have a fast reaction capacity to fulfill the needs of the client.

Despite the circumstances in which we found ourselves due to COVID-19, the work was developed without any setback complying at all times with the deadlines required by the client.

Our young subsidiary, Alfran USA, moves forward with a firm step to become a benchmark supplier for the maintenance of refractories in the cement industry. In this way and with our portfolio of high added value refractorycastables, TIX, HIGH GUN, CLEAN, DRYTECH, alfranjet, and alfranpump, we are extending the number of references in clients such as Cemex USA, Drake Cement, and American Cement, among others.

Thanks to our 2 logistic warehouses in Laredo (Texas) and Savanah (Georgia), where we store a minimum of 100 metric tons in each, we can supply any customer in the USA with a maximum delivery time of 48 hours.

Alfran will continue to provide resources to our American subsidiary to consolidate its growth.

We continue growing in the number of projects and customers in the USA. This time in Seattle, at the Ash Grove Cement Company plant located in Washington State. This is our first sale in this plant, belonging to CRH.

We supply and supervise our Alfranjet ABR Clean + material in the smoke chamber, installed by SHOTCRETE technology. The results obtained lives up to the customer´s expectations

As always “the outcome of a good job is a satisfied customer”.