New grinding plant for LafargeHolcim, Colombia.

Claudius Peters Americas Inc. partners with Gebr. Pfeiffer Inc.

LafargeHolcim, a leading force in the building materials industry with local presence in 90 countries, provides solutions to meet customers needs in cement, concrete, and aggregates.

The new plant, to be installed in the Cali area of Columbia, will comprise a modular ready2grind ® cement grinding system with the very latest MVR mill technology supplied by Gebr. Pfeiffer’ Inc., leaders in grinding technology.

Claudius Peters will be supplying two silos, each with 500mT storage capacity, one 120t/h mobile loading plant, a single line packing plant and automatic bag applicator with PACPAL Roto Fill and a PACPAL palletizer upto 1,800 bags/h and storage hall for 2,000T Cement (50 kg/bag).

This is the fourth ready2grind ® system with MVR Mill Technology supplied by Gebr. Pfeiffer to LafargeHolcim Colombia. The MVR roller mill grinds cement raw material, cement clinker and additives with an installed power of up to 12,000 kW/. Thanks to its modular design and smaller footprint it is easier to transport and install and offers many cost reductions in terms of running costs and maintenance, and offers higher productivity.

Claudius Peters stockyards, pneumatic conveyors, silos, clinker coolers, grinding mills, and packing systems can be found in Cement, Coal, Alumina, and Gypsum plants across the globe. Claudius Peters (Americas), Inc. is a subsidiary of the Claudius Peters Group GmbH located in Dallas TX. Products and support services are supplied to customers located throughout the North, Central and South American markets.

About Gebr. Pfeiffer

Gebr. Pfeiffer, Inc. of South Florida, is a subsidiary of Gebr. Pfeiffer SE, with headquarters in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Gebr. Pfeiffer SE has a staff of over 450 employees worldwide and specialize in equipment for grinding, drying, separating, hydrating and calcining applications.

About Claudius Peters

The name Claudius Peters has been synonymous with the global cement and gypsum industry for over a century. Founded in 1906, the eponymous company became part-owned by the British Babcock organization in the 1950’s and was owned by them outright from the 1970’s until being acquired by Langley Holdings PLC (www.langleyholding.com) in 2002.

Today the Claudius Peters group also serves the alumina and global steel industries. Claudius Peters has subsidiaries in the United States, Brazil, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Romania, India, Singapore and China and employs over 580 people worldwide