Production interruption in cement factory in Kraluv Dvur

KRALUV DVUR, November 1 (PROTEXT) - The Board of Directors of the company Ceskomoravsky cement a.s., which is a part of the global group HeidelbergCement, decided to interrupt the production in the factory in Kraluv Dvur. The interruption includes cement production interruption (till 30 April 2003) and calcareous clay production (till 30 January 2003). Ceskomoravsky cements a.s. currently has three factories in the Czech Republic - in Mokra near Brno, in Prague - Radotin and in Kraluv Dvur. The optimization of production capacity between the last two factories mentioned above was the reason for production interruption in Kraluv Dvur. The production interruption goes hand in hand with some employment reduction but the company rail tap line in Kraluv Dvur will remain in operation, as well as packaging, palette loading and cement supply, and it will also be necessary to ensure facility management services in the factory as there will still be some company divisions, mainly cement sales division, division of lime and additives sales and division of central maintenance. The other companies located in the factory premises - TBG Bohemia, TBG Stredni Cechy, TBG Betonpumpy, Betotech and Trans- servis are working without any changes. Company management has prepared a social program for dismissed employees aimed at lessening consequences connected with loss of their employment. This social program offers much more than the employer is obliged to offer pursuant to Labour Code. The production interruption in Kraluv Dvur occurred also due to the current situation on the Czech cement market, which results in low-usage of current cement factories production capacities. That is why the company Ceskomoravsky cement a.s. had to take these awkward measures in order to make their activities more efficient and in order to ensure the future prosperity of the company. Contact: Miroslav Jandora Davay Communications s.r.o. mjandora@davay.cz Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT