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heNFDCpresented a
LifetimeAchievement
Award toDavidSinclair at
its 2015AnnualGeneralMeeting,
held at theDorchesterHotel in
London, onFriday13March, in
recognitionof a lifetime serving
thedemolition in anumber of
official capacities onboth sides of
theAtlantic.
This is only the third such
award tobepresentedby the
NFDC in its almost 75 years of
existence, with theother two
havinggone toClaudeBrown
andSidneyHunt respectively.
NFDC chief executiveHoward
Button said: “I’ve knownDavid
throughoutmy career in the
demolition industry.Hewas there
when I first joined thenational
Council andhe just retired from
theCouncil yesterday.Hehas
given exemplary service to the
Federation throughout hiswhole
career.He is apast president of
theEDA andpast president of
theNFDC, of course.Hehas
attended67meetings of the
National Council –nomean feat
alone.He is an ambassador for
our industry andworkedwith the
UNduring the recoverywork in
Haiti following the earthquake
BaltemAS, a Sumitomo Corp
subsidiary company andmain
Komatsu dealer for Lithuania,
Estonia and Latvia, has been
appointed by Sandvik Construction
as a distributor of the latter’s range
of mobile crushers and screens, in
addition to providing full aftermarket
care, spare parts and customer
service. Headquartered in Talinnin,
Estonia, Baltemwas established
in 1999 and now has offices,
workshops and service engineers
throughout this Baltic region.
Sandvik Construction’s
distributormanager Kauko Juuri
said of the appointment: “We are
sure that the combination of Sandvik
equipment and global aftermarket
support, togetherwithBaltem’s
local knowledge, customer and
industry expertise, will enable
our customers throughout the
area to benefit from awinning
combination.”
NFDC accolade goes
toDavid Sinclair
Lifetime Achievement Award
winner David Sinclairwith
NFDC chief ExecutiveHoward
Button and host of the awards
presentation, Sky Sports
presenter HayleyMcQueen
Baltemmanaging directorMeelis
Mitt (left)with CiaránRyan, sales
areamanager Sandvikmobiles for
North Europe
CDE extends sales
network
CDEGlobal has addedanewUS
distributor to its salesnetwork
in the shapeofMcCourt&
SonsEquipment, based inLa
Grange, Texas.Withover 65
years’ experience in the supply
of aggregateand sandprocessing
equipment,McCourt also covers
Arkansas, Louisiana,Oklahoma,
NewMexico,Wisconsinand
Minnesota.McCourtwill
represent the full lineofwashing
and classification equipment
offeredbyCDE.
Joel Prince,CDE regional
manager inNorthAmerica,
said: “McCourt&Sons is aname
associatedwithqualityequipment,
excellent customer serviceand
above all a capability toworkwith
customers to identify issueswith
their existingprocessingplant and
developa system that improves
efficiency. Thismatchesour
ownapproach to thedesignand
executionof successfulmaterials
washingprojects andwearevery
excitedabout theopportunities
thatwill present themselves as a
result of ournewpartnership.”
Over the last 12months the
two companieshavebeenworking
together inNorthAmericaon
anumberof projects and there
are currently five inproduction.
This follows thedebut forCDE
atConExpo, LasVegas, inMarch
2014. “We expect 2015 tobea
very significant year forCDE in
NorthAmerica” explained Joel.
“Theworkwehavedoneover the
last 12monthshas seenuswina
numberof newprojects and these
will all becomeoperational over
thenext two to threemonths. This
will giveus significant coverage
across theUSAandwill be the
catalyst thatwill allowus to
maximise theopportunity that
exists forour equipment inNorth
America.”
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there andheworkedwithSidney
Hunt to laydown the foundations
of theNationalDemolition
TrainingGroup.Without the
dedication and efforts of these
founding fathers, wewouldnot
bewherewe are today.”
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