Masonry Magazine October 2004 Page. 43
Lafarge Cement Names New President for Northeast Region
Lafarge North America has named Claude Bastien as President of the Northeast Region for the Cement Division. He previously served as President of Lafarge Construction Materials for the Eastern U.S. Region.
Bastien will be based in the regional headquarters in Montréal, Québec, where he will oversee the production, sale and distribution of cement, slag and fly ash in the Northeast Region. It includes the Canadian provinces of Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as 11 U.S. states, including New England and mid-Atlantic states as far south as Virginia. He will also be responsible for the region's four cement plants, located in St-Constant, Québec: Ravena, N.Y.; Whitehall, Pa.; and Brookfield, Nova Scotia; as well as Lafarge's slag cement manufacturing facility at Sparrows Point, Md.
Metabo Unveils Comprehensive Three-year Warranty
Metabo has announced the most comprehensive warranty ever offered on its full line of portable power tools. Metabo's new XXL Three-year Warranty covers the company's complete range of power tools, and extends the company's one-year warranty to three full years for all tools purchased on or after April 1, 2004.