British Cement Association

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• www.cementindustry.co.uk
 

The British Cement Association (BCA) is the trade and research organisation that represents the interests of the UK's cement industry at national and European levels.
In pursuit of its goal of encouraging the greater and better use of cement and concrete, the BCA has an establishment of technical and support staff, including leading authorities on environment, legislation, materials, standards and engineering.
 
The BCA is made up of four members: Buxton Lime Industries, Castle Cement, Cemex UK Cement and Lafarge Cement UK. Together, they produce over 90 per cent of the cement sold in the UK  around 12 million tonnes in a typical year.

Their 15 manufacturing plants represent a major investment. In order to operate and manage their businesses, BCA members employ around 3,400 people directly. A further 15,000 jobs depend indirectly upon their operations.

BCA's strategic partnerships and links include:  The Concrete Centre, Concrete Society, British Precast, Quarry Products Association, Construction Products Association, CBI & the Trade Association Forum and CEMBUREAU (the European Cement Association).

British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA)

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• www.bmapa.org
 

The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) is the trade association for an industry that works 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year helping to satisfy Britain’s needs for aggregates. Our materials underpin some of Britain’s most glamorous projects - but we may also have supplied the sand and gravel from which your home is built.
Think of aggregates and most of us think first of quarries on land. In reality, however, a significant proportion of Britain’s need for aggregates is satisfied from the seabed.
At a time when land-based quarrying is under increasing environmental pressure, this vital marine resource is growing in importance as a means of sustaining the built environment. In doing so, it contributes substantially to the quality of our lives.
Around 21 per cent of the sand and gravel used in England and Wales is now supplied by the marine aggregates industry. It also makes a healthy contribution to our balance of payments through exports to the near continent.
Extraction of marine aggregates involves significantly less than one per cent the UK continental shelf. The industry recognizes, nonetheless, that it works in a sensitive environment and accepts its responsibility to operate with care and concern for other users of the sea.
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) believes this challenge should be approached as a partnership with all the other parties involved and actively seeks to minimize the industry’s impact.

British Materials Handling Federation

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• www.bmhf.org.uk
 

The British Materials Handling Federation constitutes the British National Committee of the Federation Europ?enne de la Manutention (FEM). Membership of the British Materials Handling Federation is open to British Trade Associations whose member companies engage in the design, manufacture or supply of materials handling equipment. BMHF collectively represents over 500 companies with in excess of 25,000 employees and operating in an industry with a total turnover exceeding ?3.5 billion. Founded in 1964, the main aims of the Federation are to encourage the extension of the use of materials handling equipment in all industries and to foster, by all practical means, the development of the materials handling industry in the interests of users and the national economy.