MEDIA RELEASE
Holcim Plant Manager Appointed
24 July 2008 – Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd has this week announced the appointment of Chester Goodson as plant manager at
its Westport Cement Works. Former plant manager Chris Dempsey resigned earlier this year to take up a cement management
position overseas
Announcing the new appointment General Manager – Cement, Ross Pickworth said “Chester comes to us with a wealth of
cement experience. He has spent the last 30 years in a variety of roles within the cement industry in the United States,
and already works within the Holcim Group.”
Chester Goodson is currently employed by Holcim US as Manager, Special Projects East Region. In this role he is
responsible for working with the seven manufacturing plants in the region to support the development and execution of
strategic initiatives. Prior to that, Chester was the Plant Manager at Holly Hill, a 1.8 million tonne capacity Holcim
cement manufacturing facility in South Carolina and for five years managed Devil’s Slide, another Holcim cement
manufacturing facility in Utah.
Chester Goodson will take up the Westport Plant Manager role on Monday 11 August.
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