Buzzi Unicem : Have you noticed the South Side Minion?
September 18, 2017 at 04:14 am EDT
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September 18, 2017
Earlier this year, Buzzi Unicem installed a 12-foot air tank on top of its 10-story, 110-feet-tall cement distribution terminal in Milwaukee.
'It was kind of an eyesore,' says Matthew Stork, company manager. 'But people also kept saying it kind of looked like a Minion.'
Stork decided to hire local artist Michael Cerda (facebook page) to transform the tank into one of the small, yellow creatures from the popular Universal movies 'Despicable Me' and 'Minions.'
Around the same time, another Buzzi Unicem employee, Mark Megna, tragically lost his 9-year-old son, Sam, who was a big fan of the films. Stork is having a plaque made in honor of the child and will install it on the tank.
Cerda completed the Minion in mid-August and it immediately created local buzz because of its visibility from I-43 South. 'It started out as something funny and it is now also very meaningful,' says Stork.
(source: onmilwaukee.com)
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Buzzi SpA, formerly known as Buzzi Unicem SpA, is an Italy-based company engaged in the manufacture of construction materials. The Company is primarily active in the production, distribution, and sale of cement, ready-mix concrete, and natural aggregates. The Companyâs operations are located in Italy, the United States, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Ukraine, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, and Algeria. The three main geographical area with the higher generation of revenues are: the United States, Germany, and Mexico. The Firm is also engaged in the activity of Research and Development with the aim of developing and experimenting innovations to be used in the production chain and for their products. This activity is performed in cooperation with national research centers, universities, and private laboratories.
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