HeidelbergCement

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  • Bernd Scheifele, Chairman of the Board
  • Fritz -Jürgen Heckmann, Chairman of the Board

HeidelbergCement AG is a publicly listed and unlisted in the DAX German building materials group, headquartered in Heidelberg. With the takeover of Hanson in 2007, the company's largest aggregates and the third largest cement producer has become worldwide. In the year 2012 (2011), the company achieved on a turnover of 14.02 ( 12.9 ) billion euros a net income of 545 ( 534) million euros.

Business

In the cement sector, HeidelbergCement is normal cements, special cements for example, to the construction of hydraulic structures and sewage treatment plants as well as special binder and environmental technology for the landfill and environmental remediation. Other business segments include aggregates such as sand and gravel, concrete and lime products; the business area comprises limestone an extensive product range of stone sizes and accessories.

History

HeidelbergCement goes back to the location in Heidelberg Bergheim's mill, which was acquired on 3 January 1873 in a bankruptcy of a native of Mosbach brewer Johann Philipp Schifferdecker and converted to a cement factory.

On June 5, 1874, the factory is registered as a partnership under the name Portland Cement plant, Heidelberg, Schiffer Decker & Sons in the commercial register, 1875 begins the cement production.

On March 18, 1889, The company is converted into a public limited company, a phase of strong expansion begins among others through the construction of new cement factories. 1901 merged the Heidelberg Portland Cement plant with the Mannheim Portland - Cement -Fabrik AG for Portland - Cement -Fabrik AG Heidelberg and Mannheim AG. Opened in 1918, is the material ropeway glues - Nussloch which supplies the mill with the required limestone.

By 1938, numerous other cement companies and quarries were acquired ( eg, 1938, the Portland cement Blaubeuren brothers Spohn AG) and the company expanded through various mergers. Now, the company changed its name to Portland cement plants Heidelberg corporation. In 1959, the company is now to enter the ready-mixed concrete industry. In 1977 the company expanded to North America and founds subsidiaries. Now also other sectors of the building trade is opened ( Building chemicals, insulation systems ).

1978, the name of the company is converted into Heidelberg Cement Company.

1993 Acquisition of 42.4 % of the Belgian S. A. Cimenteries CBR, which is completely taken over in 1999. In the 1990s, the company is becoming increasingly internationalized, particularly through expansion into East Asia. Also in 1999, the building materials manufacturer Scancem was taken in Sweden, where the company trades as Cementa today. As of 2001, the Indonesian cement producer Indocement was gradually taken over with the help of WestLB. In 2002 the company was renamed HeidelbergCement.

Beginning of 2005, Adolf Merckle took control of the company and continued as Chief Executive Officer Bernd Scheifele one; after completion of a public tender offer in July 2005 keeps Spohn Cement and others of the Merckle Group attributable to shareholders almost 78 % of the shares in HeidelbergCement.

In 2005, HeidelbergCement acquired 100 percent of the " Bukhtarma Cement Company " (BCC ) in Kazakhstan. HeidelbergCement employed in Kazakhstan (as of mid- 2013) more than 1000 employees.

In May 2007, the Group announced the acquisition of UK building materials group Hanson for GBP 9.5 billion ( 14.0 billion euros ), the. Largest ever acquisition in the building materials sector This acquisition was financed largely through debt, but also by the placement of the 35 % stake in the French cement maker Vicat in June 2007, making a profit of around one billion euros was achieved, and the sale of building materials daughter Maxit for 2.13 billion euros in August 2007 to the French competitor Saint -Gobain.

In September 2009, the Company announced a combined capital and Aktienumplatzierung known, which should help to reduce the company's debt ( with net debt of 11.3 billion euros at June 30, 2009) through the placement of 62.5 million new shares and whose main shareholder, the Merckle group 's debt through the placement of 57.2 million shares of old. This reduced Ludwig Merckle, legacy of Adolf Merckle, its share significantly from 72.4 % to below 25%.

HeidelbergCement AG was included in the DAX on 21 June 2010.

In April 2013, the Russian cement company CJSC Construction material was acquired, the company has its headquarters in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan.

Cement cartel

In 2000, a total of 29 former customers, represented by the Belgian public limited company Cartel Damage Claims (CDC ), a class action in court, coupled with a requirement of at least 113 million euros in damages for the allegedly excessive prices submitted. According to the plaintiff alleges damages of more than 150 million euro was created. CDC will pose in front of the leader HeidelbergCement and the companies swivel cement, Lafarge, Dyckerhoff, Cemex and Holcim to have the price level in Germany decisively determined as a cartel between 1993 and 2001 and have therefore kept the building prices at an artificially high level. 2004, HeidelbergCement AG has been demonstrated as one of the major players in what was revealed by the Bundeskartellamt so-called cement cartel with a fine of 252 million euros. On the other hand, the company appealed. The Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf in 2009 declined the penalty to 160 million euros. The Federal Court dismissed in April 2013 from the action of HeidelbergCement against these anti-trust fine in the last instance.

Already in 2000, the company was subject to a fine of 3.5 million Euros, because it had split since 1983 with 41 European cement companies from 14 EU countries plus Switzerland and Norway, the European cement market, and mutual waiver had declared to the national market areas. These agreements were executed after conviction of the former EU Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert, even after 1994 on.

Controversy activities in the West Bank

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank HeidelbergCement exploits through its wholly owned subsidiary Hanson Israel Israeli lawyers, according to international law the large quarry Nahal Raba from. After researching the ARD magazine "Panorama" of 2 September 2010 and the ARD Studios Tel Aviv, the minerals produced are brought to Israel and the Palestinians do not get the benefit. Palestinians from the village of al- Zawiya in the immediate vicinity of the quarry lay claim to the land. The Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din called for in a suit before the Israeli Supreme Court on the belonging to HeidelbergCement company and other Israeli operators of quarries in the occupied territory, adjust the degradation in the West Bank. HeidelbergCement and its subsidiary Hanson Israel wanted, according to Panorama on the allegations not comment, but to make the reduction continues until further notice. The action of the Israeli human rights organization was rejected by the Supreme Court in Israel on 26 December 2011.

Significant investments

The company has several subsidiaries. These are among others:

  • HeidelbergCement Sweden AB ( HCSWE ) (since 2006)
  • S. A. Cimenteries CBR (CBR ), Brussels / Belgium (since 1993)
  • CBR International Services SA, Brussels / Belgium (since 1993)
  • HeidelbergCement, Inc. (HCI ), Wilmington / USA ( since 1977)
  • HeidelbergCement Central Europe East Holding B.V. ( HCCEE ), ' s-Hertogenbosch/Netherlands (since 1993)
  • Lehigh Cement Company ( LEH), Allentown / USA ( since 1977)
  • HeidelbergCement International Holding GmbH ( HCIH ), Heidelberg ( 1993 )
  • HeidelbergCement Netherlands Holding B.V. ( HCNETH ), ' s-Hertogenbosch/Netherlands (since 2006)
  • PT Indocement Tunggal Tbk Prakarsa, Jakarta / Indonesia (since 2001, 65.1 %)
  • ENCI Holding N.V. ( ENCI ), ' s-Hertogenbosch/Netherlands (since 1993)
  • HeidelbergCement Northern Europe AB ( HCNE ), Malmö / Sweden (since 1999)
  • Lehigh Southwest Cement Company, Concord / USA ( since 1993)
  • CBR Baltic B. V. ( CBRB ), ' s-Hertogenbosch/Netherlands (since 1993)
  • Lehigh Cement Limited ( LCL), Calgary / Canada ( since 1993)
  • Carpatcement Holding S. A. ( CAR), Bucharest / Romania (since 1998)
  • CJSC Construction Materials, Bashkortostan / Russia (since 2013)
  • Górazdze Cement S. A. ( GOR), Chorula / Poland (since 1993)
  • Scancem International ANS ( SI), Oslo / Norway ( since 1999)
  • Duna - Drava Cement Kft ( DDC), Vac / Hungary (since 1989, 50%)
  • HeidelbergCement Norway AS (HCN ), Oslo / Norway (since 1999)
  • Castle Cement Ltd, Birmingham / United Kingdom ( since 1999)
  • Heidelberg Cement UK Ltd.. ( HCUK ), Birmingham / United Kingdom ( since 1999)
  • Continental Florida Materials Inc., Fort Lauderdale / USA ( since 1999)
  • Norcem AS, Oslo / Norway ( since 1999)
  • Českomoravský cement a.s. (CMC ), Beroun / Czech Republic (since 1991)
  • Hanson plc (since 2007, bought for 14 billion euros )
  • Abetong AB ( since 1999)
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