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1993 till today

Start into new Dimensions

1993 A broad international presence is attained through the takeover of the Belgian S.A. Cimenteries CBR in Brussels. Division of the areas of responsibility into the regions of Central Europe West, Western Europe, Central Europe East and North America, with the business lines of cement, concrete and building materials for each of these.
1994 First-time consolidation of CBR: Group turnover increases to DM 6.3 billion (EUR 3.2 billion); the number of employees reaches 24,000.
1995 Continuation of the internationalization: Entry into the Chinese market through holding in China Century Cement Ltd.
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1999

Foundation of the Turkish joint venture, Akcansa with Sabanci Group as partner.
Heidelberger Baustofftechnik and Deitermann are combined to form Heidelberger Bauchemie GmbH.Market entry in Romania through the acquisition of a majority stake in the Moldocim Bicaz cement plant. In 2000 and 2002 respectively, the Casial Deva and Romcif Fieni plants are purchased.
With the acquisition of the Scandinavian Scancem Group, HeidelbergCement expands its

The Oeresund-Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden

international market presence considerably. The dry mortar activities in Europe are developed by a majority interest in the Maxit Holding GmbH.
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2000 		 HeidelbergCement increases its stake in CBR to 100% through an exchange offer and a subsequent squeeze-out procedure.
2000 Acquisition of a majority stake in the Kakanj cement plant in Bosnia Herzegovina.
2001 Acquisition of a majority stake in the second-largest Indonesian cement producer, Indocement.Market entry in the Ukraine through the acquisition of a majority stake in the Kryvyi Rih cement plant.
Acquisition of a majority stake in the Russian cement plant Cesla near Saint Petersburg.
2002 Union Bridge, USA In Union Bridge, Maryland, the largest and most modern cement plant in the US with a capacity of 2 million tonnes is taken into service.
Majority stake in the Ukrainian cement plant, Dniprocement.
Purchase of the Wetzlar cement plant from Buderus Group. Closure of the Kiefersfelden cement plant due to low capacity utilisation rates at the southern German Group plants.
Conversion of the preference shares into ordinary shares. The company is renamed HeidelbergCement AG.
2003 Conversion of the Mainz-Weisenau cement plant into a grinding plant. HeidelbergCement increases its participation in Anneliese Zementwerke AG to 97.4% by purchasing the shares from Dyckerhoff AG. Acquisition of the Königs Wusterhausen grinding facility near Berlin. Takeover of the Ekocem grinding facility in Katowice, Poland. Increase of the participation in China Century Cement to 49%.
2004 First-time consolidation of Indocement.
Takeover of the Bosenberg cement plant in Ahlen, Westphalia. Acquisition of a majority stake in Teutonia Zementwerk AG in Hanover, Lower Saxony.
2005 Following the completion of the takeover bid, Spohn Cement – including the persons acting in concert and their subsidiaries – holds 77.95% of the shares in HeidelbergCement.
Start of the “win” project. The three-year project aimed at strengthening HeidelbergCement’s future viability includes: streamlining		 Swimming Silos in the Fjords, Norway
the administrative organisation and setting up shared service centres, uniform standards and key performance indicators, centralising IT, and moving Group functions to Heidelberg.
Start of production at the new Guangzhou cement plant in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong with a capacity of 2.3 million tonnes; in addition, HeidelbergCement forms a joint venture in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi which includes the Fufeng cement plant and the construction of a new plant in Xian, the capital of the province.
Entry into the Kazakhstan market with the acquisition of the cement plant of Buchtarma Cement Company. By purchasing Doncement, HeidelbergCement expands its market position in the Ukraine.
2006 Market entry in India and Georgia.
Acquisition of a majority stake in the Russian aggregates and precast concrete elements company Gurovo Beton in the Tula region, around 130 km south of Moscow.
2007 Takeover of the British building materials company Hanson PLC, one of the largest producer of aggregates in the world.
Commissioning of the new Jingyang cement plant in the Chinese province of Shaanxi.
Expansion of the market presence in Turkey trough the purchase of the Ladik cement plant by our joint venture Akçansa.
Sale of the 35% stake in the French cement producer Vicat.
Sale of maxit Group to the French building materials producer Saint Gobain.

Today, HeidelbergCement is the global market leader in aggregates and a prominent player in the fields of cement, concrete and other downstream activities, making it one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials. The company employs some 68,000 people at 2,800 locations in 50 countries.
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