Link to the Website HeidelbergCement in the UK
Overview
HeidelbergCement has been present in the UK since 1999. Our UK business operates under the Hanson brand name.
Hanson is the UK’s leading supplier of heavy building materials to the construction industry, producing aggregates, ready-mixed and precast concrete, asphalt and cement-related materials and a range of building products including clay bricks and roof tiles, lightweight and dense concrete blocks and concrete pavers.
| United Kingdom |
|---|
| Aggregates |
78 |
| Ready-mixed concrete |
220 |
| Asphalt |
42 |
| Building products |
44 |
| Cement plants |
3 |
| Cement terminals |
2 |
| GGBS plants |
5 |
(Data as of December 2008)
The market
The company is split into four business lines – aggregates and asphalt, concrete, building products, and cement - which together operate about 400 manufacturing sites and employ more than 6,500 people.
The aggregates and asphalt division produces sand and gravel from the land and sea, crushed rock, and asphalt for road surfacing. The division also operates a national contracting business specialising in road surfacing and infrastructure work.
The concrete division is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of ready-mixed concrete from a network of some 220 fixed and site-based plants.
The building products division is the largest producer of clay bricks and aircrete blocks in the UK. Its product range also includes wall cladding systems, aggregate blocks, concrete and clay pavers, decorative rocks and stones, bagged products, concrete flooring and precast concrete products. The division includes the specialist brick and block laying contractor Irvine-Whitlock.
The cement division combines Castle Cement, a leading producer of Portland cement acquired by HeidelbergCement in 1999, and Civil and Marine, which makes ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) – a cement replacement in ready-mixed and precast concrete.
Castle Cement has manufacturing plants at Ketton in Rutland, Ribblesdale in Lancashire and Padeswood in Flintshire, north Wales. The company also has its own hydrocarbon recycling business SRM, which produces alternative fuels for the cement kilns.