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 |
|---|
| Cement plants |
3 |
| Cement terminals |
3 |
| GGBS plants |
3 |
Aggregates |
64 |
| Asphalt |
36 |
| Ready-mixed concrete |
191 |
| Concrete products |
10 |
| Bricks |
9 |
(Data as of 2011)
The market
Our activites are split into three divisions – quarry products, building products, and cement - which together operate about 350 manufacturing sites and employ more than 6,000 people.
The quarry products 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. Hanson is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of ready-mixed concrete from a network of just under 200 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 is a leading producer of Portland cement and 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.