Buzzi Unicem and Wietersdorfer deal completed

Buzzi Unicem has completed a strategic agreement with Wietersdorfer initially announced in February this year.

Under the terms of the deal, Buzzi Unicem is receiving EUR22m from W&P Cementi for its 0.3Mta cement works at Cadola (Italy) and the right to acquire the 0.4Mta Travesio (Italy) cement plant within the next five years.

At the same time, Buzzi Unicem is paying some EUR22m for a 25 per cent stake in Salonit Anhovo, the leading cement producer in Slovenia with a capacity approaching 1.4Mta and for a 25 per cent interest in Wietersdorfer & Peggauer's Italian subsidiary W&P Cementi.