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Podilskyi Tsement starts reconstruction

The Podilskyi Tsement cement company (Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region), majority-owned by CRH, which is one of the three largest producers of cement in Ukraine, has started to modernise it...
News - 20 January 2006

Polish cement sales show improvements

Sales of cement in Poland stood at 11.3Mt in 2005, slightly up from the 2004 levels, but analysts expect a better performance in the next few years.  The combined sales of cement in Poland amounted...
News - 13 January 2006

CRH spends some €1370m on acquisitions in 2005

The bulk of CRH’s acquisition activity last year came to fruition in the second half, when 35 deals totalling around €1200m were completed. Including development capital expenditure, total develop...
News - 04 January 2006

CRH buys stake in Spanish cement maker

In a report first mooted on CemNet back in January 2005, CRH, the Irish building materials company, has now just bought a 26.3 per cent stake in Spanish cement producer Corporacion Uniland for ...
News - 01 January 2006

CRH solidifies position in the US

  The year 2005 saw CRH complete three deals totalling €344m to further extend its exposure to the market. The first of these deals was for Kentucky and Virginia-based Mounta...
News - 30 December 2005

CRH eyes Belgian buildings accessories business

CRH is in final negotiations to acquire the family controlled Winsol, the Belgian market leader in PVC and aluminium windows and doors, roller blinds and awnings, both domestic and commercial.  The...
News - 12 December 2005

Deputy criticises lack of action

The Irish government has failed to act on the "rip-off" practices by firms such as Cement Roadstone Holdings, which the European Court of Justice found to have engaged in "serious anti-competitive...
News - 17 November 2005

CRH in further North American expansion

CRH is spending US$413m to considerably expand its heavy building materials businesses in the United States, including the debt being assumed, in three separate transactions.  Two of the deals...
News - 02 November 2005

H+H moves into Poland

H+H International is aiming to consolidate its position as Europe’s second largest producer of aerated concrete by signing a conditional agreement to acquire four aerated concrete plants in Poland...
News - 03 October 2005

CRH cuts North American seasonal losses

CRH’s first half turnover rose by 12.9% to EUR6,329.3m, with the EBITDA advancing by 14.3% to EUR708.2m and the trading profit (EBIT) moving ahead by 20.2% to EUR444.8m. Capital expenditure in the...
News - 31 August 2005