Since 1996, from a medium-sized Italian player, "single-country and single-product", Cementir Holding has become a multinational company with a global presence and a diversified business portfolio of white and grey cement, concrete and aggregates.

Our international growth path

Since 1996 we have increased EBITDA by about twenty times without any capital increase. All our growth was supported by operating cash flow. We have successfully diversified our portfolio both geographically and by product, adding to our core business of cement an important presence in aggregates and concrete. We also invested in green technologies and renewable resources, such as the waste business, serving the energy needs of our cement plants.

We have become a global player through investments and acquisitions of over 1.7 billion euros. Between 2016 and 2018 we have significantly strengthened our business portfolio by: a) acquiring CCB in Belgium; b) selling all our manufacturing activities in Italy and c) acquiring control of Lehigh White Cement Company in the United States, the richest and most promising white cement market in the world.

Our competitive position has come out stronger, as we became one of the leading players in Belgian aggregates, we strengthened our vertical integration in cement, aggregates and concrete production in core Europe and we added a new business unit in the US, which now represents around 10% of our Group revenues.

Main transactions undertaken since 2001

CompanyAcquisition/DivestmentCountryYearEV €MDateDocument
Sinai White Portland Cement Co. SAEAcquisition (25.40%)Egypt20243013-Aug-24Press release
NB Beton GroupAcquisitionDenmark20241812-Apr-24Not available
Casa Bayan Sdn BhdAcquisitionMalaysia20235.916-Oct-23Not available
Ege KirmatasAcquisitionTürkiye20214.023-Nov-21Not available
Lehigh White Cement LLCAcquisition (38.75%)USA20188714-Feb-18Press release
Cementir Italia, Betontir, Cementir Sacci SpADivestmentItaly201731519-Sept-17Press release
Compagnie des Ciments Belges SAAcquisitionBelgium, France201631225-Jul-16Press release
Sacci SpAAcquisitionItaly201512529-Dec-15Press release
Aalborg Portland MalaysiaDivestment (30% stake)Malaysia201222.603-Dec-12Press release
Neales Waste Management Holdings LtdAcquisitionUnited Kingdom20121104-Jul-12Press release
Kudsk & Dahl A/SAcquisitionDenmark20082103-Mar-08Press release
Elazig Cimento SAAcquisitionTürkiye200691.701-Aug-06Press release
4K-Beton A/S*AcquisitionDenmark200510*12-Dec-05Press release
Aalborg Poland Spzoo *DivestmentPolonia2005ND12-Dec-05Press release
Edirne plantAcquisitionTürkiye2005138.810-Oct-05Press release
Vianini Pipe IncAcquisitionUSA20051230-Jun-05Press release
Aalborg Portland and Unicon A/SAcquisitionDenmark200457212-Aug-04Press release
Cimentas and CimbetonAcquisitionTürkiye200125410-Sept-01Not available

* Sale of Poland and purchase of 4K-Beton determined a Euro 10 million net cash outlay for Cementir Group.

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