Heidelberg Materials France plans a restructuring that would result in the closure of sites in Beffes (Cher) and Villiers-au-Bouin (Indre-et-Loire) Restructuring follows a stronger alignment towards low-carbon products and a significant decline in cement sales in France Heidelberg Materials has committed to invest more than €400 million to modernise its plants and reduce its carbon...
Heidelberg Materials is continuing its progressive dividend policy: The Managing Board and Supervisory Board will propose to the Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 16 May, to distribute a dividend of €3.00 per share for the 2023 financial year. Subject to the approval of the shareholders, this corresponds to an increase of €0.40 per...
The planned AirvaultGOCO₂ project is part of the GOCO₂ initiative to decarbonise the West of France At the Airvault plant, the company will complement conventional CO₂ reduction measures with CCUS technology Heidelberg Materials has already made significant investments in the modernisation and decarbonisation of its French cement sites As the latest addition to its broad...
Decarbonisation technology company, Leilac, is pleased to announce the Leilac-2 project will be hosted at Heidelberg Materials’ Ennigerloh cement plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The selection of Ennigerloh as the Leilac-2 host plant is the result of a thorough site assessment process by Leilac, Heidelberg Materials, and IKN, a Leilac-2 project partner, and follows...
Operating result rises to record level – Group revenue at €21.2 billion (+4%1,2), Result from current operations (RCO) at €3.0 billion (+29%1,2) Profit for the financial year increases significantly – earnings per share at €10.4 (+23%2) Return on invested capital above 10% for the first time – ROIC at 10.3% (previous year: 9.1%) Strong focus...
The Nobel Center Project has opted to use evoZero®, the world’s first carbon captured net-zero concrete from Heidelberg Materials, for the new Nobel Center in Stockholm As a globally unique product, evoZero’s net-zero footprint is based on the application of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik, Norway. The...
Heidelberg Materials has been recognised once again with an “A” score by global environmental non-profit organisation CDP for transparency and performance on climate change The company follows a clear, science-based approach to reduce its carbon footprint and has given itself a comprehensive set of ESG targets Heidelberg Materials is one of only 346 companies to...
Under the new evoBuild® brand, Heidelberg Materials now applies globally consistent and stringent criteria for sustainable products and aims to set new standards for decarbonised products as sustainability leader in the building materials industry evoBuild® enables a clear, coherent, and transparent tiering for sustainable products globally and complements the recently launched brand evoZero® All countries...
Heidelberg Materials announced the successful completion of the sale of its capital-intensive French cement transportation business Tratel S.a.s. to five regional transport specialists: Groupe Garnier in the North-West and Île-de-France region, e-b-trans in the South-East and South-West, Groupe DESERT in the West, and T2GL in the East of France. Heidelberg Materials France will keep managing...
Heidelberg Materials and the EU Innovation Fund successfully concluded the Grant Agreement on funding for Heidelberg Materials’ flagship project at the Geseke cement plant in Northern Germany. GeZero aims to deploy an entire CCS value chain for the inland location, capturing 700,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually from 2029. Complementing substantial investments by the company, the...