11.12.2015

Holcim Romania will be announcing its new Chief Executive Officer in the upcoming period, after its current CEO, French Francois Petry, was put in charge of the LafargeHolcim subsidiary in Great more

09.30.2015

Romania’s construction sector is recovering after six years of decline but needs infrastructure investments to be able to enjoy a sustainable recovery, says Francois Petry, chief executive officer more

07.29.2015

Swiss cement group Holcim's sales of cement and clinker in Romania increased 23.1% in the first six months, driven by new construction projects mainly in Bucharest, while prices on the market, more

07.17.2015

Ireland’s CRH forecasts total revenue of EUR230 million in Romania after the takeover of French construction materials manufacturer Lafarge’s local plants. CHR explained the decision to enter the more

07.16.2015

Swiss cement groups Holcim and French construction materials manufacturer Lafarge completed the merger and listed as LafargeHolcim Wednesday on SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich and Euronext in Paris. more

04.30.2015

Swiss cement group Holcim's sales of cement and clinker in Romania increased 29.4% in the first quarter, driven by new construction projects, while prices on the market, expressed in lei, declined more

02.23.2015

Swiss Holcim's cement and clinker sales volumes in Romania rose 7.8% in 2014, due to large projects developed in the Bucharest area, the company said in a report Monday. more

02.18.2015

Holcim Romania’s 2014 cement sales were supported by the rising number of projects in the housing, as well as non-housing sectors, says Francois Petry, who runs the building material producer. more

02.02.2015

Irish cement maker CRH will buy most of the cement assets that French group Lafarge and Swiss construction materials maker Holcim must sell ahead of their planned merger, including the Romanian more

01.23.2015

Irish cement maker CRH on Thursday confirmed talks for the acquisition of certain assets ahead of the planned merger between French group Lafarge and Swiss construction materials maker Holcim, the more

11.03.2014

Holcim's cement sales in Romania increased in the first nine months of the year, contributing to the total volume of 20.2 million tons the company sold in Europe, a market where demand is declining, more

10.14.2014

Construction materials maker Holcim Romania expects a slight increase in this year’s turnover, from EUR202 million in 2013, and wants to return to profit from a loss of EUR1.3 million in 2013, the more

09.10.2014

Swiss-based construction materials maker Holcim has completed the extension of its waste co-processing platform in Campulung, Arges county, following a EUR6 million investment co-funded by the EU. more

07.30.2014

Swiss-based construction materials maker Holcim said its cement and clinker sales volumes in Romania were flat on the year in the first quarter of 2014, while its aggregate division saw an 18.9% more

07.25.2014

French executive François Pétry, who took the reins of the Romanian operations of Swiss construction materials group Holcim in February, says the assets put up for sale in various countries amid more

07.22.2014

The assets that the construction materials groups Lafarge and Holcim want to sell internationally to be able to merge have drawn the interest of 100 potential buyers and some of them want to acquire more

07.07.2014

The Romanian assets of French group Lafarge are proposed for sale, ahead of the merger with Swiss-based construction materials maker Holcim, to anticipate potential competition authorities’ more

04.28.2014

Swiss-based construction materials maker Holcim said Monday its cement and clinker sales in Romania rose 5.1% in the first quarter this year and economic conditions are still difficult in eastern more

04.15.2014

Cement giants Holcim (Switzerland) and Lafarge (France), which have recently announced they would tie up, generated together revenue of EUR4.3 billion and net profits of over EUR930 million in the more

04.08.2014

The merger between Lafarge (France) and Holcim (Switzerland), set to create a new leader on the world’s cement market, with total sales of EUR30 billion, will also involve plant sales. more

02.27.2014

Last year brought a new decline on the Romanian cement market, which ZF values at some 600-700 million euros, as the state’s infrastructure investment slid and private investors shied away from new more

01.28.2014

French François Pétry will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Holcim Romania, a unit of Swiss-based building materials maker Holcim, starting February 1, 2014, the company said in a statement more

12.12.2013

Autumn did not come with the expected thawing of the Romanian cement market, so after the 2011 rise and the 2012 stagnation Romanian cement production will decline again this year, writes Business more

11.05.2013

Swiss-based building materials maker Holcim said Tuesday its cement and clinker sales in Romania dropped 2.4% in volume in January-September, while sales of aggregates declined 21.5%. more

10.24.2013

Holcim Romania, a unit of Swiss-based building materials maker Holcim, has added three new professionals to its management team, the company said in a statement Thursday. more