Lafarge SA is a world-wide active enterprise with company headquarters in Paris, France. Lafarge is the prominent building material manufacturer of the world. In Germany the head offices of the operational societies in Oberursel reside.

The group is arranged into four divisions (divisions): Cement, concrete and aggregates, roof building materials and gypsum. It is present in 75 countries. 2005 amounted to the conversion 16 billion "€, of it 48% with cement, 34% with concrete, 9% with roof building materials and 9% with gypsum. The group employs world-wide 80,000 humans, of it 3,500 in Germany where in 34 works one produces.

Lafarge is listed at the stock exchanges in Paris (euroNEXT) and in New York (New York stick Exchange) and member in the euro Stoxx50 index.

History

• 1833 were created the company by Pavin de Lafarge. The factory diminished fireproof stones in a quarry to the
• 1864 supply 110,000 tons limestone to Lafarge with for the building of the Suez channel.
• Lafarge its activity extends 1931 by the division gypsum.
• 1939 are Lafarge the largest cement manufacturer of France.
• Lafarge establishes and creates 1956 its first cement plant in the USA Lafarge Cement OF North America.
• 1980 take place the fusion with the Belgian new name are Lafarge
• 1994 establishment of first business activities in China.
• 1997 enter Lafarge with the assumption the British talking country into the business with roof building materials.
• A partnership closes and starts 2000 Lafarge a world-wide CO2-Klimaschutzprogramm with the nature protection organization WWF.
• 12. July 2001 becomes Lafarge with the acquisition of Blue Circle Industries the largest cement manufacturer world-wide.
• 29. June 2004 decides Lafarge a duplication of the production capacity of their work in Dujiangyan on 2.4 million tons per year.
• 11 August 2005 with the Shui on Construction, a Chinese cement manufacturer, is signed a partnership contract and the Lafarge Shui on Cement is created. In November 2005 the enterprise a competitor in the southwest of China akquiriert and quits further investments with the goal an annual production capacity of 21 million tons cement to attain on. Thus the joint venture belongs to the three largest cement manufacturers in China.
• 1. January 2006 Bruno Lafont will appoint as the new CEO von Lafarge.
• 22. March 2006 common with the of the Ponts and Polytechnique creates Lafarge that world-wide first chair for lasting construction in the specialist area material sciences.

The group

The Lafarge group operates world-wide approximately 2,100 works and manufacturing plants. Since 1997 conversion, operating result and staff of the group doubled themselves.

Lafarge operates world-wide a network of research and development mechanisms with altogether 500 woman employees and coworkers. With prominent universities and research establishments in the USA, France and Switzerland plans to co-operate exist.

The enterprise attaches great importance to a lasting development. Apart from a global partnership with the Naturschtzorganisation WWF the group closed global partnerships with CARE and Habitat for Humanity. Lafarge is further member in that global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS and in the World Business Council for Sustainable development WBCSD for lasting development beginning of 2006 the enterprise for the second time to consequence to the list of the global 100 was taken up, which list those world-wide 100 to nachhaltigsten enterprises.

World-wide important marks belong to the Produktportfolio of Lafarge. Belonged in Germany for example those much admitted mark Braas to it, which offers roof systems from roof stones and roofing tiles.

Related links

• German homepage of the building material manufacturer
• International homepage of the building material manufacturer

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