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Lafarge (company)
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Lafarge S.A. Lafarge.svg
Type Société Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: LG
Industry Building materials
Founded 1833
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people Bruno Lafont (Chairman and CEO)
Products Cement, Construction aggregates, asphalt production and paving, concrete and gypsum wallboard
Revenue €15.816 billion (2012)[1]
Operating income € 2.44 billion (2012)[1]
Profit € 432 million (2012)[1]
Total assets €39.46 billion (end 2012)[1]
Employees 65,000 (end 2012)[1]
Website www.lafarge.com bags of Lafarge cement
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in four major products: cement, construction aggregates, concrete and gypsum wallboard. The company is the world's largest cement manufacturer.
Contents
1 History 2 Environmental concerns 3 The group 4 Management team 5 Board of directors 6 Financial data 7 See also 8 External links 9 References
History
Lafarge was founded in 1833[2] by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge in Le Teil (Ardèche), to exploit the limestone quarry in Mont Saint-Victor between Le Teil and Viviers. The limestone is white and argillaceous, and yielded an eminently hydraulic lime.
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Hérault 05.jpg
In 1864 Lafarge signed its first international contract for the delivery of 110,000 tonnes of lime to the Suez Canal construction project.[2] In 1980 Lafarge joined with the Belgian coal, coke and fertilizer company Coppée to become SA Lafarge Coppée.
Lafarge purchased a plant from the National Gypsum Company in early-1987.[3] Ten years later, it bought Redland plc, a leading British quarry operator.[4]
In 1999, Lafarge acquired 100% shareholding in Hima Cement Limited, the second-largest cement manufacturer in Uganda, with installed capacity of 850,000 metric tonnes annually, as of January 2011.[5] IN 1999, Lafarge entered the Indian market through its cement business,with
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lafarge S.A. Lafarge.svg
Type Société Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: LG
Industry Building materials
Founded 1833
Headquarters Paris, France
Key people Bruno Lafont (Chairman and CEO)
Products Cement, Construction aggregates, asphalt production and paving, concrete and gypsum wallboard
Revenue €15.816 billion (2012)[1]
Operating income € 2.44 billion (2012)[1]
Profit € 432 million (2012)[1]
Total assets €39.46 billion (end 2012)[1]
Employees 65,000 (end 2012)[1]
Website www.lafarge.com bags of Lafarge cement
Lafarge is a French industrial company specialising in four major products: cement, construction aggregates, concrete and gypsum wallboard. The company is the world's largest cement manufacturer.
Contents
1 History 2 Environmental concerns 3 The group 4 Management team 5 Board of directors 6 Financial data 7 See also 8 External links 9 References
History
Lafarge was founded in 1833[2] by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge in Le Teil (Ardèche), to exploit the limestone quarry in Mont Saint-Victor between Le Teil and Viviers. The limestone is white and argillaceous, and yielded an eminently hydraulic lime.
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, Hérault 05.jpg
In 1864 Lafarge signed its first international contract for the delivery of 110,000 tonnes of lime to the Suez Canal construction project.[2] In 1980 Lafarge joined with the Belgian coal, coke and fertilizer company Coppée to become SA Lafarge Coppée.
Lafarge purchased a plant from the National Gypsum Company in early-1987.[3] Ten years later, it bought Redland plc, a leading British quarry operator.[4]
In 1999, Lafarge acquired 100% shareholding in Hima Cement Limited, the second-largest cement manufacturer in Uganda, with installed capacity of 850,000 metric tonnes annually, as of January 2011.[5] IN 1999, Lafarge entered the Indian market through its cement business,with