2020 / 2021 Edition
Asphalt & Surfacing
Another year of growth with sales and profits up and further progress expected this year
Company reports record operating profit, net income, earnings per share and free cash flow in 2019
Double-digit growth in revenues in 2019 and double-digit earnings growth expected in 2020
Eighth consecutive year of growth makes 2019 the most profitable year in company’s history
Ian Price replaces Rick Green as head of Hanson UK’s national road surfacing and contracting business
Recofoam technology used for second time in Scotland for sustainable replacement of worn-out asphalt
Hanson offering customers a range of reduced-emission asphalts to minimize impact on air quality
Tarmac work with local council to lay new road surface made using rubber crumb from waste tyres
Firms report boost from receding political uncertainty as business optimism rebounds to its highest since April 2018
UK construction frailty confirmed by falling demand for heavy-side building materials in 2019
Comment from chair of the Asphalt Industry Alliance ahead of National Pothole Day 2020
Surfacing firm breaks with tradition and adds a P6870C wheeled paver to mixed fleet of paving equipment
First train deliveries for Tarmac asphalt plant as work begins on new state-of-the-art facility
Latest survey from IHS Markit/CIPS signals slowest drop in overall UK construction output for four months
Leading infrastructure services company and road safety charity announce new partnership