HeidelbergCement expansion in Czech Republic

Company acquires six ready-mixed concrete plants in eastern region around city of Brno

CONTINUING to drive forward their portfolio optimization programme, HeidelbergCement have acquired six ready-mixed concrete plants and one sand pit through their Czech subsidiary Českomoravský beton from Kámen Zbraslav in the Moravia region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic.

Further expanding the company’s footprint in the region, all the plants have a well-established, high-demand residential and commercial customer base around the city of Brno.

HeidelbergCement now operate 80 ready-mixed concrete plants in the Czech Republic and two in Slovakia. The expected annual production of the newly acquired plants is around 85,000 cubic metres of concrete.