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Forterra was formed as Hanson Building Products as the building products division of Hanson Plc. [2] It has acquired numerous other companies during its existence, including The Butterley Company in 1968, [3] London Brick in 1984, [3] Red Bank Manufacturing Company [4] and Marshalls Flooring in 2002, [5] Marshalls Clay Products and Thermalite in 2005, [6] and Formpave Holdings in 2006.
Heidelberg Materials UK is a British-based building materials company, headquartered in Maidenhead.Previously known as Hanson UK, the company has been a subsidiary of the German company HeidelbergCement since August 2007, and was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Between 1968 and 1971, The London Brick Company also bought its three remaining Fletton brick competitors, including the Marston Valley Brick Company, giving it a total monopoly in the Fletton brick market. In 1973, its brick sales totalled 2.88 billion, or 43 per cent of the total brick market. [2] In 1984, the company was acquired by Hanson plc.
Marston Vale is an area of Bedfordshire.It lies to the south west of Bedford and Kempston, near Junction 13 of the M1 motorway.Historically it was one of the main brickmaking districts in England, home of the London Brick Company, now a division of Hanson plc.
The brickworks was closed in 2008, with the loss of 83 jobs. Hanson, who said they were mothballing the factory, cited the recession and standstill in new house builds. The Accrington Nori Brick works was temporarily re-opened in August 2009 only to close again that November, after a lifespan of 122 years. In 2013 the works was for sale. [2]
Hanson and Gordon White (later Lord White of Hull) formed a partnership in the 1960s, and began a greetings card business. [4] The two men also began buying other companies, in such diverse industries as fertilisers and bricks, which all sat under the umbrella of a listed entity called Hanson Trust (later renamed simply Hanson).
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The company was acquired by the Wiles Group, which later became Hanson Trust, in 1968 for £4.7 million. [17] The company was subsequently split up into Butterley Engineering, Butterley Brick and Butterley Aggregates.