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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.
Hanson Cement was a cement production company located in the United Kingdom. It was called Castle Cement until it was rebranded in 2009. The company is now owned by HeidelbergCement, with the UK business managed by Heidelberg Materials UK. Hanson Cement has a long history dating back to the early 19th century, when it was founded as the ...
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.
The company was founded by Jorgen Lotz and Olaf Kier, Danish engineers, under the name Lotz & Kier in 1928, and it was based in Stoke-on-Trent. [5]A few years later Lotz withdrew from the company, but Olaf Kier retained a semblance of his identity by including Lotz's initials in the organisation's new name, J.L. Kier & Co Ltd, which remained the company's principal title for over four decades.
Hanson's interest was in the building materials part of Beazer and it quickly sold the Kier construction business. In contrast, Beazer's housing was held through the recession and a new Beazer Group, now consisting solely of UK housebuilding, still the fourth largest in the UK, was floated in 1994. [ 5 ]
Ketton quarry & plant. Ketton Cement Works is a large cement plant and quarry based in the village of Ketton in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom. Now owned by HeidelbergCement, the plant produces around one tenth of the UK's Portland Cement needs.
On 8 February 2024, the UK government confirmed that more than 100 school buildings containing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete would be rebuilt or refurbished. [57] On 21 August, Aberdeen City Council announced that several hundred properties in Aberdeen affected by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete would be demolished and rebuilt ...
The brickworks once managed by Marshall Clay Products were bought out by Heidelberg Materials UK, a subsidiary of the multi-national HeidelbergCement group, in 2005. 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.