Holcim

World No. 2 cement producer Holcim has received approval from European Union antitrust regulators to proceed with its planned acquisition of German walling systems manufacturer Xella, after agreeing to divest...

Holcim has signed an agreement to acquire Duro-Last, a US-based leader in commercial roofing systems. Duro-Last’s systems range from cool roofs, enhancing buildings’ energy efficiency, to its award-winning ‘Recycle Your Roof’ programme, driving circularity in roofing. It is also the first company in the US to offer third-party verified environmental product declarations for its thermoplastic roofing […]

Brazil’s antitrust regulator CADE on Wednesday approved the sale of Holcim’s local cement business to steelmaker Cia Siderurgica Nacional with no restriction, allowing the $1.025 billion deal to be completed. CSN first announced the acquisition of LafargeHolcim Brasil in September 2021 as Switzerland-based Holcim, the world’s largest cement maker, tries to diversify away from its […]

Swiss giant Holcim’s India units and more than a dozen other cement manufacturers colluded to raise prices and restrict supplies for years, which included regularly inspecting one another to ensure there was no breach of the agreements, according to a federal antitrust probe. The investigations arm of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has held […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Aitor Montesa Lloreda, Feb 05, 2008 The recent European Court of First Instance (CFI) judgment of July 11, 2007 in Case T-351/03, Schneider v. Commission, is the first EC judgment to grant a company damages for the losses it had suffered as a […]