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Aggregate Industries 
Type Private Industry Building materials Founded 1858 Headquarters Bardon, UK Key people Billy Bolsover , CEO Products Aggregates
Concrete
Asphalt
Bespoke and specialist concrete
Blocks
Cement
Commercial hard landscaping
Garden and driveway hard landscaping
Masonry
Ready mixed concrete and screed
Roofing tilesParent Holcim Website www.aggregate.com Aggregate Industries, a member of the Holcim Group, is an aggregates, construction and building materials group, with its base in the United Kingdom. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Holcim in 2005.
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History
The Company was originally established in 1858 when James and Joseph Ellis joined Breedon Everard to lease Bardon Hill Quarries.[1] The business, which became known as Ellis & Everard, was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988. In 1991 it merged with Evered plc to form Evered Bardon; the name was changed in 1993 to Bardon Group. In 1997 it merged again, this time with Camas, (formerly a division of English China Clays) to form Aggregate Industries.[2] In 1999 it entered into a series of major acquisitions in the United States.[3] It was acquired by Holcim, a leading Swiss cement maker, in 2005.[4]
Operations
The Company is one of the ‘big five’ construction material suppliers in the UK. Complementing this are operations in the United States (Aggregate Industries US), the Channel Islands, and Norway.
UK
Aggregate Industries UK is divided into the following businesses:[5]
Aggregate Industries Overseas Aggregate Supplies Alba Minimix Ash Solutions Bardon Aggregates Bardon Asphalt Bardon Contracting Bardon Hebrides Bardon Vectis Border Stone Bradstone Bradstone International Bradstone Structural Solutions Example Brown and Potter Charcon Charcon Flooring Charcon Precast Solutions Charcon Specialist Products Elite Minimix Express Aggregates Express Asphalt Express Driveways Fyfestone Garside Sands London Concrete Masterblock Paragon Materials Ronez StoneFlair Yeoman Asphalt US
Aggregate Industries US is divided into the following businesses:[6]
- Aggregate Industries-Central Region, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Aggregate Industries-Mid Atlantic Region, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Aggregate Industries-North Central Region, Eagan, Minnesota
- Aggregate Industries-Northeast Region, Saugus, Massachusetts
- Aggregate Industries-Southwest Region, North Las Vegas, Nevada
- Aggregate Industries-West Central Region, Golden, Colorado
- Hardaway Concrete Company of Columbia, South Carolina
- Meyer Material Company of McHenry, Illinois
Controversy
In November 2010 the company announced that it would not be paying its subcontractors in December of that year and that it hoped payments would resume in January 2011 [7]. The UK Road Haulage Association raised concerns over the non-payment with the British Government and strongly criticised the company for its treatment of it's suppliers [8]. Commercial Law firm DWF [1] highlighted the need for sub contractors to be wary of accepting work from the company in future.
References
- ^ Aggregate Industries: History
- ^ Ex-Camas boss gets £400,000 in wake of merger Independent, 15 April 1997
- ^ Aggregate Industries buys US Concrete company Pit & Quarry, November 1999
- ^ Big Swiss cement maker buys a British business New York Times, 21 January 2005
- ^ Aggregate Industries UK: Businesses
- ^ Aggregate Industries US: Regions
- ^ Aggregate Industries' subbies will not be paid in December RoadTransport.com November 15th 2010
- ^ Subcontractor warning over future Aggregate Industries work.RoadTransport.com November 19th 2010
External links
Categories:- Building materials companies of the United Kingdom
- Companies established in 1858
- Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Companies based in Leicestershire
- Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom
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