Lafarge SA

See also: Lafarge

Lafarge is a French group of construction materials, world leader in his sector, followed by Holcim. It is present in four principal activities: Concrete and Aggregate S, Cement, Plaster, Roof, and in 75 countries. Its turnover, in 2003, rose to 13,658 billion euros, including 47% in cement, 33% in the concrete and the aggregates, 11% in the plaster and 9% in the roofs. The group employs approximately: 71000 people in the world.

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History

  • 1833 : the company is founded by Leon Pavin de Lafarge , by resumption of a family activity launched in 1749; the factory exploits a stone quarry with lime in the Saint-Victor mountain dominating the the Rhone between Teil and Viviers, in Ardèche, France.
  • 1864 : Delivery of 11.000 tons lime for the Suez Canal; it is the first building site of international scale for the company.
  • 1919 : Transformation into SA under the name of " Public limit company of limes and cements of Lafarge and Teil ".
  • 1939 : Lafarge is the first French cement-manufacturer.
  • 1980 : Fusion with the Belgian company Coppée gives rise to the Groupe Lafarge Coppée .
  • 1997 : the acquisition of the British Redland makes it possible Lafarge to enter the market of the Tuile S (roof).
  • July 12th 2001: the acquisition of the British group Blue Circle Industries Plc (BCI) makes it possible Lafarge to become the first world cement producer in front of Switzerland Holcim;
    pour to finance this purchase, Lafarge resells in the form of LBO the essence of its material branch of specialities, renamed Materis
  • June 29th 2004: Lafarge decides to double the capacity of its cement factory of Dujiangyan, in China, to carry it to 2,4 million tons, and signs an partnership agreement with Shui One Construction Materials Limited (SOCAM), Chinese cement-manufacturer with dimensions with Hong-Kong.

The group

The group, which includes/understands more: 1240 companies held mainly and approximately 230 companies held in the form of participations, is very decentralized. It is organized in three branches:
  • cement,
  • aggregates and concrete
  • plaster
Each branch gathers the whole of the units of its sphere of activity on the world plan.

The units have a competence limited to an geographical area, generally a country, for a given activity.

The seat of the group, located at Paris, includes/understands the head office, the executive committee and the whole of the staff managements.

Management of the firm

The Chairman of the board is Bertrand Collomb, in addition president of World Business Council for Sustainable Development and of the French Association of the Private companies. The Managing director is Bruno Lafont, since the 1/1/2006.

Executive team

  • Bertrand Collomb - chairman of the board
  • Bruno Lafont - managing director
  • Michel Rose - delegated general director, Cement
  • Ulrich Glaunach - executive vice-president, Cement
  • Red-headed Guillaume - executive vice president, Cement
  • Jean-Charles Blatz - executive vice president, Aggregates & Concrete
  • Jean-Christophe Barbant - executive vice president, Roof
  • Isidoro Miranda - executive vice president, Plaster
  • Jean-Jacques Gauthier - executive vice president, Finances
  • Christian Herrault - executive vice president, Organization and Human Resources

Board of directors

15 and named for four years by AG of the shareholders. At April 20th, 2006:

Bertrand Collomb, Bruno Lafont, Bernard Kasriel, Jacques Lefèvre, Michael Blakenham, Jean-Pierre Boisivon, Michel Bon, Philippe To cart, Oscar Fanjul, Guilherme Frering, Juan Gallardo, Alain Jolly, Raphaël de Lafarge, Bruno Lafont, Michel Pébereau, Helene Ploix.

International advisory counsel

At April 5th, 2006

  • Lynda, Baronesses Chalker off Wallasey, the United Kingdom, president, Africa Matters Limited.

  • Barbara H. Franklin, the United States, general president-director, Barbara Franklin Enterprises; former minister Commercial.
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr., the United States, general president-director, Dupont.
  • Mohamed Kabbaj, Morocco, Wali of Large Casablanca, chairs, Lafarge Morocco.
  • Reuel J. Khoza, South Africa, chairs, AKA Capital (Pty) Ltd.
  • Takuzo Kitamura, Japan, Adviser of Management, Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
  • David K.P.Li, HongKong, general president-director, The Bank off East Asia Ltd.
  • Thierry de Montbrial, France, managing director, French Institute of the international relations.
  • Alexei A. Mordashov, Federation of Russia, chairs, Severstal.
  • Hugh Mr. Morgan, Australia, administrator, Reserve Bank off Australia.
  • Robert W. Murdoch, Canada, administrator of companies.
  • N.R. Narayana Murthy, India, president and adviser, Infosys Limited Technologies.
  • Henning Schulte-Noelle, Germany, president of the board of trustees, Allianz AG.

Financial data

Stock exchange data

  • Shares quoted with the Bourse de Paris
  • Member of the index CAC 40
  • Weight in index CAC 40:
  • Code Value ISIN = FR0000120537
  • Face value = euro

Shareholding:

  • Beginning 2006 Pargesa, of Albert Frère bought more than 10% of the capital and will be able to continue with the sale of its actions of Bertelsmann.

References

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