Aggregate Industries
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Quarrying, construction and building materials |
| Founded | 1858 |
| Headquarters | Bardon, UK |
| Key people | Alain Bourguignon, 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 tiles |
| Parent | 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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[edit] 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]
[edit] Operations
The Company is one of the ‘big five’ construction material suppliers in the UK. Complementing this are operations in the Channel Islands, and Norway.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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[6]. 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[7]. Commercial Law firm DWF [1] highlighted the need for sub contractors to be wary of accepting work from the company in future.
[edit] 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' subbies will not be paid in December RoadTransport.com November 15th 2010
- ^ Subcontractor warning over future Aggregate Industries work. RoadTransport.com November 19th 2010
