M&A Deal Summary

CRH Acquires Cementbouw BV

On August 30, 2007, CRH acquired building materials company Cementbouw BV for 184M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is CRH’s 5th transaction in the Building Materials sector.
  • This is CRH’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is CRH’s 2nd transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-08-30
Target Cementbouw BV
Sector Building Materials
Buyer(s) CRH
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 184M EUR

Target

Cementbouw BV

Cruquius, Netherlands
Cementbouw is a major Dutch trader in cement, fly-ash and aggregates and is one of the leading readymixed concrete producers in the Netherlands. The Company's Binding Agents & Logistics division is a major player in the Dutch cement trading and distribution market, and is also one of the leading suppliers of fly-ash in the Netherlands. The Ready Mix division operates a network of 24 well-located readymixed concrete plants primarily in the more densely populated western regions of the Netherlands. This division is also active in the trading and transport of aggregates.

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Buyer

CRH

Dublin, Ireland

Category Company
Founded 1936
Sector Building Materials
Employees79,800
Revenue 35.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

CRH is the parent company for an international group of diversified building materials businesses which are engaged in the manufacture and supply of a wide range of building materials and in the operation of builders’ merchanting and DIY stores. CRH was incorporated in 1936 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 31
Sector: Building Materials M&A 5 of 20
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 24
Country: Netherlands M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2007 M&A 4 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-16 Denizli Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS

Denizli, Turkey

Denizli has a modern cement facility with a clinker capacity of 1.8 million tonnes and is the market leader in its region. The company has limestone reserves of more than 100 million tonnes and produced 1.8 million tonnes of cement in 2006. Denizli also operates a network of 13 readymixed concrete plants in Denizli and the surrounding area, which produced 1.3 million cubic metres of concrete in 2006.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-05 Haringsma Hout-en-Bouwmaterialen

Utrecht, Netherlands

Haringsma Hout-en-Bouwmaterialen is a distributor of building products.

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