lhn industry building materials founded 10 july 2015 ; 14 months ago 10 july 2015 headquarters jona switzerland number of locations 90 countries key people eric olsen ceo wolfgang reitzle co chairman bruno lafont co chairman services cement aggregates concrete revenue 29 bn chf 2015 1 operating income 251 million chf 2015 1 profit 1 361 million chf 2015 1 total assets 73 298 million chf 2015 1 total equity 35 722 million chf 2015 1 owner thomas schmidheiny 11.4 % 2 groupe bruxelles lambert 9.43 % 2 number of employees 100 000 2015 1 subsidiaries lafarge holcim website www.lafargeholcim.com lafargeholcim is a manufacturer of building materials primarily cement aggregates and concrete which claims to be the largest in the world with a presence in 90 countries and 115 000 employees . 3 it was formed by the merger on 10 july 2015 of cement companies holcim and lafarge which had combined net sales of chf 33 billion eur 27 billion in 2014 . 3 the new company has a manufacturing capacity of 368.5 million tons a year . contents 1 history 2 group 3 management 4 references history edit on 7 april 2014 lafarge and holcim announced a merger project to create lafargeholcim . with a combined market value exceeding 50 billion the merger was the second largest announced in 2014 worldwide . 4 it was early recognised that a merger of this scale would raise regulatory concerns . the planned divestments account for between 10 and 15 % of the companies current ebitda 5 while the deal was expected to save the company 1.4 billion euros us 1.9 billion annually and create the most advanced group in the building matpanget erials industry . 6 on 10 july 2015 lafarge and holcim completed the merger and created lafargeholcim . 7 on 15 july 2015 the new lafargeholcim group was officially launched . 8 group edit lafargeholcim operates in 90 countries and focuses on cement aggregates and concrete . the group has 115 000 employees around the world and combined net sales of chf 33 billion eur 27 billion in 2014 . 9 the group is based in switzerland but its central functions remain divided between zurich and paris . the company s research facilities are in l isle d abeau near lyon france . management edit eric olsen is the ceo and wolfgang reitzle and bruno lafont are the co chairmen . 4 members of the executive committee are appointed by the board of directors 10 eric olsen chief executive officer ron wirahadiraksa chief financial officer jean jacques gauthier chief integration officer organization and human resources roland k hler member europe alain bourguignon member north america sa d sebbar member middle east africa pascal casanova member latin america urs bleisch member performance and cost g rard kuperfarb member growth and innovation references edit a b c d e f http www.lafargeholcim.com lafargeholcim at a glance . missing or empty title help a b http www .4 traders.com lafargeholcim ltd 2956274 company a b holcim and lafarge complete merger and create lafargeholcim a new leader in the building materials industry . bloomberg . retrieved 11 july 2015 . a b patrick winters ; francois de beaupuy april 7 2014 . holcim to merge with lafarge to form biggest cement maker . bloomberg . retrieved april 9 2014 . natalie huet ; caroline copley april 7 2014 . holcim lafarge agree to merger to create cement giant . reuters . retrieved april 9 2014 . david jolly april 7 2014 . antitrust hurdles loom large for giant concrete merger . new york times . retrieved april 9 2014 . holcim and lafarge complete merger and create lafargeholcim a new leader in the building materials industry . lafargeholcim.com . retrieved 10 july 2015 . a new leader for a new world lafargeholcim officially launched around the globe . lafargeholcim.com . retrieved 15 july 2015 . a new leader for a new world lafargeholcim officially launched around the globe . reuters . retrieved 15 july 2015 . executive committee . lafargeholcim.com . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lafargeholcim & oldid 743257259 categories cement companiesmergers and acquisitionscompanies established in 2015multinational companies headquartered in switzerlandhidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 20 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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