industry construction founded 1863 headquarters paris france products cement concrete aggregates revenue 2.014 billion 2010 number of employees 7 369 december 2010 website www.vicat.com vicat sa is a french company manufacturing cement aggregates and ready mix concrete in four continents . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit world locations of vicat . the company was established in 1853 by joseph vicat 1821 1902 son of louis vicat who invented artificial cement in 1817 . his cement plant was at genevrey de vif south of grenoble is re . it used an argillaceous limestone that joseph vicat had established as suitable by chemical analysis . the company expanded in 1922 with the construction of a plant at montalieu nearby . in 1968 heidelbergcement bought a stake in the company which eventually grew to 35 % . major expansion began in 1968 with the construction of another plant in the grenoble area and with a program of acquisitions throughout france . in 1974 overseas investment began with the acquisition of national cement at ragland alabama . 1 further acquisitions followed in california . 2 turkey senegal switzerland egypt and kazakhstan . heidelbergcement sold its share of the company in 2007 . operations edit today the company claims a cement manufacturing capacity of 21 million tonnes per annum 2007 from 13 integrated cement plants and one clinker grinding plant . in france cr chy allier at 46 15 01 n 3 25 27 e 46.25028 n 3.42417 e 46.25028 ; 3.42417 la grave de peille alpes maritimes at 43 47 39 n 7 22 26 e 43.79417 n 7.37389 e 43.79417 ; 7.37389 montalieu is re at 45 48 16 n 5 25 19 e 45.80444 n 5.42194 e 45.80444 ; 5.42194 saint gr ve is re at 45 13 50 n 5 40 4 e 45.23056 n 5.66778 e 45.23056 ; 5.66778 xeuilley meurthe et moselle at 48 33 45 n 6 6 36 e 48.56250 n 6.11000 e 48.56250 ; 6.11000 in egypt arish north sinai at 30 43 21 n 33 47 12 e 30.72250 n 33.78667 e 30.72250 ; 33.78667 in italy grinding only oristano sardinia at 39 52 n 8 33 e 39.867 n 8.550 e 39.867 ; 8.550 in kazakhstan mynaral jambyl region at 45 23 23 n 73 39 10 e 45.38972 n 73.65278 e 45.38972 ; 73.65278 in senegal rufisque dakar at 14 42 29 n 17 14 55 w 14.70806 n 17.24861 w 14.70806 ; 17.24861 in switzerland reuchenette berne at 47 11 7 n 7 14 54 e 47.18528 n 7.24833 e 47.18528 ; 7.24833 in turkey elmada ankara at 39 56 41 n 33 11 31 e 39.94472 n 33.19194 e 39.94472 ; 33.19194 konya at 37 56 23 n 32 32 4 e 37.93972 n 32.53444 e 37.93972 ; 32.53444 in usa lebec california at 34 49 12 n 118 44 59 w 34.82000 n 118.74972 w 34.82000 ; 118.74972 3 ragland alabama at 33 44 04 n 86 9 14 w 33.73444 n 86.15389 w 33.73444 ; 86.15389 4 they also make ciment prompt a fast setting natural cement at la perelle by burning at moderate temperature an unground argillaceous limestone obtained from an underground mine in the chartreuse mountains . the company makes 9.7 million cubic metres per annum 2007 of ready mix concrete in four countries . the company has also bought stake in the indian company sagar cements ltd and a controlling 51 % stake in indian politician y s jaganmohan reddy promoted bharathi cements . 5 references edit national cement company of alabama . national cement company of california . national cement lebec plant . national cement ragland plant . the economic times external links edit vicat website national cement company us subsidiary v t e cac mid 60 companies of france june 2012 a roports de paris air france klm alten altran technologies aperam areva atos bic biom rieux bollor bourbon bull cfao ciments fran ais club m diterran e cnp assurances derichebourg dexia eiffage eramet euler hermes eurazeo eurofins scientific faiveley transport faurecia fonciere des regions gecina groupe steria havas icade iliad imerys ingenico ipsen ipsos jcdecaux kl pierre maurel et prom mercialys m tropole tv neopost nexans nexity orpea pagesjaunes plastic omnium r my cointreau rexel rubis seb saft silic soitec technicolor teleperformance tf1 group ubisoft vicat virbac zodiac retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vicat & oldid 735423007 categories cac mid 60cement companiescompanies of francecompanies established in 1853 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 20 august 2016 at 16 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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