The company’s profit margin reached nearly 12% in 2015.
Holcim Romania’s staff numbers fell from 748 in 2014 to 744 in 2015.
Holcim Romania’s turnover has always been on the rise over the last six years, except for 2013 when it saw a decline. 2015 was the second year of profit for Holcim, after another two years in which the manufacturer had reported losses.
Holcim Romania’s positive results confirm the overall advance of the local constructions sector which was stimulated this year mainly by private investment projects and less by public projects.
Holcim is a part of LafargeHolcim group formed in 2014 following a stock-for-stock merger which created the world’s biggest cement manufacturer. The group created following the merger between Lafarge and Holcim registers cumulated sales of over EUR30 billion annually. To be approved, the two companies had to sell a series of assets. Irish building materials manufacturer CRH had reached an agreement with the two groups to buy the bulk of assets put up for sale, including those in Romania.
Currently, CRH Ciment (the former Lafarge Ciment) is the second largest building materials manufacturer on the Romanian market, after Holcim Romania. CRH Ciment’s turnover rose 23% against 2014, to RON852 million, and its profit reached RON136 million (with a net margin of 16%).
Irish company CRH and Germany’s HeidelbergCement are Holcim’s competitors on the Romanian market.