Poland’s Gorazdze targets big sales rise of ready-mixed concrete and aggregate by 2019

Gorazdze, the Polish cement producer owned by HeidelbergCement, aims to increase its annual ready-mixed concrete sales by 1 million m³ to 3 million m³/year and its aggregate production from 6 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes/year by 2019. The firm’s concrete and aggregate operating profit has systematically fallen over the last few years, and since 2012 has been around zero. Also part of the group’s ambitious new sales strategy, based on its in-house produced cement and aggregates, are plans to increa

July 4, 2014 Read time: 1 min

Gorazdze, the Polish cement producer owned by 674 HeidelbergCement, aims to increase its annual ready-mixed concrete sales by 1 million m³ to 3 million m³/year and its aggregate production from 6 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes/year by 2019.

The firm’s concrete and aggregate operating profit has systematically fallen over the last few years, and since 2012 has been around zero. Also part of the group’s ambitious new sales strategy, based on its in-house produced cement and aggregates, are plans to increase cement production capacity. This will see investment in rebuilding and updating existing facilities. In 2013, Gorazdze's revenue stood at slightly over €240.38 million (PLN 1 billion), with a similar result expected in 2014.

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