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Top 25 UK materials suppliers
2000 1999 Company Turnover (£000s) Pre-tax profit (£000s) Overseas turnover (£000s) Turnover increase year-on-year % Employees in 2000
1 1 Wolseley 6,403,400 302,300 4,949,000 14 33,385
2 2 CRH 5,406,143 424,639 4,572,042 18 42,488
3 3 RMC 5,399,100 363,100 4,073,500 12 39,263
4 4 Hanson 3,417,000 306,800 2,201,300 41 22,700
5 5 Pilkington 2,820,000 172,000 1,398,000 4 27,600
6 6 Blue Circle/Lafarge 2,290,900 245,900 1,588,100 2.6 19,827
7 7 Novar 1,744,500 185,600 1,447,800 17 16,834
8 8 BPB 1,667,800 137,900 333,800 9.7 12,135
9 25 IMI 1,615,500 143,600 1,041,000 7 19,161
10 9 Tarmac/Anglo American 1,388,000 84,500 441,966 2.7 10,500
11 10 Travis Perkins 1,181,200 85,700 0 26 7576
12 11 Aggregates Industries 1,139,400 108,900 643,100 18 7580
13 12 SIG 931,927 48,171 372,038 9.7 5273
14 13 Heywood Williams 652,000 14,300 361,600 -1 5100
15 14 Hepworth 543,900 51,500 290,400 -10.4 5392
16 15 Grafton 506,163 32,169 0 19 3399
17 16 BSS Group 450,000 -3000 0 9.8 2512
18 24 ASW 434,500 -11,700 7300 -14.6 2362
19 17 Kingspan 403,826 41,146 66,466 13 2809
20 18 Marshalls 298,179 41,856 0 6.6 3327
21 19 Anglian 259,700 27,200 0 2.5 3726
22 20 Cape 239,100 -14,800 37,700 2.5 5773
23 21 Castle Cement/Heidelberger AG 180,210 16,175 0 4.9 1254
24 22 Barlo 167,344 13,011 101,499 8.7 1505
25 23 Expamet International 148,686 12,610 69,000 16 1376
Compiled by Hewes & Associates